Posted on 10/25/2022 8:14:02 AM PDT by rod5591
Sailors on the Lincoln originally noticed an "odor and cloudy appearance" in the ship's drinking and bathing water on September 21, and testing the following day revealed that E. coli bacteria was present in some of the vessel's potable water tanks, the Navy said in an October 13 statement.
The Navy said at the time that the presence of E. coli bacteria was actually unrelated to reports of an "odor and cloudiness," which the service said disappeared on September 22.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, bilge water is liquid that drains from the interior areas or upper decks of a ship and gets collected in the lowest part of its body. Though the physical composition of a ship's bilge water can vary, it's considered to be wastewater and can consist of everything from sink drainage to fuel to chemicals to even sewage.
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Sounds like someone tainted the water.
The Navy must have hired some woke engineers to plumb their boats. Don’t waste sewage, reuse it.
Get ready for Camp Lejeune-like lawyer commercials in 3, 2, 1.
The only thing that matters is diversity and inclusion, and that a white male takes the fall for this.
Eventually, all plumbing pipe connections leak. If you don’t specify the right stuff, some leak sooner than others. Maybe they need double the number of people who review the ship specifications, before building anymore... Cross connection situations are usually caused by people who didn’t know what they were doing.
“Bilge water!”
Need to get in touch with Marmaduke Surfaceblow. He can fix it.
Oh for cryin out loud...
Grow up..
When I was on the FID ( the First In Defense, USD Forrestal, CV59)... You were warned not to have open flame around the drinking fountains...
You could literally light the drinking water on fire...
Contaminated with aviation fuel...
C’mon...
Where are the health science sailors on the ship? Why isn’t point source testing done daily as it is in most public water systems? Water tests are routine, done easily, and would pinpoint Coliform bacteria identifying the point source of the contamination quickly. The people in charge of our institutions are failing. There is no excuse for this.
LOL, being around the Forrestal with a lighter was as dangerous as being around the Kennedy on the bridge of a ship!
Unfortunately CHT in PW happens more often than you would think.
Maybe the Navy was concentrating too much on Wokey McWokerson issues?
It isn’t just in the Military.
I see things going to hell right in front of my eyes in a variety of things...health care, construction, industry, you name it.
One of the great things about the USA in the past (which anyone who went overseas to other countries knew) was that things just worked.
No more.
Hey, at least the fuel in the water gave you enough energy to perform your duties throughout the day.
And this is why steel ships have a maximum life expectancy of 40 years or so. It isn’t feasible to replace all the miles of pipes and valves on the ship.
Wow, US sure has it all together. No wonder no person wants to join.
Look like poop!
Smell like poop!
Ugh! Taste like poop!
Good thing we don’t step in it!
Isn’t that a 30+ year old ship?
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