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------Original Message----- -From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com -[mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of William S. Lear -Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 8:24 AM -To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com -Subject: Re: politics of chlorine - - -On Monday, June 7, 1999 at 19:30:08 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes: ->John Todd of the New Alchemy Institute has developed very interesting ->non-chlorine, biological methods of water using (living, not ->constructed) plants for purification. -> ->alex lantsberg wrote: ->>... ->> i'm pretty sure that there are ways to disinfect water without ->> chlorine. i know for a fact that there are ways to treat it. ->> ->> the problem is that most urban sewage systems are the type that need ->> to rely on engineering processes and an industrial ->> infrastructure--which in turn means big government contracts, taxing ->> mechanisms, and those wonderful municipal bonds! - -If nobody has mentioned this, Rachel's Environmental Weekly had a -recent e-handout on the history of sewage in the US. One of the big -problems, as one might guess, is the industrial pollutants that get -mixed in with the more benign effluvia, making treatment much more -difficult and expensive. - - -Bill -