Body in Pipe an Unsavory Addition to Water

Reuters ^ | May 20th, 2003 | Reuters

[Blue Scourge]

MANILA (Reuters) - Millions of people in Manila have been drinking super-chlorinated water this week as the body of a teenager remained stubbornly stuck in a major supply pipe. Manila Water Co dumped large doses of the disinfectant into a reservoir serving the eastern part of the Philippine capital after the young man fell into an aqueduct on Saturday while picking fruit.

The company has insisted the water supply is safe as it tries to dislodge the body. Health officials agreed that the chances of contamination were slight but urged Manila Water to work faster.

"We will have to fish out the body first," Dr Concepcion Quizon, chief executive assistant to Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit, told reporters on Tuesday. "The public will not feel good or right using the water."

[Blue Scourge]

Hey der Jim....dis water taste funny to you?

[Blue Scourge]

lol, I think this deserves a "hold meh beer n watch this"

[hopespringseternal]

When your local water utility grabs a pipe from storage to make a fix, it is commonly full of dirt, rat droppings, dead insects, etc.

They just crank up the chlorine.

[SquirrelKing]

Good for what ails you.

[steveo]

Is it soup yet?

[XRdsRev]

Good point. Also worth mentioning is that much of the water we drink formerly served as a fish's toilet.

[Grut]

Also worth mentioning is that much of the water we drink formerly served as a fish's toilet.

And for other natural functions; see Fields, W.C., on piscine reproduction.

[Slyfox]

"The public will not feel good or right using the water."

If you live in the same city as an abortion clinic, chances are that you are drinking water...

I hate to even finish this.

[azhenfud]

"We will have to fish out the body first,"

A nice, tactful way to put it.

[ctlpdad]

All the water we drink was dinosaur piss at one point.