Teen caught urinating in reservoir

[DrLeftover]

16 April

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Call it the Big Flush 2, and this time the sequel promises to be much bigger than the original.

Portland officials said Wednesday they are flushing away millions of gallons of treated water for the second time in less than three years because someone urinated into a city reservoir.

In June 2011, the city drained a 7.5 million-gallon reservoir at Mount Tabor in southeast Portland. This time, 38 million gallons from a different reservoir at the same location will be discarded after a 19-year-old was videotaped in the act.

"The basic commandment of the Water Bureau is to provide clean, cold and constant water to its customers," bureau administrator David Shaff said Wednesday. "And the premise behind that is we don't have pee in it."

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/25266957/portland-plans-reservoir-flush-after-teen-cited


MORE, and video

Teen urinates in reservoir; officials to flush 38M gallons; L.A. weeps

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-urinate-oregon-reservoir-20140417,0,6853751.story?track=rss#axzz2zAfVRc7p

 

[Cpt.Nemo]

wow lol

 

[DrLeftover]

Somewhere on Off Topix there is a thread about why many teens aren't given more responsibility.

 

[Jazzy]

A total waste of water. Do they really think the amount of urine from this teen tainted the treated water supply? How about the wildlife and birds that pee and poop in the water.