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Very good one HIF. I would never have come up with this answer. And as usual Citybythebay must have a crystal ball or is in touch with the super natural powers that the rest of us don’t have.
The appearance of the soap bubbles is from rain water that falls and has had the time to have percolated through contaminating substances (leachate).
As the water percolates through the ground debris, it picks up contaminants (organic and inorganic chemicals, metals, biological waste products of decomposition) This water with the dissolved contaminants is called leachate and is typically acidic. Which in turns forms the bubbly appearance.
That's why they always say not to drink water if an area has been flooded and not to walk through it because it contains some pretty yukky stuff....and no, yukky is not a scientific term....lol
The rowboat just arrived!...see ya in 3 months give or take...
Last edited by LauraPetrie; 10-05-2007 at 09:26 PM..
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