RogerJ1 (Texas)
Posts: 550
Posts: 550
Posted:
While jogging, I saw someone actively pumping a private septic system onto yard at a high rate, probably 30+ gallon per minute (I base that rate on its stream of gushing water looking equal to 2 or 3 garden hoses.) After doing a double take to look at it, I quickly took out my phone and briefly filmed it as well as the truck, with company name and phone, number. I thought it might be good to have evidence in case other families were harmed, or the people, who owned the septic system, did not even know the company was doing it and they had concerns later.
After I finished the 10 second filming, I, while using ear buds and listening to music at high to moderate level, heard someone, the POA president, 50+ feet away yelling, "you come here right now and tell me what you are doing" over and over. Later when I watched the video, I could hear the lady shouting "what are you doing" twice during the 10 second video.
When zooming into the video, I also noticed the person, who was conducting the pumping, was staring at something and heartily laughing . He was staring perpendicular to me, so he was not looking at me, and based on where she was, he was clearly laughing at her. Based on wearing ear buds, and hearing her, and how clear the video captured her shouts, she must have been yelling very loudly, and I guess that would explain his laughing.
Note: I was standing on a county road, while this took place, and again I was only documenting what happened in case the run-off affected others - I said nothing to no one, although I confirmed with my County sheriff's environmental enforcement that actively pumping the gray tank may technically be illegal but is someone times done in emergencies.
After I finished the 10 second filming, I, while using ear buds and listening to music at high to moderate level, heard someone, the POA president, 50+ feet away yelling, "you come here right now and tell me what you are doing" over and over. Later when I watched the video, I could hear the lady shouting "what are you doing" twice during the 10 second video.
When zooming into the video, I also noticed the person, who was conducting the pumping, was staring at something and heartily laughing . He was staring perpendicular to me, so he was not looking at me, and based on where she was, he was clearly laughing at her. Based on wearing ear buds, and hearing her, and how clear the video captured her shouts, she must have been yelling very loudly, and I guess that would explain his laughing.
Note: I was standing on a county road, while this took place, and again I was only documenting what happened in case the run-off affected others - I said nothing to no one, although I confirmed with my County sheriff's environmental enforcement that actively pumping the gray tank may technically be illegal but is someone times done in emergencies.