In the Big Apple, nobody's vegan
Back in New York City, where a debate rages about whether the city's water system needs to be filtered, somebody's taken out a microscope and looked at what comes out of the tap. And they've found -- yikes! -- these guys.
In Portland, a similar debate about water treatment is in progress -- although it's a stretch to call a verbal interaction with Fireman Randy a debate. Anyway, you wonder what critters you'd find in Portlandia's tap water under high magnification. Readers? Water Bureau tweet staff?
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I'm not sure, but if anyone wants to come visit our water quality lab and have a look see - let me know. It's pretty interesting stuff!
Posted by Sarah Bott | September 1, 2010 10:32 AM
Geez, 1-2mm long is clearly visible. Do their faucet aerators get plugged up every 10 minutes?
Posted by Spooky | September 1, 2010 10:35 AM
Does that make the water unkosher?
Posted by PomMom in LO | September 1, 2010 10:49 AM
Uh-oh, a debate in NYC - We'll have to raise water rates here another 15% ... 3 ... 2 ... 1
Posted by Steve | September 1, 2010 10:51 AM
Chlorine contact time and no sewage takes care of us.
Posted by Carol D. | September 1, 2010 11:57 AM
Better be careful with that chlorine Carol. Chlorinated by-products in tap water can cause birth defects,miscarriages and bladder cancer.
Just pass the fettuccine and clam sauce and mix in a little tap water.
Posted by Bluecollar Libertarian | September 1, 2010 2:21 PM
So we add no chlorine? You must be a Rhodes Scholar.
Posted by Delbert | September 1, 2010 3:36 PM
No Delbert. Hard Knocks University.
Posted by Bluecollar Libertarian | September 1, 2010 9:25 PM
. . . Anyway, you wonder what critters you'd find in Portlandia's tap water under high magnification. .
Am more concerned right now with the critters outside our water, eyeing it for their own benefits, whatever that game plan may be.
Plenty of critters here to be concerned about - Leonard, our city council, those who are going along, and those who are behind all this focus on making expensive and negative changes to our Bull Run Water system and in the water we drink.
Our water is worth “gold” here in our community. I suspect there are others who want to monkey with it for very lucrative contracts and/or to eventually have ownership of our community’s water.
We need high magnification all right, not on the water, but on what is really going on politically as to why our good drinking water is on the table and/or in jeopardy at all!! Why are rates going sky-high for a public health problem that doesn’t exist?
Posted by clinamen | September 1, 2010 9:33 PM
clinamen - if you haven't seen Chinatown with Jack Nicholson you need to ... it's all about the water
Posted by LucsAdvo | September 2, 2010 6:06 AM
LucsAdvo,
Yes, Chinatown!
I mentioned before we need a private investigator.
Water is so "big" that Nestle wants in here now up at Cascade Locks. Why?
A very uneasy feeling knowing that corporations are hovering around our water.
Posted by clinamen | September 2, 2010 12:29 PM
Aren't there some rules against huge, no-bid contracts passed as emergencies on slow-news days? A law student should not go after this sort of thing by herself, unless she is an Erin Brockavich clone (though EB did not have a law degree) but what about a class project for a class-action suit on behalf of people on fixed or no incomes? Isn't there a chance such a class could endow the school with assorted chairs and things?
Posted by JadeQueen | September 4, 2010 9:10 PM