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Old 12-14-2009, 02:35 PM
 
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Ok, I'll confess. I peed in Lake Mead last summer. Sorry.
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Old 12-14-2009, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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this is the west....western water is hard...if you don't want hard water move to the east....

Out here we have a philosophy,,,,if ya can't see it or chew it, it ain't really water....
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Old 12-14-2009, 03:41 PM
 
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How about that water!
Wow! It's that bad!
My theory is that drinking LV water makes one overly sensitive AND picky!
Six pages! Rivals the real estate page.
LOL... and you glow in the dark if you drink enough of it!

It can also lead to gender change... Contaminants in Lake Mead appear linked to gender changes in fish okay in fish, but who is to say it can't cross over, no pun intended!

Here's another good article: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals polluting Lake Mead | DesertBlog

And, one more: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/n...1-16.2009.html

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Old 12-14-2009, 06:20 PM
 
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LOL... and you glow in the dark if you drink enough of it!

It can also lead to gender change... Contaminants in Lake Mead appear linked to gender changes in fish okay in fish, but who is to say it can't cross over, no pun intended!

Here's another good article: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals polluting Lake Mead | DesertBlog

And, one more: Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals, Risk to Human Health and Wildlife Survival, Are Polluting Lake Mead

While you’re not drinking from it you maybe ingesting it. A good portion of the Southern Colorado River water is used for farming in AZ/CA and Mexico.
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Old 12-15-2009, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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this is the west....western water is hard...if you don't want hard water move to the east....

Out here we have a philosophy,,,,if ya can't see it or chew it, it ain't really water....
same goes for southern water. then again central florida is surrounded by ocean on both sides so i guess its the dissolved salt in the air that makes water hard here

i guess its a lot worse out west? i'll be sure to do a taste test when i arrive in vegas this coming fall

do you guys go to the grocery store and buy bottles of aquafina and dasani in those big heavy 24 packs like people do here in florida?
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Old 12-15-2009, 11:30 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Gee, who pissed in your cheerios today.


Ummmmm.... no one I just have problems with people who don't play by the rules ESPECIALLY when they could KILL SOMEONE that's all.
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Old 12-16-2009, 03:21 AM
 
Location: Silicon Valley
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same goes for southern water. then again central florida is surrounded by ocean on both sides so i guess its the dissolved salt in the air that makes water hard here
You guessed wrong. Dissolved calcium and magnesium ions in the water are what make it hard. Sodium ions don't make the water hard, in fact, softening water with a water softener exchanges the calcium and magnesium ions for sodium ions, so the dissolved sodium is what makes the water soft, not hard.

Las Vegas water is hard because the snowmelt in the Rockies dissolves minerals from the rock as it makes its way to the Colorado River and eventually Lake Mead.
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Old 12-16-2009, 08:29 PM
 
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do you guys go to the grocery store and buy bottles of aquafina and dasani in those big heavy 24 packs like people do here in florida?[/quote]

My wife does. I just drink the dam water.
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Old 12-16-2009, 08:43 PM
 
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Spot on.
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