Question for the experts. Can Ebola get into a city's water supply? TIA.
it never, never hurts to have some food and fuel and water on hand.
As Ebola is transmitted now, we can control it
but if it changes, becomes more like influenza
not so much.
If it is a surface water supply, it might be able to enter, depending upon the filtration system.
Nearly all secondary wastewater treatment systems, even tertiary sewer wastewater treatment systems, do not kill or isolate virus from the wastewater treatments.
If the public ignores AIDS infected patients swimming in large public pools, they likely will ignore ebola tainted wastewater in sewer systems. I suspect the sewers will be the most difficult to disinfect. Both water and wastewater treatment plants are probably the easiest locations to systemically treat potentially infected water, but they would require additional treatment systems than already installed.