Drinking Water ruined?

[CloneIce]

It was already treated. Sounds crazy, but I knew I'd read that somewhere:

http://time.com/#66459/portland-reservoir-pee/

Portland Water Bureau spokesman David Shaff said three teens were spotted at the reservoir at around 1:00 am. One male was filmed urinating through a fence into the already-treated water

The EPA does have a rule that requires drinking water be stored in covered reservoirs, but like most rules there are many utilities that will take a long time to be compliance.

Portland’s water system delivers drinking water to about 935,000 people. There are five uncovered drinking water reservoirs in Portland, three of them at Mount Tabor Park. This particular reservoir is going to be disconnected at the end of 2015 due to an Environmental Protection Agency rule saying that drinking water had to be kept in covered reservoirs. All of Portland’s uncovered reservoirs will be discontinued by the end of 2020.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...r-because-of-a-urinating-teenager/?tid=pm_pop

 

[roundball]

Ames has good water...

 

[CyOps]

It was already treated. Sounds crazy, but I knew I'd read that somewhere:

http://time.com/#66459/portland-reservoir-pee/

Portland Water Bureau spokesman David Shaff said three teens were spotted at the reservoir at around 1:00 am. One male was filmed urinating through a fence into the already-treated water

The EPA does have a rule that requires drinking water be stored in covered reservoirs, but like most rules there are many utilities that will take a long time to be compliance.

Portland’s water system delivers drinking water to about 935,000 people. There are five uncovered drinking water reservoirs in Portland, three of them at Mount Tabor Park. This particular reservoir is going to be disconnected at the end of 2015 due to an Environmental Protection Agency rule saying that drinking water had to be kept in covered reservoirs. All of Portland’s uncovered reservoirs will be discontinued by the end of 2020.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...r-because-of-a-urinating-teenager/?tid=pm_pop

I stand corrected.

I don't know what's more insane, that they dump all of that treated water because of some pee, or that they don't dump it every time a bird ***** in it.

The urine poses little risk — animals routinely deposit waste without creating a public health crisis — but Shaff said he doesn't want to serve water that was deliberately tainted."There is at least a perceived difference from my perspective," Shaff said. "I could be wrong on that, but the reality is our customers don't anticipate drinking water that's been contaminated by some yahoo who decided to pee into a reservoir."

 

[CloneIce]

I stand corrected.

I don't know what's more insane, that they dump all of that treated water because of some pee, or that they don't dump it every time a bird ***** in it.

The urine poses little risk — animals routinely deposit waste without creating a public health crisis — but Shaff said he doesn't want to serve water that was deliberately tainted."There is at least a perceived difference from my perspective," Shaff said. "I could be wrong on that, but the reality is our customers don't anticipate drinking water that's been contaminated by some yahoo who decided to pee into a reservoir."

Its freaking nuts from an engineering perspective man. Besides simple dilution, flying animals do the same regularly. That urine wouldn't register on any water testing. But its a PR thing as you said, so that is a whole different story.

You definitely wouldn't design an uncovered reservoir today, that is for sure.