> On Mar 2, 6:30 pm, "CoreyWhite" gmail.com> wrote:
>

>>> No. It sounds like you have a combined rainwater/sewage system. These
>>> were quite common 100 years ago when there were fewer people.

>

>>> You are mixing up three water systems: rainwater, sewage, and resident
>>> groundwater (which is impacted by rainwater and can be impacted by
>>> sewage and chemical spills.)

>

>>> At least your town isn't ignoring the problem. Many are.

>

>> It looks like we actually have a rain water catchment system. Our
>> town was founded on the natural springs and ground water that runs
>> into this part of the miami valley

>
> I guess technically it may not be a rain water catchment system
> because no one is drinking it, but there is a huge pipe that enters
> the nature preserve where the gutters flush out when it rains. I
> called up the sherifs department about it, and reported who I think
> was responsible. In the end all that pollution from the chemical
> factory was being flushed out through the gutters into our nature
> preserve and our river systems because it was unsafe for drinking. So
> the people doing this were actually eco-activists at heart. When I
> was a kid we all used to play in those gutters.