Bleach Francisco

[MJ]

"So, San Francisco reduces water consumption by 8 HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT at the expense of hundreds of millions of dollars to the sewer system alone ..."

Bleach Francisco
Posted by Lew Rockwell on February 28, 2011 06:34 PM

Writes Jim Brownfield:

Here it says San Francisco is having problems with their sewer systems because of low-flow toilets that don’t provide enough water to clear out sewage from the system.  According to the article, “The city has already spent $100 million over the past five years to upgrade its sewer system and sewage plants, in part to combat the odor problem.”  They may start pumping 8.5 million pounds of bleach into the sewer system to combat the problem.

The “upside” of low-flow toilets?  According to the article:  “Well, according to [Tyrone] Jue [,spokesman for the city Public Utilities Commission], they have helped trim San Francisco’s annual water consumption by about 20 million gallons.”

According to this website, http://www.thehdmt.org/indicators/view/3 , the Gross Annual Water Sales for San Francisco in 2007/2008 was 34,137,635 ccf.  One ccf is 100 cubic feet which is approximately 748 gallons/ccf

That means the gross annual water sales for San Francisco is approximately 25,534,950,980 gallons per year.

San Francisco saves 20,000,000 gallons/year from low-flow toiles.

(20,000,000 (gal/yr) / 25,534,950,980 (gal/yr) ) * 100% = .08%

So, San Francisco reduces water consumption by 8 HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT at the expense of hundreds of millions of dollars to the sewer system alone (not counting the cost to consumers of the low-flow toilets and associated plumbing problems), and they are now likely to add millions of pounds of the environmentally hazardous and corrosive bleach to their sewers.

This seems wacko even by government standards.

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