Sewage Quotes

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

We`re working in the dark; we don`t have an inventory list. We had an elevator guy standing waist-deep in sewage-contaminated water, blowing on the wires so we could short-circuit the elevator and get it working.

Most people know us as providing drinking water and taking away sewage, but we are the backbone of fire protection, ... We`ve spent close to $3 million in improvements largely to improve fire protection.

There were 10 million nails everywhere you stepped. There was hazardous waste. There was sewage. The dogs don`t have nice steel-toed boots that they can wear. They have to walk through the muck and they are decontaminated and washed every time they get back from a search.

We have the knowledge and materials to protect our water, power and sewage treatment facilities, ... It`s not going to be cheap, but it would produce enormous numbers of jobs. But it will only happen if the American public conveys that we want to be taxed for this priority.

(U.S. engineers and scientists haven`t helped prepare for an era of declining oil because) we`re so focused on health and national security, ... We`ve neglected getting young people involved in how to keep our sewage plants and water supply going and fix our transportation system. Put out bids for subway cars, and all the bids come from Europe. I know -- my wife tells me this is boring stuff. But it`s essential.

We`ve been working feverishly to remove the debris and get the sewer line open. Our crews set up a bypass to pump the sewage to a different line.

It`s impossible to dilute sewage adequately for a coral reef. You would have to treat the water to the point that you can drink it.

They can`t stay because there`s no electricity, there`s no water, there`s no sewage,