Posted on 04/17/2014 7:02:20 AM PDT by don-o
Peeved Portland, Ore., officials plan to drain millions of gallons of treated drinking water from a city reservoir after a teenager was caught on surveillance cameras taking a brazen bathroom break.
The unnamed 19-year-old was captured urinating through the iron fence at the Mount Tabor Reservoir just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, water bureau officials said. Two others with him, ages 18 and 19, were also caught trying to scale a fence.
The unsavory act has prompted officials to decide to flush 38 million gallons of drinking water — or the equivalent of 57 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Generally, urine in such a large volume of treated water poses little risk to the public, and even animals are known to answer the call of nature into the reservoir, which gets its water from the Bull Run watershed.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Yep. Sounds like they need to flush it all, sterilize the liner, fill it back up and wait for the animals to pee in it.
Only in Portland could this idiocy happen.
“Can you say “Parts per Million” boys and girls????”
More like 1 part in 500 million...
Women in charge???
"It does have a little whang to it. Good, though."
That’s the pic I was hoping to find.
Great movie.
The big stupid goes on to be re-elected or elected into another zone, where he appoints many, many little stupids that ALSO never go away ...
" ... and so it goes."
LOL My sister won’t go into any lake or sea water because fish poop there. Are there no fish in that reservoir?
Why is potable water left exposed?
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The reservoir is one of five the city is in the process of replacing with underground
storage to comply with federal regulations.
Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/25266957/portland-plans-reservoir-flush-after-teen-cited#ixzz2z9ZXKPKK
It's called "Toilet To Tap".
California Drought: Orange County expands 'toilet to tap' water recycling
“Assuming 1 piss = 1 quart, I’d say 1 part to every 152,000,000 parts.”
An adult male feels the need to urinate at 150 ML. The adult bladder holds only 300 ML. 150 ML is 5 OZ.
An adult male feels the need to urinate at 150 ML. The adult bladder holds only 300 ML.
The contamination is no more than the mouse dung or hair allowed in chili to be passed as “wholesome”. Rice stored that has mouse or rat urine on it is also used because it is cooked prior to consumption. Anyone else ever spray p-dimethyl amino benzaldehyde on stored dry goods to show how many times a rodent urinated upon an item? The contamination on alcohol products is also significant but the alcohol renders them “wholesome”.
Portland oregon is MORE city
This is the end result when you put affirmative-action know-nothings in charge.
Stupid auto correct. ..I SAID MORON
The things one learns on FR!
So multiply times 6.4 =’s 972,800,000 or almost 1 part in 1 billion.
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