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The latest incident took place about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Cameras captured three teens near the Mount Tabor Reservoir No. 5. One of them approached the iron fence and apparently got close enough to relieve himself directly into the reservoir.


The three teens were apprehended, and the 50-million-gallon reservoir was taken offline for testing.


Thanks to the teens, the Portland Water Bureau will have to dump 38 million gallons of drinking water, said administrator David Shaff.

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

So um they piss maybe 2 cups worth of urine between the 3 of them in a 50 million gallon reservoir and the solution is to just dump 75% of it? 

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Didn't read the article, but couldn't it be treated?

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Not that I condone the behavior, but I find it hard to believe that animals aren't doing their business into the reservoir as well. Or that this kind of stuff hasn't gone on before. I thought the water in the reservoir still had to be treated and filtered and what not, anyway

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Didn't read the article, but couldn't it be treated?

Yep. If they dumped it down the sewer drain it'll be treated as sewage. If they dumped it down a storm drain it'll go through a natural process, unless they have storm water treatment there. I'm sure they dumped it to save face and not have to field a ton of calls about safe drinking water.

 

My question is, if it's already happened before, why not put up another fence farther away from the reservoir?

 

Plus, charge the kid the going rate for the water he/they wasted...

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I'm glad we have well water. Seems like such a waste because of public perception.  Imagine if they have a drought now.  

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I was wrong about Trent Baalke. 

My dog peed on an electric fence once...just once. Wouldn't go near it again. Just sayin...

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

little pee ain't gonna kill ya.. Especially when it's that diluted.

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little pee ain't gonna kill ya.. Especially when it's that diluted.

 

Maybe they were worried about Hepatitis and AIDS.. That would be cause for concern, filtration system or not..  

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Where do fish pee?

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Where do fish pee?

From their fish stix.

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Maybe they were worried about Hepatitis and AIDS.. That would be cause for concern, filtration system or not..

so test the kid.. Surely they had time. I kinda doubt they immediately

Knew about this and flushed it.

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Plus dead

Fish, birds, etc rot it out in

The water and that creates bacteria. When

People feed ducks bread (which they can't digest) some of it

Floats off in the water, rots and builds up ecoli.

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Maybe they were worried about Hepatitis and AIDS.. That would be cause for concern, filtration system or not..  

You can't get HIV from urine unless there's blood in it.

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You can't get HIV from urine unless there's blood in it.

 

How sure are you that there wasn't any blood in his urine? Sure enough to turn the other cheek and presume he was clean?

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<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">This is why they dumped it.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">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.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">"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."

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Water quality test samples have been taken from the reservoir, with results due Thursday. The water will be drained into the sewage system that eventually dumps into the Columbia River.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">In the meantime, Shaff said the city has plenty of water to meet demand.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">"It's easy to replace those 38 million gallons of water," Shaff said. "We're not in the arid Southwest; we're not in drought-stricken parts of Texas or Oklahoma."

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17...63976.html

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<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">This is why they dumped it.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">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.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">"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."

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">Water quality test samples have been taken from the reservoir, with results due Thursday. The water will be drained into the sewage system that eventually dumps into the Columbia River.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">In the meantime, Shaff said the city has plenty of water to meet demand.

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">"It's easy to replace those 38 million gallons of water," Shaff said. "We're not in the arid Southwest; we're not in drought-stricken parts of Texas or Oklahoma."

<p style="font-family:Georgia, Century, Times, serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17...63976.html

 

 

Makes sense..

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One would think that municipalities would be making the public water supplies a bit more secure than that. The kid has exposed a serious weakness in the security of the water supply.

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Looking to troll? Don't bother, we supply our own.

 

 

How sure are you that there wasn't any blood in his urine? Sure enough to turn the other cheek and presume he was clean?

 

I wasn't arguing the decision to flush the system. I was pointing out that you can't get HIV from urine alone.

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One would think that municipalities would be making the public water supplies a bit more secure than that. The kid has exposed a serious weakness in the security of the water supply.

Good point.

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