Nay Aug Photo Album

Doherty Deceit

Nay Aug Zoo Pictorial on Raw Sewage

The pictures below are for your review. They will take a few minutes to fully load, so please be a little patient. The raw sewage was discovered early last June while I was investigating the overall quality of the park. A water sample taken from where the sewage was exiting the base of the slope below the Zoo and was taken to Pocono Environmental Labs the same day. It tested positive for total raw sewage. The DER was then notified and they contacted the Scranton Sewer Authority as a procedural requisite. We have them to thank for the quick response to repair the source of the leaking sewage.

   The pictures below show the sewage as it gathered on the Davis Trail, which then flowed over the Davis Trail and spilled down the slope toward Roaring Brook. You will see that the foilage was blackened in some places by the presence of raw sewage. Hazardous boards were placed by someone on the Trail in the swampy area to help navigate passage through the sewage. The smell was horrific. Bugs and flies galore.

    Anyone who walked that Davis Trail could tell you that the swampy area has been there for a very long time, since last year. It began to accumulate right after the zoo re-opened.

    Many people in the Doherty administration knew that the zoo was not tied into a sewer line by a gravity flow system and that the existing system in place was defective and not functioning. That's one of the reasons why it was closed in the first place.  Where does the sewage go when it leaves the Zoo? We need to know if it goes to a main sewer trunk. Is the entire sewage system at the zoo up to code? We deserve answers.

   There's no question that the men in positions of authority should have taken action to insure that the public was not exposed to the raw sewage for so long. Bill Fiorini, $58,000 a year, would be at the top of that list. Bob Scopeletti, Director of Parks, $50,000.00 a year, should have looked at the problem as a priority considering the public safety issue. But, he didn't. Neither did Fiorini. $108,000.00 a year and we can't get responsible performances. We can only speculate on why they didn't take appropriate action. Mayor Doherty was well aware of the reasons why the zoo was closed, too, and did nothing about it.

    The existence of the raw sewage for as long it has been flowing over the Davis Trail and toward Roaring Brook speaks to what the truth is and what Mayor Doherty wants you to believe. Raw Sewage is a dense accumulation of the nasty bacteria known as E-coli. Its adverse health effects are well known to most of us. We read about efforts to prevent the spread of e-coli all over the world. It's a formidable bacteria that can make any of us quite sick, and for some, it can be fatal if not treated timely and appropriatley. It was allowed to exist where we were summoned to play by Mayor Doherty. Enjoy the Davis Trail. Enjoy the playground. Reckless and irresponsible, isn't it? Moreover, it's a total disrespect for our health and for providing a safe atmosphere where vulnerable kids gather and play.

   On November 8th, you will get your opportunity to express how you feel about that disrespect. Companion that with the gross disrespect he repeatedly demonstrated for our troops and veterans. Add the disrespect he demonstrated by hiring so many high-priced unqualifed cabinet members and skyrocketing our debt over 125 million dollars. There's really only one choice we can make when disrespect involves our health. That disrespect must go!

Sign of the times in Scranton

Appropriately, right over the sewer lines that dumped raw sewage on the Davis Trail.

Click on any picture to enlarge it for easier viewing and more detail

And don't forget to click on the link at the bottom of this page for more explicit pictures of the sewerage overflow in the Grove on the side of the Zoo. This will open your eyes - so hold your nose!

This is the road to the Davis Trail from the

Zoo area. It's in nice shape, isn't it. It's also the road to the Playground.

Trail hikers walked over these boards, but

never knew they were walking over raw sewage

What you see in the picture below is raw sewage from the zoo that gathered on the Davis Trail

(1) Sewage below Zoo

(Raw Sewage build up on the Davis Trail)

In the picture below you see a more concentrated accumulation, judging by the blackness of the fluid, located about ten feet off the trail.

(4) Sewage below zoo

(Above the Davis Trail in the foilage)

Excavation equipment arrived to rip into the bank

where the raw sewage was flowing out from the Zoo.

This way to the entrance of the Davis Trail

It gets disgusting in a hurry

This was not a rainy day.

This is raw sewage right on the Davis Trail

Raw sewage is highly contamined with a bacteria called E-coli, a very serious bacteria that causes serious health problems

(2) Sewage below Zoo

(Further down the Davis Trail toward the gorge)

In the picture below, you can see how the foilage had been affected by the raw sewage, some of it had died off and discolored.

(5) Overgrowth on Hillside below Zoo

(Discolored foilage - near dead from sewage)

Excavation exposed this sewage pumping station,

And also busted up the Zoo's septic tank and feed lines running into it.

The final repair on the feed pipes, but

the septic tank was eliminated from the system.

In the distance you can see boards strewn

around on the Davis Trail, they're located just below the Zoo.

Hard to believe Bob Scopeletti would do this.

Why throw planks down instead of solving the health problem?

These three accumulations are about fifteen feet apart, and all on the upper side of the Davis Trail, or on the zoo side.

(3) Sewage below zoo

(Closer to the entrance of the Davis Trail by zoo)

It's hard to tell, but in the picture below there's a dark area, that's the base of the bank below the zoo where the sewage had been leeching out since the zoo opened.

(6) Overgrowth below Zoo

(Shadowed area at top of picture is the source)

Plumbers fixing the busted feed lines

You should always make sure the park is restored before doing this political suicide

Click here to view the pictures of the sewage overflow in the grove on the side of the Zoo!!

With the septic tank removed, which was likely the cause of the leak due to old age, all of the sewage from the Zoo goes into the huge cylindrical shaped concrete tank. Inside that tank is a pumping station and a grinder. The grinder breaks everything up that feeds into it and the pump then pushes it out of the tank. The next question at this point was, where does it pump the sewage to? The disposal line exited the tank facing the Zoo and went into the bank, so the logical thing to do was to look around the Zoo area for where the black disposal pipe may have surfaced, or look for any wet spots where the sewage may be dumping out. I found both on the other side of the Zoo. Click on the link above this paragraph to see where this pumping station pushed the sewage to.

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