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Don't Drink the Water: DC Warns Thousands of Contamination Risk
NBC Washington ^ | July 13, 2018 | Andrea Swalec

Posted on 07/13/2018 7:40:54 AM PDT by EdnaMode

If you live in D.C., you may have to boil your water.

DC Water is advising tens of thousands of residents and businesses in a major portion of the city not to drink or cook with tap water without boiling it because of a contamination risk.

A problem with the water system Thursday night made it "possible for contaminants to enter the water," DC Water said in a statement early Friday. Officials say there is no information indicating that any water was contaminated; the "boil water advisory" is a precaution. DC Water says it is safe to bathe or shower, but to avoid swallowing the water.

The advisory is expected to last 24-48 hours, the utility said just after 9 a.m. Friday.

An estimated 34,000 DC Water customers are affected, spokesman Vince Morris said. The total number of people affected is likely much higher; residents of an entire apartment complex can be counted as a single customer.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcwashington.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: bluezones; dc; draintheswamp; swamp; water; watercontamination; watersupply
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The swamp runneth over.
1 posted on 07/13/2018 7:40:54 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Another big city run by the Democrat Party, yes?


2 posted on 07/13/2018 7:44:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yep.

America’s version of South Africa.

(Did I say that out loud?)


3 posted on 07/13/2018 7:47:04 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didnÂ’t.")
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To: EdnaMode
It's the “effluent” from the Strozk hearings that “leaked” into the city's water system.
4 posted on 07/13/2018 7:47:40 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: EdnaMode

The sewage finally cannot be contained any longer.


5 posted on 07/13/2018 7:48:54 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: EdnaMode

DC like so many left wing controlled big cities in America, continues to be an American $hithole.


6 posted on 07/13/2018 7:51:41 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Trump: "Families of American citizens murdered by illegals are permanently separated from them!)
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To: EdnaMode

Don’t drink the water until it gets another treatment of mind control drugs.


7 posted on 07/13/2018 7:54:29 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: EdnaMode

Maxine went for a swim in the reservoir.


8 posted on 07/13/2018 7:56:52 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: RedMonqey

“Yep.
America’s version of South Africa.
(Did I say that out loud?)”

S.A. Tomorrows ZIMBOB....VIVA ANC ! Soon— no running water,telephones,etc etc etc


9 posted on 07/13/2018 7:58:02 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: EdnaMode

Let’s see, we have “swamp”, “Strozk” and “the Dems run it” already. So I’ll just have to say the Russians did it.


10 posted on 07/13/2018 8:06:09 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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To: litehaus

Maybe we need the fence around DC with an airtight lid? That would do more good than a southern fence.


11 posted on 07/13/2018 8:08:59 AM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: bgill

I thought they had all been drinking Kool-Aid for years.


12 posted on 07/13/2018 8:17:11 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: oldasrocks

“Maybe we need the fence around DC with an airtight lid? “

Is that to keep the stink in, OR to ensure a Total Start-over in DC ??


13 posted on 07/13/2018 8:18:04 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: EdnaMode

Rather than boil my water I’ll just fill up my water bottles from the anacostia.


14 posted on 07/13/2018 8:26:20 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: EdnaMode

There has been ‘something’ in their water for decades.


15 posted on 07/13/2018 8:28:04 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Apparently I voted demoncrat for 40 years. They all wore 'R' jerseys! 'R'atpublicans!)
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To: EdnaMode
Oh woe is me!! Once again a Commie run city has issues with it's service.




16 posted on 07/13/2018 8:30:32 AM PDT by Cheerio
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To: BenLurkin

I believe its still the army corps of engineers that run the aqueduct/water in DC. I used to live in DC... water bill is very cheap there.


17 posted on 07/13/2018 8:48:50 AM PDT by Katya
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To: EdnaMode

I KNEW there was something in the DC water that affected politician’s brains!


18 posted on 07/13/2018 8:57:00 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: litehaus

Soon— no FREEDON,etc etc etc..

(with the goal of no white people)


19 posted on 07/13/2018 9:31:41 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didnÂ’t.")
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“Soon— no FREEDON,etc etc etc..
(with the goal of no white people)”

Golly Gee ! Didn’t HAYTEE ALREADY accomplish that 150+ years ago?


20 posted on 07/13/2018 9:51:29 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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