Teen caught peeing in reservoir, 38 million gallons being drained because of it

[thewayne]

I guess they don't realize that birds poop and fish are also known to urinate. Clearly all reservoirs should be covered by an impermeable membrane and guarded with radar-guided machine guns. Clearly this teen is a terrorist and the full might of the law should be used against him. [/sarcasm]

I'll admit it's mildly disgusting, but 38 million gallons? It's totally undetectable.

http://www.kptv.com/story/25262461/teen-urinates-in-portland-water-supply-city-drains-reservoir-of-38-million-gallons

Comments

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

The comments were interesting, talking about X tons of animal carcases that were likely in the reservoir. I guess it's not unlike the government inspectors allowing X parts per million of insect body parts in peanut butter.

[silveradept]

Most likely. And I think there's a filtration system that the water would go through before getting to the pipes, too.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure where reservoirs stand in the water treatment plant system. The systems that I'm familiar with have holding tanks after treatment before the water hits the muni pipe system.

[silveradept]

I think the fresh reservoirs are spiders to be before final treatment and pipe-shipping, but I'm not an expert on the systems. It makes sense to do it that way, though.