A few weeks ago, just before the holidays, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators busted a Washington State pumping company owner for allegedly dumping septic waste into city sewers. A newspaper report of the arrest implied that the pumper could have dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of waste illegally over several years:
http://tdn.com/news/local/epa-arrests-longview-septic-business-owner-accused-of-dumping-violations/article_602a9802-4b1a-11e2-b0da-001a4bcf887a.html
I’m not writing this blog to specifically rake this pumping contractor over the coals. While it appears there is solid evidence, including videotape and EPA surveillance of the purported offenses, he has yet to be convicted. What I would like to point out, however, is the raft of damning
