38 million gallons of drinking water will be drained because someone peed in it

[TZucchini]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/i...8_million.html

You can't make this shit up. The city of Portland is going to flush 38 million gallons of drinking water because a 19 year old kid was caught on camera peeing into the reservoir.

[Deleted]

Bit silly really considering water is already recycled, unless he pissed into the section that had already been treated.

[Trassk]

Wow. well heres a suggestion, urm, maybe make the reservoir more protected?

How many birds do you think fly over it and drop there shit or piss into such a thing, its open air.

[Vladimeir]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/i...8_million.html

You can't make this shit up. The city of Portland is going to flush 38 million gallons of drinking water because a 19 year old kid was caught on camera peeing into the reservoir.

I don't think flushing it is that big of a deal.

I think its ridiculous but the reservoir will fill back up and the rest of the water will just go through the water cycle and end up somewhere else.

In my opinion, they should send the kid a water bill for 380million gallons of water. ( ~$30 Million)

[Themius]

Bit silly really considering water is already recycled, unless he pissed into the section that had already been treated.

There is a small risk. Small risk is enough risk.

[Vladimeir]

Bit silly really considering water is already recycled, unless he pissed into the section that had already been treated.

It was already treated.

[Themius]

I don't think flushing it is that big of a deal.

I think its ridiculous but the reservoir will fill back up and the rest of the water will just go through the water cycle and end up somewhere else.

In my opinion, they should send the kid a water bill for 380million gallons of water. ( ~$30 Million)

If the water is going to be reused why do you want to send a 30m water bill?

[Deleted]

It was already treated.

Then i can't really fault them for flushing it all in all.

[Vladimeir]

There is a small risk. Small risk is enough risk.

Small risk but its just ridiculous because of the amount of wildlife that gets into these reservoirs.

[LilSaihah]

Could have AIDS. Imagine explaining that to the president if it turns out that he does.

[Vladimeir]

If the water is going to be reused why do you want to send a 30m water bill?

Because they are still flushing it. I wouldn't flush it to begin with. But I'm not upset that they are. And since they are flushing it as a direct result of his actions, they should just send the cost to him.

[Deleted]

Could have AIDS. Imagine explaining that to the president if it turns out that he does.

That's actually a good point, the risk of contracting a disease from a persons bodily fluids is typically higher than of a different species if I am remembering correctly.

[Risale]

This made me LOL then it made me kinda sad, what waste of good water and money.

[Stir]

Yeah, but water has memory! Homeopathy, yo!

[TZucchini]

If the water is going to be reused why do you want to send a 30m water bill?

It's going to cost the taxpayers $35,000.

[crunk]

that guy should get fired. there is literally know difference between piss from a human and piss from other animals - and like trassk said all the bird shit is no doubt way more "harmful" to people. and by harmful i mean inconsequential and not harmful at all.

portland residents should really call for this asshole's job.

[Ratboy]

How many animals have piss, crapped or died in that very same water?

[TZucchini]

38 million gallons it a drop in the bucket if that have over 100million+ gallons coming that's uncontaminated in it, so who cares?

How many birds shit in that water? How many contaminants get blown into by wind?

And they're going to flush 38 million gallons over a little urine?

[Trassk]

That's actually a good point, the risk of contracting a disease from a persons bodily fluids is typically higher than of a different species if I am remembering correctly.

actually yeah thats a fine point.
But then why do they have such an open air reservoir then with nothing but a fence around it. I'm quite certain nobody as a wang that large that it couldn't fit between those fence posts.

An easy to get to ring around the whole thing, and a fence you could easily climb. F**k, just be thankful it was piss and not someone with a lethal virus.

[LilSaihah]

This is a good point, and it's noted in the article, “That doesn’t include pee. Not from people, at least.”

Just got me thinking, why isn't the city's drinking water more protected?

Now I'm genuinely curious too. If I were a terrorist with AIDS, this would be my number one tactic.