On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:15:46 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/21/2015 4:07 PM, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 05:16:57 -0400, Joe wrote:

Yes, the food particles from the dishes don't pollute the water.
A dishwasher could use 20 gallons of water and if we didn't use detergent,
the waste water would do no harm to the environment.

Hmm. The best oranges I ever ate were from gray water for a leach
filed. People have freaked out about phosphates in detergent.


The phosphates were causing good growth of green in lakes, streams, and
rivers. The secondary actions are the problem, not in the DW

_Phosphorus cycling and the ocean's hidden fertilizer_

http://www.sciencecodex.com/revealing_the_oceans_hidden_fertilizer-157203

At night you can see fish darting through the water and in boat prop-
wash. IMO the greenies were out to save the world from phosphates.
Gee