General Water Issues
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Yesterday was Thanksgiving and it may not seem like you saw a lot of water but there was water in and used to produce the Thanksgiving meal. There are three different categories of water: Blue water, Green water, and Grey water. Here is how it is defined according to the Water Footprint Calculator (https://watercalculator.org/footprint/what-is-a-water-footprint/ and…
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Thanksgiving is right around the corner and many homes will have extra visitors for a day or maybe more. All homes will have to deal with increased water use. Those homes with onsite wastewater systems – or septic systems – will also see this extra water use. That is why onsite wastewater systems are designed…
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The Hicksville Water District in New York keeps the kids in the District’s boundary involved in water conservation through its annual poster contest. Keeping the kids involves provides education on how to conserve water resources as well as providing the kids with a way to be creative. To see the full story, it can be…
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Managing water is a unique thing, in really wet times we have to figure out how to best capture what we need and then release the rest while trying to figure out how to keep too much water from resulting in floods. in really dry times, how do we manage the lack or water or…
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One of the sessions this week at the Georgia Environmental Conference was titled “Golf Course BMPs”. The speakers were Chris Steigelman, President of the GA Chapter of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) at the Landings Club, Scott Griffith at the UGA Golf Course, Gary L. Hawkins, UGA Crop and Soil Sciences with…
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Using Green Infrastructure to help solve problems with stormwater and CSOs is one of the tools available for cities around the US. In the Municipal Sewer and Water Magazine, August 2021 issue, there is an article explaining how the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati is using stormwater management to aid in reducing stress on…
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A typical septic tank can only hold 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of water. Anything more than that might result in contaminated water coming to the surface. To cut down on your usage: Regularly check for leaks in your faucets, toilets and appliances. Add in low flow faucets and showerheads. Look for appliances with that ENERGY…
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On this Thursday let’s talk about what should be tossed in the trash and not in the toilet. During Septic Smart Week Thursday is “Don’t Overload the Commode” day. If you want to keep your septic system healthy, don’t overload the commode. Totally fine: Human waste (three P’s: pee, poo and (toilet) paper) Toilet paper…
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This week Fun Fact is taken from the NASA website: https://science.nasa.gov/kids/earth/10-interesting-things-about-water/ Almost all Earth’s water is in the oceans. About 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by water. Around 97% of that water is found in our oceans. This water is salty. That means about 3% of Earth’s water is fresh. The image below is…
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Just a little fun water fact about Pumpkins — they contain somewhere between 90-92% water. Image of pumpkins can be found at: https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/C-1206_2.pdf
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This week MC Halbrook, Glynn and McIntosh County ANR Agent and Gary Hawkins attended the National Onsite Wastewater and Recycling Association Annual Meeting in Sandusky, Ohio. During some spare time they took the above pictures of Lake Erie. So this week’s fun water facts are about Lake Erie: 2. Lake Erie has 872 miles of…
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I am going to try and start adding a fun Water Fact every Friday. This week, lets just think about volume of water. So the Fun Fact is — 1 acre-inch of water, the volume of water that would be 1 inch thick over an acre is: 27,154 gallons or 102,789 Liters. So what does…
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Taking care of the onsite wastewater system or septic system is something we typically do not think of since most of the time it is in the yard, underground, and out of site. Some systems depending on separation distance from restrictive layers or the treatment systems being advanced will require the homeowner or business to…
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Your septic system includes the pipes that carries water to the septic tank but also the distribution system that returns and disperses the water back into the ground for final treatment. The distribution system can be most anywhere and you should be aware of where it is so you do not cause damage which will…