CNN & water

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Did anyone see the short (what else) blurb on CNN last night? They claimed the Fed wants every household to store enough water for 4 (!) days. Claim water and sewer may have problems. 20 days before? As a side note, installed NZ hand pump. My wife can barely pump it. To fill a 5 gallon bucket is quite the work-out, even for me, and our water table is only at 43'.

-- Teacher Gets It (teacherGI@desert.net), December 11, 1999

Answers

Maybe you could rent Arnold or Sylvester to come over and pump water for you.

-- Butt Nugget (catsbutt@umailme.com), December 11, 1999.

I am very fortunate in that just accross the street in an empty lot lies an old well and a hand pump. The well was part of an old homestead that was demolished this summer but the well and pump were left intact. The pump works very well and the water tastes great. It will be interesting to see how many people show up if the water supply in town is diabled.

-- y2k dave (xsdaa111@hotmail.com), December 11, 1999.

Saw it on CNN, and it ran every half hour on headline news all night. Also hearing more stories on prepping in general, with less of a psycopathic slant than before. Boogles my mind that they can say on CNN "we recommend you stock four days of water" and people still won't do it or GET IT.

-- kritter (kritter@adelpia.net), December 11, 1999.

water water water water not enough water

questions for anyone that has answers:

will regular water filters work on OVER treated water? if not, what's suggested?

how long does it take to clean up a tainted municipal water supply?

The question i don't want answered is what will an urban area be like if there is no sewage treatment?

-- fast leak (fastleak@...?.com), December 11, 1999.


The CNN blurb was in response to the report entitled "Y2 Risks in the Water Industry", published by the Center for Y2k and Society and the Natural Resources Defense Council(www.swrcb.ca.gov/y2k/y2k.html). The media said to prepare for 4 days, the report said 10 days. BITR vs. serious glitch. Yahoo account quotes the report's 10 days. (http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991211/tc/usa_water_2.html) Considering the possibility of contamination, I'd recommended 30 days plus a good filter.

-- Michael (mhgentry@prodigy.net), December 11, 1999.


Heavily over-treated water - which will probaly (almost certainly!) be evident from the strong Cl odor - should be useable after sitting in an open bowl for a while.

Consider what happens to a swimming pool "shock-treated" - superchlorinated - after a few hours in the sun and air, the odor is gone, and people can swim (and drink) the water without an incident.

Also - consider that "over-treatment" is very evident and invites a natural caution from the drinker before he starts drinking or washing dishes. Thus, it is not as dangerous as "not treated" water.

Which is invisibly threatening.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), December 12, 1999.


What about over flouridated water? Bottle now.

-- Servant (public_service@yahoo.com), December 13, 1999.

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