the same.
--- In [email protected], "David Patch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Ellen"
> <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> >
> > so reservoir water comes only from rain?
>
>
> Reservoir water comes from precipitation, springs, and whatever
> rivers or streams feed into the reservoirs. I can't say with
> authority that there is no reservoir that doesn't have a tributary
> into which a sewage treatment plant might discharge water, but I
> would be quite surprised if there were a sewage treatment plant
that
> discharged directly into a drinking-water supply.
>
> In any case, reservoirs themselves certainly can't be relied upon
to
> be clean. Reservoir water still must be treated because of
> contaminants both natural and man-made -- animal waste,
agricultural
> chemicals, road salt, boating pollution, you name it.
>
> Again, the main point is that men (or women) urinating in the
shower
> or the sink instead of the toilet does not positively or negatively
> affect the quality of the public drinking water supply. Actually,
an
> entire herd of elk peeing directly into a reservoir probably
wouldn't
> have a measurable effect, either.
>
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