Photo by the Evening SunA big stink became of a youth football game in Scotland this past week. The game had to be canceled after a cesspool erupted in the "pitch." Referee William McKenzie made the winning call when he said, "There was no way I was going let the boys wade in that and get the ball so for health and safety reasons I called the match off. It was disgusting and appalling." The boys agreed and to celebrate they ran and slid through the mess in jubilation. Just kidding.

And now, the spills of the week:

El Hijo Del Santo is back! Last Spring, Wildcoast launched a public awareness campaign featuring Lucha Libre star El Hijo del Santo about threats to the Southern California and Baja coast. Here is the awesome PSA about the threat L'Aguas Negras (sewage) poses to the Tijuana River.

Let's face it, the task of public relations for a sewer operator can't be the easiest job in the world. The job they do to keep "stuff" out of our waters is largely unappreciated and they end up putting said "stuff" in the water, either by design or by accident we are appalled and grossed out. I get the feeling that Kevin Cowan, Sewer Manager for the North Davis Sewer District in Utah, understands the juxtaposition his job puts him in.

When Cowan gives visitors tours of the facility he hands them a bottle of water that looks perfectly clear... Then you read the ingredients. "Water, fecal matter, toilet paper, hair, lint, rancid grease, stomach acid and trace amounts of Pepto Bismol, chocolate, urine, body oils, dead skin, industrial chemicals."

The specially labeled bottle of waters are being to reach out to the public to raise awareness about water quality, the important role sanitation systems play in our society and to remind us that everything we dump down the drain may end up in our precious natural water resources.

Now for the Spills of the Week:

There are just so many jokes to be made about the sewage spill that flooded Cleveland Brown's Stadium last week with 160,000 gallons of raw sewage. Quite fitting for a team that perennially stinks up the AFC Central Division (the browns have made the playoffs twice in the last fifteen years). Fortunately members of the Dawg Pound have been given assurances from the Brown's front office that they won't be wallowing in sewage when pre-season begins in just a few weeks. However, even with a sewage spill of that size in Cleveland Brown's Stadium, I imagine the place is still a better place to watch and play then the infamous Mistake by the Lake.