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Why we pay bureaucrats - RgrF - 06-22-2011

In Portland, Oregon, 7.8 million gallons of drinking water
were discarded after a man relieved himself in a
reservoir in the early hours of the morning. Asked what
difference a small amount of urine made, given that city
officials routinely find dead animals in the reservoir,
Water Bureau administrator David Shaff replied, "This is
different. Do you want to drink pee?"


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - decay - 06-22-2011

As if that water isn't filtered and treated...


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - cbelt3 - 06-22-2011

Not to mention that urine is sterile. Stupidity in the extreme


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - kap - 06-22-2011

decay wrote:
As if that water isn't filtered and treated...

:agree:

Idiocycrats at their best :banghead:

Good thing OR has plenty of rain.


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - decay - 06-22-2011

so how did they "throw away" all that water?

link?


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - Tofer - 06-22-2011

cbelt3 wrote:
Not to mention that urine is sterile. Stupidity in the extreme

Well...urine is generally sterile to the person that it came from, but you can still pass disease through urine.


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - decay - 06-22-2011

7.8 million gallons of water
+ one man's pee


i'd drink from it once the whiz dissipated.

hysteria, nothing more.


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - kap - 06-22-2011

decay wrote:
7.8 million gallons of water
+ one man's pee

It's so diluted. It's undetectable any how. May be that man did more than just urinated and the city does not want to reveal that tiny detail :dunno:


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - OWC Jamie - 06-22-2011

Covering Portland's open-air reservoirs has been a politically charged topic in recent years and the Water Bureau is working to comply with federal regulations


"Dave, we need you to make a big deal about this. You might come off as a bit dumb, but we need the votes."


Re: Why we pay bureaucrats - mrbigstuff - 06-22-2011

you meant to say, "why we pay lawyers."