Was it in what part of the process cleaning of the reservoir? In my city's it seems the last stage is covered.
2014-04-18 19:33 GMT-03:00 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>: > A recent news item: > > http://time.com/66459/portland-reservoir-pee/ > > "Portland Dumps 38 Million Gallons of Water After Man Pees in Reservoir > > April 17, 2014 > > The city plans to dump 38 million gallons of water after authorities say a > 19-year-old urinated in a large, uncovered reservoir during an early morning > jaunt with two other friends, even though the contamination likely poses > little risk . . ." > > "Little risk" is incorrect. This poses absolutely no risk. Birds and other > animals defecate into reservoirs at a far higher rate than this. > > This is an example of the kind of unscientific thinking that has dogged > society in recent years. I say it is OFF TOPIC in the title, but it is > actually somewhat on topic. Some of the resistance to cold fusion comes from > this kind of anti-science attitude. > > Here is a comment about this I wrote on Slate: > > > This is an example of unscientific, irrational thinking. This is same kind > of nonsense that causes people to doubt the efficacy of vaccinations. The > city of Portland should resist doing this because it is not scientific and > there is absolutely no technical or medical justification for it. Officials > who understand science should not give in to mass hysteria based on > ignorance. That is a dangerous thing to do. In this case it merely wastes > water, energy and money. In other cases it may endanger the public. > > Irrational fears cause decision makers to put far too much emphasis on some > preventive measures, which means they do not have the resources to deal with > other measures that would do more good. > > > - Jed > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ [email protected]
