area 51
August 11th 03, 09:38 AM
"Mark" > wrote in message
...
> To ReeFeR_MaN, Greg Bunch and richard reynolds, many thanks for taking
time
> to reply.
>
> Your input is very much appreciated, as to using natural seawater,
well
> where I live in Western Australia, there is a large industrial area
called
> Kwinana. This industrial area is right on the coast and the state
government
> has given most of the chemical manufacturing industries, exemption
from
> having to abide by enviromental laws. These exemptions date back to
the
> early 1970's when the government put industry above the environment
and
> every government since then has lacked the will to revoke these
exemptions.
>
> Therefore as you can appreciate collection of natural seawater is not
really
> an option. Especially when industries are now being caught for Arsenic
> spills, herbecide spills and diesel spills which have happened years
prior
> and are only being caught out because of the ground water
contamination,
> tracked back to specific companies. This ground water goes directly
into
> Cockburn Sound, and is resulting in fish kills, shell fish, small
inshore
> reefs and starfish are the major casualties at present.
>
> So that is why I need to find a good quality artifical seawater that
is both
> cost effective and suitable to seahorses.
> regards
> Mark
>
What you *really* need to do is Get this company sorted out there is
legislation in place to heavily fine anyone polluting the environment.
Have you a Greenpeace type organisation you can get in touch with.?
then maybe one day you will be able to collect natural clean seawater
as is your right.
...
> To ReeFeR_MaN, Greg Bunch and richard reynolds, many thanks for taking
time
> to reply.
>
> Your input is very much appreciated, as to using natural seawater,
well
> where I live in Western Australia, there is a large industrial area
called
> Kwinana. This industrial area is right on the coast and the state
government
> has given most of the chemical manufacturing industries, exemption
from
> having to abide by enviromental laws. These exemptions date back to
the
> early 1970's when the government put industry above the environment
and
> every government since then has lacked the will to revoke these
exemptions.
>
> Therefore as you can appreciate collection of natural seawater is not
really
> an option. Especially when industries are now being caught for Arsenic
> spills, herbecide spills and diesel spills which have happened years
prior
> and are only being caught out because of the ground water
contamination,
> tracked back to specific companies. This ground water goes directly
into
> Cockburn Sound, and is resulting in fish kills, shell fish, small
inshore
> reefs and starfish are the major casualties at present.
>
> So that is why I need to find a good quality artifical seawater that
is both
> cost effective and suitable to seahorses.
> regards
> Mark
>
What you *really* need to do is Get this company sorted out there is
legislation in place to heavily fine anyone polluting the environment.
Have you a Greenpeace type organisation you can get in touch with.?
then maybe one day you will be able to collect natural clean seawater
as is your right.