re: Disposing of crawfish boil water

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For a state that is supposed to be the outdoorsman's paradise, y'all sure do dump a lot of shite in to the water.

Is one pot of boil likely to harm the receiving water body? Probably not. The problem comes when multiple people dump water multiple times a year over the course of several years. Your shitty little subdivision retention pond with a cheap fountain and algae around the edge is reallygood at trapping and holding on to pollutants. That's one of it's main jobs. NaCl is not easily removed from the environment. It will build up over time, harming plant and animal growth.

Fast forward a year to when the annual suburban ritual of lawn fertilization begins, with all that nutritious phosphorous and nitrogen barely penetrating the compacted soil in your front yard and instead running off in to the same shitty retention pond where all your salt from last year's boils is sitting. Eutrophication begins.

Now your pond has a nice, smelly green algae bloom. The algae runs it's course, then dies, leaving behind a metric shitton of organic material. Little bacteria then feast on the dead algae, using up all the oxygen in the water.

Here's where your crawfish water comes in to play. Eutrophication is a natural part of the life cycle of many lakes and ponds. Natural bodies of water that undergo this process usually bounce back on their own. In your case, since you and all your neighbors dumped tons of salt down the drain, new plant and animal life can't take a good hold due to improper water and soil pH. The only thing that can take hold is an Asian super weed brought over on the hull of the ship carrying your new Samsung tv.

This weed is so good at growing in the polluted water that it blocks all other forms of plant and animal life. The pond begins to sediment in with the growth and death of this super weed. Your pond now has a reduced detention capacity, raising the flood risk during the next storm.

So, there you go. One pot? Sure. Many pots over time? Not good.

Edit: This is also a huge problem up north where salt is used on the roadways

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Don't give a shite

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Please do not dispose of materials, liquids or solid of any description in street or backyard drains.

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These drains are designed to carry rainwater to our lakes which are very expensive to maintain.

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And this is the reason LA is one of the dirtiest states I've been to. T

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