The Philadelphia Water Department is looking for a spokes-dog. Yes, you read that correctly. The issue to be addressed is poop and the problem is that left behind, it has the potential to run into the water supply, especially in hilly neighborhoods where the contest is being conducted.
"You wouldn't let your dog poop in your pool," said Joanne Dahme, spokeswoman for the Water Department. "But if you don't pick up after your dog, after the next rain it could wind up in the river."
It turns out that in the "spokes-dog" neighborhoods, (Roxborough, Manayunk and East Falls for those in the region), unlike the rest of the city, the sewer pipes are separated. Household waste goes directly to the sewage treatment plant; storm water--and everything in its path--goes right to the river.
While the Water Department dumps many chemicals into that water to guarantee that it is safe to drink, it only does so to the water that passes through the treatment plant. Which leaves a whole lot of potentially contaminated river for those who row, fish or just walk along it.
So for the benefit of everyone, pick up after your pooch or better yet, if you live in the qualifying region, enter your pooch to win a $200 gift certificate to a doggy supply shop as well as the right to bark at all offenders.
It's a shame--Sam would be great at that last part.
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