Word: septic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former vicarage, for $100 a month. They have repaired its worst defects, but there is no central heating. Two space heaters fight a losing battle against the damp cold of a Norman winter. "The chimney is cracked, and the mayor won't repair anything," she says. "The septic tank smells terrible, and we're crowded together. My two smallest children sleep in the same bedroom as my husband and I." Their grounds are ample, however. The Maugards are able to eat their own chickens, turkeys and rabbits, as well as vegetables from their garden...
...full for their house before it was completed to their satisfaction. Once they had done so, the two city suckers could bring no pressure on the builder, who skimped as he pleased. The Plunketts were forced to pay $2,100 for an ecological sewer system and $800 for a septic tank that is still not working properly; they have been reduced to using a campsite toilet. At a cost of $1,200 they had to drill 170 feet to reach water; the flow from their well is a lethargic one gallon per minute. They were stunned to learn that they...
...there is an environmental catch. Because the slopes are steep, they hold little water, and homes seemingly far apart must compete for it in scarce underground pools. Neighbors also foul each other's water, since septic tanks do not work well in less than four feet of topsoil, and the slopes have much less. As a result, virtually raw sewage seeps downhill to contaminate wells, ponds or streams...
Like most rural areas, Long Island's Suffolk County has no major sewer system and, except in the largest towns, cannot afford to build one in the near future. Because Suffolk's 1,200,000 residents depend on backyard cesspools and septic tanks, household wastes that do not break down in natureespecially detergentseventually seep into the underground water supply. As a result, more and more drinking water flows out of the tap with a smelly foam that tastes awful and perhaps affects human health...
...accusing various companies of polluting. One night the Fox decided to plug the chimney of an Aurora aluminum processing plant. He nearly fell through the factory roof, which he claims had been rotted by corrosive fumes. He hit the company once more, by crawling into the plant's septic tank and plugging the inlet...