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This is completely insane. 75% of Suffolk County and 10% of Nassau County have no sewers? These are two of the richest counties in America - Suffolk has 1.5 million people and Nassau has 1.3 million. What the hell are they doing on that slender, riotous island?

longislandpress.comLong Island’s never-ending search for a better sewage systemExactly where you live on Long Island may directly affect the impact you have on the environment.

Kirsten Bladh@kerstanley.bsky.social

The bigger limiting factor for LI is the infrastructure requirement. So much of LI does not have water/sewer.

Dr Grace S Peng

@gspeng.bsky.social

31 Aug

You don’t want to know about Malibu, CA

Jake Berman

@lostsubways.com

Malibu I knew about, but that because Malibu is one incredibly isolated strip of PCH on a cliff. That at least made sense. These are all unremarkable, wealthy outer suburbs without that terrain restriction.

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Dr Grace S Peng

@gspeng.bsky.social

31 Aug

I think that septic system capacity was a justification for minimum lot sizes. If you want to ban denser development, then staying off sewer is a way to do so. Same with Santa Barbara not wanting to hook up to State Water Project. If they are limited to local rainfall and aquifer, they can't build