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  • Rob945

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    Dang. When I was at sea in the 80s, our flushing systems just used salt water. Of course, the ships I served on were commissioned in 1969 and 1970. Some of the newer ships at the time actually produced enough fresh water that their flushing systems used fresh instead of salt. Still, nothing like what they described in this article.

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    Surplus Guy

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    What do you want from the lowest bidder, perfection???
    What do you want from the lowest bidder, perfection???
    Not really but it would be nice if someone like the DOD, Congress or Navy demanded overall and accurate numbers to support sustainment costs during the acquisition program. This article seems to say that no one is minding the store.
     

    Surplus Guy

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    Dang. When I was at sea in the 80s, our flushing systems just used salt water. Of course, the ships I served on were commissioned in 1969 and 1970. Some of the newer ships at the time actually produced enough fresh water that their flushing systems used fresh instead of salt. Still, nothing like what they described in this article.

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    I agree it would have been nice to know.
     

    TxStetson

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    Well, since they knew 20 years ago that that toilet system didn't work on the little mine hunters with a crew of approximately 50, I don't see how they thought it would work with a crew of 4000 plus. Most of the ships I was on discharged the sewage straight overboard once they were 3 miles from shore so we never had these issues. But of course, it's a whole new green deal, tree hugging world nowadays so we can spend Billions of dollars a year and still have to put sewage in the water. Makes perfect sense to me.
     

    TheMailMan

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    The basics of plumbing for human solid waste disposal have been known for quite a while.

    When you try and turn the system into something it's not then you're going to have problems.
     
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