I believe the homes the developer is building now are dry, poopless (unoccupied) model homes. The real buiding will require a final plat approval, and I don’t think that’s gone before the County yet.

What has been approved so far are preliminary plats that allow for infrastructure. Who knows what will happen. If Boise won’t take their poop, will they fling it far and wide? It seems so strange that this poop-handling business wasn’t worked out in advance or questioned by the County earlier in the process.

Avimor: We don’t want to pay Boise taxes, we just want to use its services.

I agree with Cyclops. In this era of green building and environmental responsibility, I suggest they fertilize their own development, not the dump (yum! poop-filled trucks cruising down 55, intermingling with Hidden Springs traffic on Seamans Gulch — that’ll “change their view” all right). This just gets kookier by the day. Commissioners, what have you done? Where was your trusty staff input in all of this? I’m afraid you’ve been taken for a ride (on a poop truck).

I live in Eagle and think we should spread poop in the common areas. Golf courses, too. Instead of golf shoes we should wear those knee high rubber boots like the ones I wore in western Alaska where summer was celebrated by changing from cleats to waders. However, knee high rubber boots would usually do.

It is just amazing how the basics of living, modern or otherwise, could exclude the process of disposing of human waste. In referring to my earlier life in Alaska, I can recall that every household had a “honey bucket” which was a big bucket that sat underneath the usual toilet seat. A couple of times a week the honey bucket guys would show up, knock on the door, then come on in and collect the honey bucket. They would bring it back empty, but it was the inhabitants’ responsibility to pour Pine-Sol in the bucket to cover up the odor remaining. To this day I can’t stand the smell of Pine-Sol – funny isn’t it?

In the middle of town was a lake, commonly referred to as “Honey Bucket Lake.” Fortunately it was frozen most of the year. The soil in the area was permanently frozen downward from about 12 inches or so, a condition called “permafrost.” I don’t know where the residue eventually ended. Guess it is probably still there, along with a plethora of dead cars and non-working appliances. Or they could have shipped it to Boise for treatment at the West Boise Sewer Treatment Facility. It wouldn’t surprise me.

This is a true story and I survived it.

I think I need further clarification, in spite of my BSU education. Here’s a quote from the Guardian’s article:

“Turns out Boise sewage plants accept the contents from those septic tank pump trucks and Avimor figured they could take advantage of the poop program.”

Aren’t septic tank pump trucks a completely different amimal from the proposed “sludge” from Avimor and The Cliffs (which will be more or less dry, having been treated somehow)?

And just what is it that comes from Eagle? Sludge or septic tank pump truck loads? And why won’t the Boise plant accept sludge? Is it too dry for them to process, and has to be sent to the landfill or spread on the ground?

EDITOR NOTE– Rod, you have a lot of questions.
I thought I got most of them in the follow up. Here is a short version answer.

–Avimor will have same thing as septic tanks at the beginning “pump and dump.”

–When their membrane is up and running the water passing through the filter will be pretty clean (irrigation quality).

–If it passes various quality standards for lack of moisture and contaminants it can actually go to the landfill or to land application with permit.

–Boise has contract to take sewage via pipeline from Eagle and treat it. We are told Boise will take no more volume from Eagle than current level.

–Boise is changing policy to keep Avimor out of Boise sewage treatment facilities period, even for a short period of “pump and dump.”

–Had Boise known 3 years ago Avimore planned to use the septic tank truck route, they would have had “standing” when Team Dave tried to stop them.

The Dog called it on a previous Poop thread. Canyon County wants Avimor poop! Saw it in the fish wrap. What did I tell ya. They think the predominantly white Avimore poop will make Canyon County smell even more Republican.