Think it's important to note that this excerpt from the Times is the LA Times and it's about a Calif. beach -- not A.P. I got your point, Mario, but someone else may not catch it on a fast read. >From what I heard tonight it sounded like the sewage got a chlorine bath and boot out to the ocean - 1700 feet out. DEP says the ocean shoreline water's fine. So the word is that there never was a pollution cause to close the beaches, just a precaution. Now, ques.: how long does it take for fecal matter to make its way back from a point 1700 feet offshore? I'm wondering, which process didn't the 'matter' undergo? Item: Asbury has a secondary treatment plant, which means the stuff is treated with primary and secondary processes. Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I took environmental science in college, terciary care was considered the way to go, mainly because everyone thought it was time to stop dumping sewage in the ocean. So with the millions that we've bonded on that same plant, lots of times for improvements to the plant, why don't we have the most current technology in there? Maybe the science failed for the terciary stage somewhere down the line after the textbooks were written. Anyone know? Maureen
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