Comments on: New App Advises When to Let it Mellow http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow Just another WordPress site Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kathleen Foley http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/#comment-1424 Kathleen Foley Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:23:59 +0000 https://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/?p=9541#comment-1424 Yes to Jaime… you can flush it down if it’s brown. Thank goodness we’re finally bringing this motto back into conversation. I’ve suggested this strategy as a component to reduce CSO’s and SSO’s for many years and it’s great to see it come to fruition. At my uncle’s lakeside cottage we were taught this at a young age, but that was for different reasons, an overloaded or under-designed septic system. But now I feel we have a new challenge, that of automated flushers which flush up to 3x before one even starts their ‘business’. If people understand how to set the sensitivites on the auto-flushers, we can make headway on reducing the contribution to the wastewater systems.

]]> By: jaime http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/#comment-457 jaime Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:29:35 +0000 https://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/?p=9541#comment-457 if its brown flush it down?

]]> By: emyer http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/#comment-456 emyer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:11:49 +0000 https://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/?p=9541#comment-456 I completely agree, Peter! In fact, I happen to fall into that category. Thanks for reading.

]]> By: Peter http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/#comment-455 Peter Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:32:35 +0000 https://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/?p=9541#comment-455 A tool like this would also be useful for swimmers and boaters who don’t always receive notifications in time and end up experiencing CSOs ‘first hand.’

]]> By: emyer http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/#comment-452 emyer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:33:52 +0000 https://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/?p=9541#comment-452 Keep up your great work, Leif!

]]> By: Leif Percifield http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/#comment-444 Leif Percifield Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:02:25 +0000 https://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/?p=9541#comment-444 Thanks for the great post! I’ve always loved the “… let it mellow” slogan. While the toilet is the number one source of residential water consumption, things like washing machines and dish washers are also big users of water. Not that I really need an excuse to not wash dishes or run a load of laundry, but putting these off during a rain storm can help reduce a direct source of water pollution.

Leif

]]> By: Joanne http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/new-app-advises-when-to-let-it-mellow/#comment-426 Joanne Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:24:40 +0000 https://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/?p=9541#comment-426 What do we do at the Jersey “Shaw”?

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