Someone has added a new derelict boat to Dog River watershed. (left boat). The boat on the right has been abandoned for so many years there is a tree trying to grow inside the boat.
Unfortunately the partially sunken boat is leaking petroleum into the water leaving a sheen on the surface.
If there is a disabled car or truck sitting on the side of a road leaking chemicals onto the ground, a hazmat unit would be called to contain the leak and the vehicle would be towed away swiftly. Smart response.
When there is a disabled boat blocking part of a waterway leaking chemicals into the water, it is allowed to sit there year after year blocking part of the waterway while the chemicals keep polluting the waterway. That is asinine.
There is protocol in Alabama to deal with disabled or abandoned vehicles along public roadways. But there is NO protocol at all to deal with disabled and abandoned boats polluting waterways. Hell, no one even regularly inspects waterways in Alabama for polluting boats. Why not?
Leaders in Alabama and Cities like Mobile and Environmental Enforcement agencies like ADEM obviously don't give a fuck about waterway pollution. That unfortunately is the Ugly truth.
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