WOMAN'S CORPSE IN WATER TANK (boil your water, New Jersey freepers)

NY Post ^ | 2.10.05

[ambrose]

WOMAN'S CORPSE IN WATER TANK

By PERRY CHIARAMONTE

February 10, 2005 -- Divers found the body of a New Jersey water-treatment chemist at the bottom of a gigantic underground tank last night, and investigators are looking into the possibility of foul play. Meanwhile, the Passaic Valley Water Commission advised customers in 17 towns to boil their water — a customary precaution when a foreign object is found in a tank.

Geetha Angara, 43, a senior chemist, was last seen as she left her office at the commission's Totowa plant at around 10 a.m. Tuesday to check instruments in a water holding tank.

Police and firefighters began looking for Angara Tuesday night, and yesterday searched the plant's grounds and underground tanks, which hold millions of gallons of water.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Jersey!

[ambrose]

A local TV station did some "gotcha" undercover job of the LA Department of Water and Power. The LA DWP is always saying that buying bottled water is a waste, and the tap is perfectly safe.

Turns out they bottled Arrowhead water in the DWP executive offices!

[ambrose]

A local TV station did some "gotcha" undercover job of the LA Department of Water and Power. The LA DWP is always saying that buying bottled water is a waste, and the tap is perfectly safe.

Turns out they HAD bottled Arrowhead water in the DWP executive offices!

[Fierce Allegiance]

I'm sure it's ok for showering, but I'm not drinking it.

[Rebelbase]

"customary precaution when a foreign object is found in a tank."

What are foreigners doing inside our water tanks?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[NorCalRepub]

snorkeling is usually frowned upon at the water treatment plants I frequently visit........

[expatpat]

Maybe Geetha Angara (?!?!) was herself a suicide diver for AlQ.

[GOP_1900AD]

That's an Indian name. Possibly Muslim, but more likely Hindu.

[rawhide]

I used to deliver water years ago when I lived in Colorado, and I remember a guy who found a dead chipmunk floating in one of his home's open-top water tanks that were in his crawl space (the tanks were like what you seen cattle drinking out of on a farm). Maybe the dead chipmunk had been there for weeks, who knows? Water was scarce where his family lived. Anyway, he scooped the dead animal out, poured a gallon of Clorox into the water, and never told any of his family. I beg him to let me drain the tank, and I would refill it for him. No, he did not want to do that.

[MarketR]

It's People....We're Drinking People!

[festus]

Quick change the label to extra chunky........

[polymuser]

Death Of Woman Found In N.J. Water Tank Ruled Homicide
http://www.wnbc.com/news/4195806/detail.html

[MayflowerMadam]

Was she in an Oldsmobile?

[N. Theknow]

Since this is an old post I will re-submit my reply:

She got in over her head, and now it's taps for her.

[polymuser]

As of 2/17/05:

"What first looked like an accident now appears to be a planned murder carried out, say authorities with precision..."

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_021405_watertreatmentdeath.html