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100. Nuts? You want nuts? Let's play compare and contrast. Portland is releasing 38 million gallons

Thu Apr 17, 2014, 08:05 AM

Apr 2014

from an abundance of supply. You call this overreaction and 'nuts'. Meanwhile CA has what they claim is a drought but they are still watering the golf courses. Palm Springs alone has 57 golf courses which take up to one million gallons a day to maintain. Are you doing the math?
So it is charming in a head in the sand sort of way to hear about how nuts Portland is, with plenty of water and a high standard of living, while CA wastes vast amounts of a scare supply to make sure well off folks can keep playing a game.
In short, Palm Springs alone uses more water than Portland is recycling every day of the year on golf courses alone.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91363837

California as a whole has 1,140 golf courses.
Nuts.

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Portland will flush 38 million gallons of water after man urinates in Mt. Tabor Reservoir [View all] alp227 Apr 2014 OP

What an asshole nt MrScorpio Apr 2014 #1

shit, where i live they have floating outhouses on the reservoirs that store our drinking water.. frylock Apr 2014 #2

No kidding this is overkill. Warpy Apr 2014 #77

Well, he might have been a conservative rock Apr 2014 #109

Seriously? Animals are pissing in that water every single day, and fecal matter washes in every..... marble falls Apr 2014 #3

Every day there are examples of why we need fewer bureaucrats truedelphi Apr 2014 #21

Idiocy taken to Historic Heights warrant46 Apr 2014 #96

I was thinking the same thing. This is ridiculous. 7962 Apr 2014 #36

They do, actually. This is a finished water reservoir, open to the air. MissB Apr 2014 #78

Thats a new one for me, thanks. But they dont think at the very LEAST, birds crap in it? 7962 Apr 2014 #95

There's boaters, jetskiers, hunters and fishermen all over our reservoir where I live. TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #4

Isn't this so insane. I really wonder what's going through their minds. Most reservoirs RKP5637 Apr 2014 #40

There is no surprise here...too many stupid bureaucrats golfguru Apr 2014 #75

But then your water probably gets filtered. MissB Apr 2014 #79

I would assume it gets filtered. No offense, but I wouldn't want TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #89

Chlorine is added before the reservoir. MissB Apr 2014 #90

that urine was way more sterile than the water it was peed into, LOL.... mike_c Apr 2014 #5

Indeed it was. Healthy urine IS sterile, and if they are truly worried, they Nay Apr 2014 #61

Mahatma Gandhi was known to drink his own urine golfguru Apr 2014 #76

What do they do if they catch a bird pooping into it?... n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2014 #6

Probably announce they now have to kill all birds? n/t truedelphi Apr 2014 #22

They replace the water with Brawndo...why? because KurtNYC Apr 2014 #55

You gotta be kidding me. That's nuts! Little Star Apr 2014 #7

You sure this is not the Onion? itsrobert Apr 2014 #8

what? MNBrewer Apr 2014 #9

+1 840high Apr 2014 #38

Yes, it does go directly into people's taps MissB Apr 2014 #86

Then I'd say enlightenment Apr 2014 #112

I guess they have more water than what to do with itsrobert Apr 2014 #10

That explains it. Thanks. nt SunSeeker Apr 2014 #26

wait d_r Apr 2014 #31

Haaaaaaaa! 7962 Apr 2014 #37

Yep, and no wildlife, yep that incoming water is sterile! This is so wacky, I thought it was the RKP5637 Apr 2014 #43

And fish don't *blank* in the water? If they ration the water this summer, fire the braintrust. n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #69

Isn't the water treated after it leaves the reservoir for use? penultimate Apr 2014 #11

No, it goes straight into the mains according to other news reports seveneyes Apr 2014 #29

Theyve got 3 times more than that in excess anyway. ErikJ Apr 2014 #12

Then send it to California Demeter Apr 2014 #56

Seriously Mz Pip Apr 2014 #68

Oh man, our Portland water is soooo delicious. Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #72

I've always said that California davidpdx Apr 2014 #83

How? Pipeline, truck, ship? ErikJ Apr 2014 #71

What idiots! former9thward Apr 2014 #13

Send him the bill. Octafish Apr 2014 #14

Water has memory. ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2014 #15

ding ding ding. we have a winner! mopinko Apr 2014 #33

Thank You psiman Apr 2014 #64

Was he some fucking anarchist? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2014 #16

this happened last year too grasswire Apr 2014 #17

"the kidney-shaped landmark" jberryhill Apr 2014 #18

I wonder if they're doing this to increase the penalty against the urinator? . . . Journeyman Apr 2014 #19

Unlike CA, this Oregon reservoir has excess water. SunSeeker Apr 2014 #28

Well, they can ship it to So Cal, and we will GLADLY accept it Hekate Apr 2014 #20

Nuts? You want nuts? Let's play compare and contrast. Portland is releasing 38 million gallons Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #100

Well there's nuts and there's f#&@ing nuts. gtar100 Apr 2014 #104

And pretty much all watered with reclaimed sewage water. dbackjon Apr 2014 #110

I don't know about the golf courses in particular, but gray water for landscaping... Hekate Apr 2014 #108

That makes NO sense at all Helen Borg Apr 2014 #23

About a pint, actually Scootaloo Apr 2014 #41

Instead of dumping, the water should be used for something else... Bryce Butler Apr 2014 #24

It is going to the ecosystem, where it would have gone if no reservoir. SunSeeker Apr 2014 #34

Well that's the best explaination I've read so far. JohnnyRingo Apr 2014 #44

Fucking asshole. TRoN33 Apr 2014 #25

Your post has zero common sense. Daemonaquila Apr 2014 #52

So, you support the right to pee in public drinking water reservoirs? tabasco Apr 2014 #120

Yeah haven't you studied that human pee is considered most poisonous of all feces on this world. TRoN33 Apr 2014 #123

flushing 38 million gallons of water for a few ounces of piss is just stupid mahannah Apr 2014 #27

This is ridiculous! Go to any swimming pool and there's bound to be piss in it, and fecal matter RKP5637 Apr 2014 #30

OK, now this is funny: SunSeeker Apr 2014 #32

Aw, they missed a money making opportunity. Charge for homeopathic treatment! uppityperson Apr 2014 #35

Doesn't the water go through EC Apr 2014 #39

No it does not go through a treatment plant. This is finished water. MissB Apr 2014 #80

Don't the birds fly over and poop in them? herding cats Apr 2014 #121

Seems extremely odd to me... JohnnyRingo Apr 2014 #42

It does. MissB Apr 2014 #82

Thanx for clearing that up. JohnnyRingo Apr 2014 #88

In the mean time randr Apr 2014 #45

With water at a premium in so many places? Seriously?? babylonsister Apr 2014 #46

This is an over-reaction Renew Deal Apr 2014 #47

What a dumbass!!!! Initech Apr 2014 #48

Is that a recreational body of water? Beartracks Apr 2014 #49

Nope. Just an open pond of finished water. MissB Apr 2014 #84

Well, okay that makes sense now. lol I just heard that elsewhere today, too. Thanks. n/t Beartracks Apr 2014 #115

Please pipe the water to Lake Texoma in Texas. Thanks. Beartracks Apr 2014 #50

We can use it down here in California, too Retrograde Apr 2014 #60

They must be homeopathists... Jgarrick Apr 2014 #51

Water has a pee-memory! Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #111

betting this will help fuel the move to decomission the Mt. Tabor reservoir 0rganism Apr 2014 #53

Based on the comments above, I'm wondering if this is an excuse to let some water go down stream - hedgehog Apr 2014 #62

Urine is sterile and can be used to rinse wounds boomer55 Apr 2014 #54

Its easy. Who's making money off of this? Follow the money. Get me's Jake Gittes! marble falls Apr 2014 #57

We use the Ohio river for our water supply and have probably millions doc03 Apr 2014 #58

What a collossal waste of water. blackspade Apr 2014 #59

Nope. No fish. It's a finished water reservoir. MissB Apr 2014 #85

So, no fish. blackspade Apr 2014 #118

Freddy & Carrie should have a field day with this one Blue Owl Apr 2014 #63

I love The Onion. Iggo Apr 2014 #65

But not The Onion or even Portlandia Nobel_Twaddle_III Apr 2014 #81

Did they catch these three Oregon women swimming in the water with dirty bags of money? itsrobert Apr 2014 #66

Please send it to us oldandhappy Apr 2014 #67

WTF! One of the dumbest ideas ever!! SoapBox Apr 2014 #70

Reminds me of this classic scene: IDemo Apr 2014 #73

Stupidity beyond belief demigoddess Apr 2014 #74

Portland doesn't filter water. This water goes into our faucets. MissB Apr 2014 #87

It has chlorine in it so it has been treated, and filtered also. yellowcanine Apr 2014 #98

A few cities around the country don't have to filter their water. Portland is one. MissB Apr 2014 #103

NYC is better...and I've definitely peed in our supply :) sir pball Apr 2014 #117

It's basic homeopathy intaglio Apr 2014 #91

A O RIVER! Earth_First Apr 2014 #92

"If it's yellow, let it mellow..." (Besides, if the kids were drinking Bud or Miller FailureToCommunicate Apr 2014 #93

More water than sense up there. Nihil Apr 2014 #94

Portland, that's West Virginia on Line One. Paladin Apr 2014 #97

May not be quite as bad as it sounds, water utilities have to do a certain amount of flushing as yellowcanine Apr 2014 #99

The more interesting story I see here is that this reservoir may be shut down. Nine Apr 2014 #101

Sounds like a good nykym Apr 2014 #102

Portland has the most amazingly delicious water on the planet Trajan Apr 2014 #105

note to self energumen Apr 2014 #106

Lol. People pee in Hetch Hetchy regularly. It's not filtered either. Xithras Apr 2014 #107

In Golden, Colorado, a teenage rite of passage KamaAina Apr 2014 #113

A couple Cups of Urine fredamae Apr 2014 #114

That's ridiculous. n/t ozone_man Apr 2014 #116

It's local, and organic. mahina Apr 2014 #119

What a terrible waste of water. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #122