38M gallons of water dumped after teen caught urinating in reservoir

[green73]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Once again, Portland officials are preparing to flush millions of gallons of treated water because a young person urinated into a city reservoir.

Water Bureau Administrator David Shaff said 38 million gallons will be discarded because a 19-year-old was caught in the act on Wednesday.

Three years ago, the city drained a 7.5 million-gallon reservoir.

The open reservoirs hold water that's already been treated and goes directly into mains for distribution to customers.

The urine poses little health risk, but city officials don't want customers to think the water's tainted.

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/2526695...ter-teen-cited

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

what would they do if a bird flew overhead and dropped a $#@! into the resevoir?

[Brian4Liberty]

Didn't this happen recently somewhere else, or is it the same place?

[Dr.3D]

I'll bet there are fish in that reservoir that pee more than he did.

[phill4paul]

Dilution is not the solution!

^^^ Overheard from a libtard.

[2young2vote]

What is the point of treating water and then letting it sit out in the open? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of treating it?

[jclay2]

Government fails again.

[RJB]

I'll bet there are fish in that reservoir that pee more than he did.

Don't drink water. Fish piss in it.

--WC Fields

[jj-]

If there's anything that screams "PUBLICLY OWNED" this is it.

[GunnyFreedom]

What is the point of treating water and then letting it sit out in the open? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of treating it?

Yeah, that was my first thought. Who in the hell sets potable water out in the open outdoors for a while before sending it to your faucets. Are these people high?

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)

Oh, LOL. Note to self, if ever in Portland, don't drink the tap water.

Government fails again.

Yep.

[Uriel999]

Retarded...Hell my drinking water causes cancer...think I am worried about a little piss?!

[RJB]

Atleast he didn't pee on the Alamo.

[brushfire]

[CPUd]

[RonPaulMall]

What is the point of treating water and then letting it sit out in the open? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of treating it?

There is nothing wrong with letting it sit out in the open. That's the way it has traditionally been done and is perfectly safe, as even the idiots wasting all this perfectly safe water (in the middle of a drought) themselves acknowledge. So no, it does not defeat the purpose at all.

[RonPaulMall]

What is the point of treating water and then letting it sit out in the open? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of treating it?

There is nothing wrong with letting it sit out in the open. That's the way it has traditionally been done and is perfectly safe, as even the idiots wasting all this perfectly safe water (in the middle of a drought) themselves acknowledge. So no, it does not defeat the purpose at all.

I think what is going on here is that corrupt local officials want to do away with the open reservoirs because it will necessitate hundreds of million in construction contracts as well as necessitating the steady purchase of a lot more chemicals to put in the water. And besides the kickbacks that entails, it also helps justify huge rate increases in public water costs that they want to push through.

[CaptUSA]

Needs moar fluoride.

[Anti Federalist]

Wah-ter?

[Anti Federalist]

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[Dr.3D]

Wah-ter?

You mean that stuff they flush toilets with?

[FindLiberty]

[JK/SEA]

meh....38 million gallons?....

drop in the bucket up here...

the resevoir probably needed scrubbed cleaned anyway....

but yeah...covers would be a good idea.

[klamath]

Of course if they had said and done nothing and it came out, half the city would have been suing because they had typhoid.

[pcosmar]

Again.

City water has stuff much worse than piss in it.. Any city, Anywhere.

[Matt Collins]

What is the point of treating water and then letting it sit out in the open? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of treating it?

This is what happens when the government is in charge of our water supply

[Matt Collins]

Why not just treat the water again instead of "throwing it out"?

[JK/SEA]

Why not just treat the water again instead of "throwing it out"?

we're talking about Portland Oregon, not Death Valley...

resevoirs are drained on a regular basis anyway for cleaning.......relax.

[CPUd]

[Ronin Truth]

How many others for how long that have never been seen or caught?

[Ronin Truth]

Send a bill for the water dump to the kid's parents.