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Distributing Water (Ancient Indus Valley)
The Hindu ^
| 4-13-2007
| Dr T V Padma
Posted on 04/13/2007 11:03:16 AM PDT by blam
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04/13/2007 11:03:17 AM PDT
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blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/13/2007 11:03:38 AM PDT
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blam
To: blam
I am sure the water supplies of bitumen-sealed wells would exceed the USEPA drinking water standards for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — and likely several heavy metals, as well.
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posted on
04/13/2007 11:08:32 AM PDT
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Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: blam
must have been aliens !!!
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posted on
04/13/2007 11:14:07 AM PDT
by
Jeffrey_D.
(Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Gondring
I am sure the water supplies of bitumen-sealed wells would exceed the USEPA drinking water standards for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Initially, anyway. Over time the levels would drop as the aromatics were depleted from the coating.
It didn't much matter at the time. When your life expectancy is around 40 due to a dozen or more tropical diseases and the Anopheles mosquitoes are buzzing 'round your ears, drinking a few petroleum volatiles is the least of your concerns.
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04/13/2007 11:15:06 AM PDT
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Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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04/13/2007 11:15:52 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Oberon
Initially, anyway. Over time the levels would drop as the aromatics were depleted from the coating. PAHs (e.g., benzo(a)pyrene) are semi-volatile compounds--they tend to be heavy and persistent, with very low allowable limits because of mutagenic and carcinogenic properties.
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posted on
04/13/2007 11:20:13 AM PDT
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Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: SunkenCiv
"All is well." As it should be for a 13th.
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posted on
04/13/2007 11:20:24 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
And noah was a farmer in that area who got washed out to sea on his 3 layer log raft during a hurricane.
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posted on
04/13/2007 11:23:00 AM PDT
by
timer
(n/0=n=nx0)
To: Oberon
It didn't much matter at the time. When your life expectancy is around 40 due to a dozen or more tropical diseases and the Anopheles mosquitoes are buzzing 'round your ears, drinking a few petroleum volatiles is the least of your concerns. Exactly. Puts it into perspective, eh?
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04/13/2007 11:27:23 AM PDT
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Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: SunkenCiv; blam
From the description, these sound more like cisterns for storage than wells. Wouldn’t they have taken their water originally from the Indus?
To: Gondring
***I am sure the water supplies of bitumen-sealed wells would exceed the USEPA drinking water standards for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and likely several heavy metals, as well.***
Got an MSDS sheet on that?
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Not by that manufacturer :-) But just look up “asphalt” and you’ll get it.
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04/13/2007 1:57:43 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: colorado tanker
From the description, these sound more like cisterns for storage than wells. Agreed.
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04/13/2007 1:58:10 PM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Gondring
LOL! Great cartoon. I am re-reading ‘On the Edge of the Primeval Forest’ written by Albert Schweitzer, in which he describes the numerous infectious diseases the natives suffered, many spread by various insects. Tropical dysentry, leprosy, ‘tropical eating sores’ (ulcers) “not infrequently the whole leg surface is one single sore, in which the sinews and bones show like white islands...”
Ah, the healthy, happy outdoor life!
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04/13/2007 4:15:13 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
To: colorado tanker
Wells would be more hygienic, particularly in the environment of a large and rising population. The Indus has a lot of sediment, and meanders through a kinda flat countryside, the channel silts up in unpredictable ways, shallows out.
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04/13/2007 7:54:29 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: blam
Uh-oh. I was hoping no one would bring up... [suspense soundtrack] *Friday the 13th*!
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04/13/2007 7:55:34 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Didn’t say a peep about Friday.
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04/13/2007 8:15:48 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
:’) Uh-oh, I guess I spilled the beans... oops, there goes the salt shaker, right over... and earlier I was chasing my black cat after it crossed my path, right under a ladder... and stepped on a crack in the process... tripped on it, fell headfirst into an old medicine cabinet that was on the curb, and broke the mirror... probably all these cancel out though...
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04/13/2007 8:37:38 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
"...probably all these cancel out though..." Not until you walk under the ladder.
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04/13/2007 9:15:10 PM PDT
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blam
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