[SMGFan]

Oh pee. That would be 1 part per billion? or higher

[Charles Henrickson]

Urine trouble now, kid.

[driftdiver]

Good thing birds and wild animals never pee or poo in it.

[PieterCasparzen]

Wow. The other day I caught a bear crapping in the woods.

[South40]

Now I get it.

[cripplecreek]

The open reservoirs hold water that's already been treated and goes directly into mains for distribution to customers.

Good thing there are no birds or other wild critters around there./s

[ought-six]

Oh, for God’s sake. Liberals are f***ing insane. Do they think fish don’t “eliminate” in water? Or mammals? Or birds?

[PGR88]

unless the kid had a bladder infection, urine is sterile.

[grobdriver]

preparing to flush millions of gallons of treated water

Now wait a minute... they treat it first and then store it in an open reservoir?

Are these people just stupid? Have they never heard of wild animals and all manner of winds blowing crap into their drinking water?

[lurk]

And there is no one who can talk them out of it.

Collectivism, the car with no reverse.

[Huskrrrr]

“Jacques Cousteau is swimming in a fish’s toilet!”

Rosanne Rosannadana

[Vendome]

Is his name I.P. Freely?

Seriously, birds poop and pee in that thing.

[DManA]

The solution to pollution is dilution.

[Chode]

and they keep treated water, uncovered OUTSIDE... BECAUSE???

[SnuffaBolshevik]

Drink beer because fish have sex in water.

[saywhatagain]

"The urine poses little health risk, but city officials don't want customers to think the water's tainted."

Hmmmmm. . . . A liberal mindset. Facts don't matter. All about the feelings.

[CodeToad]

As though fish and animals never pee in the pool. *idiots*

[Gay State Conservative]

And birds deposit how many tons of whatever in that same reservoir every day?

[shotgun]

You would think that Portland would have some sort of treatment plant operation before it went directly into the glass form the water faucet... Maybe they should do a quick internet search to find out what they do..

From their website:

Treatment & Testing Portland’s Water

The Portland Water Bureau treats Portland’s water with chloramination. This process starts with chlorine to disinfect the water. Next the city adds ammonia to ensure that disinfection remains adequate throughout our distribution system.

The Portland Water Bureau also adds sodium hydroxide to increase the pH of the water to reduce corrosion of plumbing systems. This treatment helps control lead and copper levels at customers’ taps should these metals be present in the customers’ home plumbing.

Portland’s water is currently not filtered. The Bull Run source meets the filtration avoidance criteria of the 1989 Surface Water Treatment Rule and has had a waiver from the requirement to filter since 1991.

[WayneS]

At first I was wondering why they would do something so silly, then I noticed that the article says the reservoir stores treated drinking water.

[logi_cal869]

Sadly, that myFoxNY article SUCKS.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/04/portland_will_flush_38_million.html#incart_m-rpt-1

“Police have not released the names of those cited and have not decided whether to charge anyone with additional crimes. “

I guess being on video and taking selfies and caught on scene isn’t enough evidence for Moscow on the Willamette to make a decision on charging anyone after a $35,000 hit to the city and its tax/ratepayers...

FWIW