Now I take exception to that! Our sewage ponds are no worse than anyone elses.

I must admit that at low tide and with the wind from the west you may need
to hold your nose but at high tide I've never found Iona too bad. If my
memory serves me right, I've driven past sewage ponds on highway 99 well
north of Seattle (Everett ?) and have been well aware of their presence.



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>Michael, no place is yuckier or more revolting than the sewage ponds at
>Iona near Vancouver, BC. And, the shorebirds, in the hundreds and even
>in the thousands, LOVE it! Just hold yer nose, don't look too hard at
>what they're gobbling up, and be fortunate in the close-up 'n personal view
>these ponds (and others like them) afford of often-rare shorebirds plus
>bunches of other birds in general. The irony just adds to the experience.
>
>Phew, Maureen Ellis (me2 at u.washington.edu)
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>
>On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Mike Patrick wrote:
>
>> Season's Greetings tweeters,
>>
>> I spent an hour at the new and improved Snohomish Sewage Treatment Plant
>> yesterday..

Eric Greenwood
Vancouver, B.C.
egreenw at helix.net