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Simple solution. Add 1 gallon of sodium hypoclorite (bleach) into the water. If it wasn't sterile to start with, dilution in and of itself, in an already chlorinized environment, isn't going to harm anyone.
If you do there really is not much chlorine in it.
What we use to chlorinate water wells is strong (97% chlorine).....I tell people when they pump their wells out after treatment to be sure and pump it out side.....it will peel the paint off the walls (just kidding...but, it is strong).....
That's just retarded. The water could be used for freaking irrigation or hell its gonna get treated again before it becomes drinking water. This is j u s t S T U P I D
Lol. What do you think happens when it's dumped ... that it evaporates? And becomes unusable anywhere else in the ecosystem?
As nasty as it is and none of us want to drink urine, it is, in fact sterile. Urine will not kill you, or make you sick and diluted into 38 million gallons of water is like there would be no urine in it at all. There are FAR more worse things in our water then urine. Things like chemicals and millions of cancer causing agents in most water systems now days.
I think the Portland bureaucrats just didn't want to deal with people who would make a fuss about some pee in the water so they dumped it even though they know it's not a problem. If this were drought stricken California they might not of done that, but in the rainy Pacific Northwest they probably figured oh well, just dump it and it will be replaced in a few days.
We had quite a bit of rain last month, even some localized flooding in the area, so dumping the water isn't a major issue.
Hmmm, Maybe they should make him drink and filter all the water.. sounds like a math exam, How long would it take 1 person to drink 38 million gallons...........
Most everyone in Portland agrees that it was stupid to drain the reservior.
If it wasn't publicized so much, it would be a non-issue.
But, in the end, it's only water. We have plenty of that here.
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