It is a reservoir ... it isn’t the FINAL product going to the public. Geez People!!! Get your head around the PROCESS of water purification. The reservoir is the “raw material”, then there is Settling, Clarification, Filtration and finally Chlorination. People with REALLY LOW IQ’s worry about something like this, people who take the time to understand the process go worry about something else!
The job where we had to prevent our sledge-hammer splatter from post 40 has up their website:
The City of Seattle is required by law to maintain a clean drinking water supply.
To that end the City restricts public access and management is guided by a Habitat Conservation Plan. The Cedar River Watershed is an unfiltered surface water supply which produces some of the best water in the world.
Cedar River water is:
•Screened to remove debris
•Chlorinated to remove microbial contaminants, such as bacteria and viruses
•Fluoridated for dental health protection
•Ozonated for odor and taste improvements and Giardia control
•Ultraviolet disinfected to disable microbial contaminants such as chlorine resistant Cryptosporidium
•Supplemented with lime for pH adjusted corrosion control to minimize lead leaching in older plumbing systems.
Cedar River water meets or exceeds all federal standards for drinking water. Daily, more than 50 samples are tested before and after treatment at Seattle Public Utilities water quality lab for a variety of waterborne disease indicators, minerals, chemicals and contaminants.
I grew up in the High Desert in CA near one of the largest aqueducts in the country. I once heard of some youths having parties in the area who would then relieve themselves in said aqueduct.
I’m truly surprised that anyone in Los Angeles is still alive!
39 posts of nuttiness before sanity
I thank u