I hope they wash the inside of the reservoir before they refill it.
Ridiculously wasteful.
Seems crazy to me. Assuming it’s an open air reservoir, imagine birds and other wildlife will do their business in the water, or right on the shore, so that it will seep into the water.
And imagine leaves from trees, pollen, dust, sticks, and other items end up in the water too.
Assuming the water is treated before it’s pumped out to customers, one person urinating is not going to pollute the water supply. Certainly not pollute it any more than can happen from animals or other sources.
Can you say “Parts per Million” boys and girls????
Isn’t urine sterile?
they also need to hire some liberals to shoo away all the birds that fly overhead so they don’t crap in it
How do we get people this stupid in charge of things
Just explain to the public that THE WATER GOES THROUGH A TREATMENT PLANT before it is piped into the system
Why is potable water left exposed? I mean unless this guy has a HUGE bladder I’m not sure how much his relieving himself would effect 38M gallons, but if it is exposed to the open air he isn’t the only living organism relieving himself in that water.
The security state tries to protect everything, and will wind up protecting nothing.
Cross linking a thread from yesterday if anyone is interested in the comments.
Teen caught urinating in reservoir (Portland Ore) ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3145284/posts
Another event of like nature happened a few months ago.
(Portland, Oregon) Water Supply Cut Off After Man Urinates In Reservoir ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3080438/posts
October 16, 2013
It could have been worse. He could have thrown a Baby Ruth bar in it.
He should have used the same sanitary restrooms the government built for the fish, frogs, raccons and birds.
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LOL My sister won’t go into any lake or sea water because fish poop there. Are there no fish in that reservoir?
It's called "Toilet To Tap".
California Drought: Orange County expands 'toilet to tap' water recycling
The contamination is no more than the mouse dung or hair allowed in chili to be passed as “wholesome”. Rice stored that has mouse or rat urine on it is also used because it is cooked prior to consumption. Anyone else ever spray p-dimethyl amino benzaldehyde on stored dry goods to show how many times a rodent urinated upon an item? The contamination on alcohol products is also significant but the alcohol renders them “wholesome”.
This is the end result when you put affirmative-action know-nothings in charge.