[SML] Event Ramp collapses

[Pat Kight]

Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft wrote:
> On 8/1/16 2:32 PM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft wrote:
>> So, how does one go about "cleaning" that much water without destroying
>> what remains of the local ecosystem?
>
> You start 16 years ago, six years before they even won the bid.  You
> reduce the amount of pollution being dumped in the water.  You bring in
> filter feeders like oysters and grasses that will clean much of the
> water on their own.
>
> But most importantly, you stop people dumping crap in the water.

I think you'd have to start considerably earlier, and with biiiiiiig 
infrastructure. You know, things like running water, enclosed sewers and 
water & sewage treatment plants.

The latest report I've seen says that Brazil's first-ever National 
Sanitation Plan, approved just three years ago, aims for universal 
access to drinking water by 2023, and universal access to sanitation in 
urban areas by 2033. Given the widespread poverty of much of the 
country, that's probably optimistic.

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Pat Kight
kightp at peak.org