Grey water is common

It is illegal to run any waste water on top of the ground, even washing machines. In the biz we call water from sinks, showers, and washing machines grey water. It is much more common to find grey water pipes than black water (think toilet). Below are some pictures I took today of a small plastic grey water pipe sticking out of a bank along the road. Notice the erosion the waste water has caused. Your pal the Envirocapitalist.

Is that a sewage pipe or are you just glad to see me?

A nice stroll down a unnamed stream near a unnamed establishment, ( on going investigation so I can't name names) led me to this stunning but all to familiar sight .  A straight pipe discharging into a stream, I don't understand how I can find 40 - 60 of these a year for the last ten years and it never seems to slow down. I will send the land owner a notice of violation, if they remove it in 30 days there is no penalty even though the pipe was galvanized and weathered (obviously old). State law only allows me to take them to court if they do not comply with the notice and even then it is only a class C misdemeanor. When I an not analyzing soil or engineering septic systems I look for stuff like this. I will be posting more pictures in the future so more people might get the idea of what is actually going on. Your pal the Envirocapitalist.