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by: Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 20, '14 11:06am  
Portland, Oregon purifies their drinking water and then holds it in huge OPEN-AIR reservoirs to feed their water supply system.  A teenager was caught on video peeing into the reservoir, so they dumped the water in the reservoir (38 MILLION GALLONS) to the ocean!Since they have an OPEN-AIR reservoir, I wonder how many birds poop in the water as they fly over?  Apparently, bird poop is OK, but human pee is not!?  Neither thought is pleasant, but what do they expect with an open-air reservoir? 4951
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fcabanski Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Apr 20, '14 11:52am  
Yup, good thought.  Put a lid on it. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 20, '14 12:02pm  
I would've made the teenager drink the water....preferably as close to the time he was caught peeing in it as possible. Guess I'm just mean though. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 20, '14 1:54pm  
BUT YET we still go swimming in the local cement pond! 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 20, '14 2:40pm  
BUT YET we still go swimming in the local cement pond!
 
@KTownTexican:  Correct.  I'm sure the urine content in public swimming pools is much higher than that reservoir.  I think Portland over-reacted.
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~ 9 years ago   Apr 20, '14 7:26pm  
Pee from one guy is not going to affect the water quality of a whole reservoir. It's stupid if they throw the water away 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Apr 20, '14 9:17pm  
Pee from one guy is not going to affect the water quality of a whole reservoir. It's stupid if they throw the water away
 
@notfromhere:   Agreed, but they've already dumped it.  They have to dump it once a year to flush sludge, which they already did earlier this year.  Where does the sludge come from?  Minerals in the water is probably some of it, but dust, leaves, bird poop, and any other wind blown trash make up the rest. I can't imagine that they don't do some additional treating before sending it out to consumers.... at least a filter and maybe a UV treatment.
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