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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PumaMan" data-source="post: 1739581" data-attributes="member: 76052">Please take the time to read before you post sarcastically.  And you don't have to shout. I've already agreed with you, stating that the use of organic fertilizers is an admirable goal, but I guess you didn't read that either.It would help if you understood the geology of Tucson--it is called basin and range.  We only get 11 in of rain per year here in the Sonoran Desert and when it does rain here in Tucson, the water doesn't run off into rivers and into the drinking water sources. It flows for a while in washes then settles and either evaporates or leaches into the ground.   The small amount of water/synthetic-fertilizer I use would be leached out or broken down in the amount of time it takes the water from my area of the state to percolate down to the aquifer---about 800 years.  I didn't say, as you implied I did, that the "poisons" would still be there in 800 years.  I said that they would be broken down and harmless, probably well before 800 years.Now, why don't you respond to my query about septic tanks--do you think that maybe they might contribute more to ground water pollution than my casual application of synthetic fertilizer?  Although even they (septic tanks) must follow the same percolation schedule down to the aquifer.You know, not every place in the world has the same underlying geology and rainfall.  Like maybe where you live in NJ and where I live in AZ are different?  Where does all the sewage from your houses in NJ go?  Maybe to some central sewage disposal plant in NJ?  Where does it go from there?  Treated somewhat and then dumped into NJ rivers maybe?  Do you know where your drinking water comes from?  From wells?  From surface water?  If from wells, do you know how deep the wells are?</blockquote>

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