{"id":2559,"date":"2024-03-13T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:35:46","slug":"its-a-broken-system-septic-tanks-are-polluting-our-waterways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/?p=2559","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It&#8217;s a broken system.&#8221; Septic tanks are polluting our waterways."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Save-the-Creek-24_-x-72_-oil-on-canvas-unframed-Mary-Edna-Fraser-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Save-the-Creek-24_-x-72_-oil-on-canvas-unframed-Mary-Edna-Fraser-2020-1024x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Save-the-Creek-24_-x-72_-oil-on-canvas-unframed-Mary-Edna-Fraser-2020-1024x336.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Save-the-Creek-24_-x-72_-oil-on-canvas-unframed-Mary-Edna-Fraser-2020-300x98.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Save-the-Creek-24_-x-72_-oil-on-canvas-unframed-Mary-Edna-Fraser-2020-768x252.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Save-the-Creek-24_-x-72_-oil-on-canvas-unframed-Mary-Edna-Fraser-2020-1536x504.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Save-the-Creek-24_-x-72_-oil-on-canvas-unframed-Mary-Edna-Fraser-2020.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Save the Creek, 24&#8243;x72&#8243; oil on canvas, Mary Edna Fraser 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charleston Waterkeeper has been taking water quality measurements from our dock on James Island Creek for quite a while, and the bacterial contamination in the water almost always makes it unsafe for recreational swimming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attached article from the Post &amp; Courier highlights the ongoing issues of overdevelopment and lax sewage regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/news\/septic-tank-failures-coastal-south-carolina\/article_6cfbdcda-c6a1-11ee-aa80-d3f4019351fc.html\">https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/news\/septic-tank-failures-coastal-south-carolina\/article_6cfbdcda-c6a1-11ee-aa80-d3f4019351fc.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charleston Waterkeeper has been taking water quality measurements from our dock on James Island Creek for quite a while, and the bacterial contamination in the water almost always makes it unsafe for recreational swimming. The attached article from the Post &amp; Courier highlights the ongoing issues of overdevelopment and lax sewage regulations. https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/news\/septic-tank-failures-coastal-south-carolina\/article_6cfbdcda-c6a1-11ee-aa80-d3f4019351fc.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2561,"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}