Here is a petition I found that everyone should look at. Does anyone know anything more on this? It certainly sounds outrageous, and if this is true it would be a very fun issue to debate Bush supporters on. I can't wait to see Ann Coulter on television frothing at the mouth about how liberals want to put unfair restrictions on the amount of sewage can go into our water.
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Two phrases you never want to see in the same sentence: drinking water and "sewage blending." And yet, that's the Bush Administration's new plan for your water supply!
Incredibly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to relax restrictions on dumping sewage into our waterways. Their plan would allow water treatment facilities to release sewage filled with human wastes, toxins, bacteria, viruses, parasites and other pollutants into our drinking water.
"Sewage blending" poses a serious threat to our health and our communities. Sewage that has not been fully treated carries diseases such as cholera, hepatitis, respiratory infections, and others which can be life threatening for those with weakened immune systems.
In addition to the health hazards, sewage dumping will have adverse, long-term environmental and economic consequences. Sewage in our waterways forces beach closings, increases the cost of drinking water filtration, damages coral reefs, shuts down shellfish beds, and robs the water of oxygen that fish need to breathe.
More:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/918223590?z00m=24102&z00m=24102