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Old 02-04-2019, 10:38 AM   #1
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How is drinking water and sewage managed?

One of the dirty little secrets of a lot of the islands in Maine is that they have a pipe that goes a few hundred yards out into the ocean, and the sewage just gets drained untreated into the ocean.
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Old 02-04-2019, 11:10 AM   #2
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How is drinking water and sewage managed?



One of the dirty little secrets of a lot of the islands in Maine is that they have a pipe that goes a few hundred yards out into the ocean, and the sewage just gets drained untreated into the ocean.


Drinking water is piped over from the mainland (200 yards away, undersea pipeline I believe).
My house has a septic tank and soakaway, so I expect every house does. I have the same here on Arran, and I’ve not had to have the tank emptied in 17 years so I must be doing something right in managing it ....


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Old 02-04-2019, 08:03 PM   #3
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Yes, there is a garbage barge.
And it is, naturally, referred to as "the garbarge," correct? If it is not, your neighbors are doing something wrong and should be ashamed of themselves. Please rectify post haste.

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My house has a septic tank and soakaway, so I expect every house does. I have the same here on Arran, and I’ve not had to have the tank emptied in 17 years so I must be doing something right in managing it ....
Semi-educated guess: drain field?
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Old 02-04-2019, 08:55 PM   #4
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"the garbarge,"
I must be getting slow...

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Old 02-05-2019, 02:40 AM   #5
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I must be getting slow...



Me too!

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Old 02-06-2019, 06:47 PM   #6
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