As you know, I own my own portable potty biz. The nice blogger lady at Oh the Joys wrote a post about Idaho. In attempt to grab her attention, I opened my pie hole and spewed that Idaho had different regulations on portable potty systems than other states. She asked me to elaborate, but that's really all I knew.
I thought that would be enough for her and that I could get a foot in the door for a date, but then she suggested I do some research and write a post about Idaho portable potty regulations.
Here's what I learned.
Idaho says that sewage carries disease and is harmful to people, aquatic plants, and animals.
Untreated discharge from just one weekend jam fest has as much bacterial pollution as the treated sewage of 10,000 people.
Human sewage and garbage harms wildlife and kills fish.
Human sewage can transmit diseases like hepatitis, typhoid, and cholera to swimmers.
Over time, water from lakes and rivers seeps into
groundwater—the water we drink.
That's why Idaho wouldn't want me to just dump the potty over and let the sewage seep into the ground. Sucks for Idaho porta-potty businesses because it's much faster to dump the unit over and spray it out with a water hose before the next carnival or concert.
Apparently Idaho gets all picky and expects "proper" disposal of human waste.