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Dog Waste
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I work hard to train my dogs to (whenever possible) evacuate their bowels in my garden - it's then very simple to use a poop scoop to transfer the waste to my downstairs toilet & flush it away. It seems much preferable to collecting the stuff in plastic bags and adding it to domestic landfill waste - or indeed decorating trees in the local wood with the bags - is this some sort of bizarre ritual ?!?
As it happens, I process my own effluent with my private treatment unit (not on mains drains) and the output is monitored by the Environment Agency, who are happy with the water quality of the final outflow - which then flows into a ditch and eventually the local stream. So everyone is happy.
But .... it has been suggested that if I was on a mains sewer it would be illegal to flush dog droppings away via my domestic toilet.
Is this true, if so what is the reasoning ??
As it happens, I process my own effluent with my private treatment unit (not on mains drains) and the output is monitored by the Environment Agency, who are happy with the water quality of the final outflow - which then flows into a ditch and eventually the local stream. So everyone is happy.
But .... it has been suggested that if I was on a mains sewer it would be illegal to flush dog droppings away via my domestic toilet.
Is this true, if so what is the reasoning ??
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Some research shows you can flush it down the toilet, minus the litter. However, research suggests that the eggs of Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite found in cat poop, may survive the wastewater treatment process and contaminate waterways. While Toxoplasma rarely affects healthy people, it can cause defects and brain damage in babies whose mothers were exposed when pregnant. Brain disease can also develop in people with compromised immune systems. In addition, Toxoplasma has been shown to harm sea otters and may affect other wildlife as well
Some research shows you can flush it down the toilet, minus the litter. However, research suggests that the eggs of Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite found in cat poop, may survive the wastewater treatment process and contaminate waterways. While Toxoplasma rarely affects healthy people, it can cause defects and brain damage in babies whose mothers were exposed when pregnant. Brain disease can also develop in people with compromised immune systems. In addition, Toxoplasma has been shown to harm sea otters and may affect other wildlife as well
The BBC say it's OK...
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ dna/pla ce-lanc ashire/ plain/A 1199846 1
(cat poo shouldn't be put down the toilet though as it contains parasites that won't be killed by the normal treatment)
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(cat poo shouldn't be put down the toilet though as it contains parasites that won't be killed by the normal treatment)