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Kizzume
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 Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: Los Angeles to Drain Two Reservoirs Due to Cancer Risk |
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http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&ncl=1124957974&hl=en&topic=t
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5223873&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1
| Quote: | Two reservoirs that supply drinking water to parts of eastern and central Los Angeles have been shut down and will be drained because a rare sunlight-fueled chemical reaction tainted them with high levels of a chemical that can lead to cancer, utility officials said Friday.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plans to drain 600 million gallons from the open-air Elysian and Silver Lake reservoirs early next year, a process that will leave each out of action for three to four months amid drought conditions, DWP spokesman Joseph Ramallo said in a statement. |
This makes me wonder how many other times this may have happened without people knowing it, and how many people have gotten cancer over this sort of thing.
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Kizzume
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The big thing I've never understood is the whole open-reservoir concept. It's idiotic to me. Cover the damn thing!
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archangelm
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I know, and the worst of it is that some people are perfectly fine with this sort of thing going on. They think it's no big deal.
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Kizzume
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Seattle used to have all their reservoirs uncovered, but about 3-4 years ago they finally did something about a few of them. Particularly the one near Broadway and Pine on Capital Hill. It's now a park that the land is completely usable, with the reservoir underneath.
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