Further Posted August 14, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 14, 2020 What ocean they lead to ? Mine end up in the Gulf of Mexico, via the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 14, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 14, 2020 Silver Creek to the Kaskaskia River to the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 14, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 14, 2020 To the septic field. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted August 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Airehead said: To the septic field. The ground water finds its way somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #5 Posted August 15, 2020 Atlantic Ocean via Delaware River and Delaware Bay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 15, 2020 Share #6 Posted August 15, 2020 Pacific... we don’t have them in my neighborhood but a few miles away the city has signs on the drains that say no dumping, drains directly to ocean. Bacteria levels do rise dramatically at our local beaches and trash from miles away ends up on our beaches after rains. When I was younger and we still had numerous Orange groves the Newport Harbor would have so many oranges floating in it it looked like you could walk across it after a god rain storm. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KrAzY Posted August 15, 2020 Popular Post Share #7 Posted August 15, 2020 mine go to the street, and then to the Cowboys stadium drinking fountains. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 15, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 15, 2020 Lake Michigan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Pacific To be specific. That was a favourite quip of my 6th grade earth science teacher. He might have influenced me on my love for puns and bad jokes and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #10 Posted August 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, BR46 said: Lake Michigan Then to the St Lawrence to the Atlantic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 15, 2020 Share #11 Posted August 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Then to the St Lawrence to the Atlantic? Not my problem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 15, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 15, 2020 So growing up in the country in NW PA and studying earth science as a kid I came to a realization by tracing streams. The rain that fell in our yard drained west and eventually Allegany River and the Mississippi. The rain that fell in the field on the east side of the yard went east to Lake Erie. The divide was 50 feet off our porch. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #13 Posted August 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Kzoo said: So growing up in the country in NW PA and studying earth science as a kid I came to a realization by tracing streams. The rain that fell in our yard drained west and eventually Allegany River and the Mississippi. The rain that fell in the field on the east side of the yard went east to Lake Erie. The divide was 50 feet off our porch. Cool! French creek to the Allegheny to Pissburgh to the Ohio to old Miss to the Gulf of Mexico for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted August 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, Kzoo said: So growing up in the country in NW PA and studying earth science as a kid I came to a realization by tracing streams. The rain that fell in our yard drained west and eventually Allegany River and the Mississippi. The rain that fell in the field on the east side of the yard went east to Lake Erie. The divide was 50 feet off our porch. My buddy and I were talking about this today ! He has a friend who owns property northwest of Pittsburgh, there is a tree on a hill, piss on the west side and it goes to the gulf, piss on the east side and it takes the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted August 15, 2020 Share #15 Posted August 15, 2020 All the water around here flows into the lowest spot in the area, our lake. And when that overflows, it has no place to go but our basements. I've often thought about renting a huge diesel pump with a mile of hose and pump it into a nearby creek until I got caught. What? I didnt know that it was illegal.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 15, 2020 Share #16 Posted August 15, 2020 21 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Cool! French creek to the Allegheny to Pissburgh to the Ohio to old Miss to the Gulf of Mexico for me. It was quite a revelation for a 10 yo. No one in the area had thought about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #17 Posted August 15, 2020 Mine go into Lake Latonka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #18 Posted August 15, 2020 There is a big ol' silver maple across the street from us. It has caused a lot of frustration for us and our neighbors through the years because of the roots digging into the sewer pipe. HoSmudge finally had enough and told the city they have to fix the pipe. HoSmudge knew exactly where the problem was; he went out to the street when the guy we hired to snake out the sewer line was in our basement working on it. HoSmudge could feel the blacktop vibrating. The city showed up with a local guy they hired to tear up the spot with the break/crumble in the pipe. They dug and dug and were about to give up. HoSmudge put his foot down and said they were 10 feet off; dig here! Sure as shit, they found the broken sewer pipe. They fixed it, and we never got a bill. BTW, after that our drain water goes to Lake Michigan too. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #19 Posted August 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Mine go into Lake Latonka Then to Lake Erie or the Allegheny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #20 Posted August 15, 2020 Eventually the Allegheny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #21 Posted August 15, 2020 The Atlantic. My creek runs into the Alcovy River, then converges with the Ocmulgee River, which converges with the Oconee forming the Altamaha River. The Altamaha terminates in the Atlantic between Savannah and St. Simons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted August 15, 2020 Following the little creeks to the big creeks to the rivers to the ocean is fascinating And google makes it so easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted August 15, 2020 Share #23 Posted August 15, 2020 https://youtu.be/vNN2zolsehc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted August 15, 2020 Share #24 Posted August 15, 2020 11 hours ago, Further said: He has a friend who owns property northwest of Pittsburgh, there is a tree on a hill, piss on the west side and it goes to the gulf, piss on the east side and it takes the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake I think your friend is mistaken? Northwest of Pittsburgh would either be to the Ohio or Erie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #25 Posted August 15, 2020 Here are the North America divides: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #26 Posted August 15, 2020 More detail on PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #27 Posted August 15, 2020 New Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #28 Posted August 15, 2020 Well..the Laurentian divide runs about 10 miles north of where I grew up...But the water at my condo...runs pretty easily to the Mississippi...which is just a few miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share #29 Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Prophet Zacharia said: I think your friend is mistaken? Northwest of Pittsburgh would either be to the Ohio or Erie. My bad. North east of Pittsburgh Somewhere around St Marys One side of the hill leads to the Sinnemahoniny and then Susquehanna The other ends up in Allegheny 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted August 15, 2020 Share #30 Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Philander Seabury said: More detail on PA My home water drains ultimately to the Ohio. Whether it goes first to the Monongahela, I don’t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Silly Posted August 15, 2020 Share #31 Posted August 15, 2020 I believe to the Detroit River then to Lack Erie down the Niagara Falls, across Lake Ontario down the St. Larry River out to the Atlantic Ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted August 15, 2020 Share #32 Posted August 15, 2020 The treated wastewater use to be dumped into the Econlockhatchee River to St Johns River to the Atlantic Ocean, however it was high in phosphate creating algae blooms killing the fish. Now, they skip the Econ River (short name) and dump into a former ranch, now with 16 diked pools that takes 40 days to filter through before it reaches the St Johns River. Vegetation absorbs the phosphates and other minerals and by the time it reaches the river, has less phosphate than the river has naturally. Orlando Wetlands is technically an active wastewater treatment plant that is also a county park and I take a lot of hikes and nature photographs out there. While not exactly a mountain bike challenge course, I take it out there to cover more ground on the over 20 miles of roads that the dikes create. No motor vehicles other than county maintenance trucks. Jogging/hiking, bikes or horseback only and on weekends there is an electric tram operated by volunteers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted August 15, 2020 Share #33 Posted August 15, 2020 Seeing as I live 1500 feet from the Straight of Georgia and backed by mountains to the west, it is a safe bet I drain to the SoG and into the Pacific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Come Lately Name Posted August 15, 2020 Share #34 Posted August 15, 2020 Hopefully right into the HR department of my former employer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2020 Share #35 Posted August 15, 2020 49 minutes ago, F_in Ray Of Sunshine said: Hopefully right into the HR department of my former employer. If that does happen we will have a good suspect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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