# 7.8 million gallons of water tossed out because a single guy urinated in it **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 17, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782 "2011-06-17T02:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/21 "2011-06-17T10:44:32Z")
Pee in the water? Will someone think of the children? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/22 "2011-06-17T11:55:50Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > To keep the water clean, they should kill all the gophers. That would involve a long guerrilla war with their allies, the Varmint-Cong. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/23 "2011-06-17T12:16:16Z")
Best example of CYA that I’ve heard in a while. I would guess that any five year old child would question this. “But don’t fish pee and poo in the water mommy?” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/24 "2011-06-17T12:25:52Z")
Gee, open reservoirs. Someone sure thought that one through. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/25 "2011-06-17T12:36:19Z")
Chris Wanner, director of operations for the Water Bureau, our official moron of the day (an award that takes considerable effort to separate yourself from the pack) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/26 "2011-06-17T12:41:51Z")
> [@Estilicon](#): > > Pee in the water? Will someone think of the children? Wait, are we supposed to pee in the children? I did not know that. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/27 "2011-06-17T12:50:57Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And Batman’s latest nemisis, “The Tinkler”, finally makes his media appearance. I just wanted to let you know that you succeeded in preventing at least one mouthful of coffee from becoming pee and possibly contaminating some water supply somewhere. And that hot coffee hurts when it comes out your nose. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/28 "2011-06-17T12:57:25Z")
They need better marketing. That wasn’t a pee, it was a temporary fish ladder. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/29 "2011-06-17T12:58:12Z")
Why the hell doesn’t Portland invest in some rubber membrane topped reserviors already? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/30 "2011-06-17T13:00:53Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > Why the hell doesn’t Portland invest in some rubber membrane topped reserviors already? Then the pee would just bounce back and get all over the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/31 "2011-06-17T13:04:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Then the pee would just bounce back and get all over the floor. There are parts of the internet where that’s marketable. I’m just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/32 "2011-06-17T13:09:19Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I just wanted to let you know that you succeeded in preventing at least one mouthful of coffee from becoming pee and possibly contaminating some water supply somewhere. > > And that hot coffee hurts when it comes out your nose. Trying boiling hot habenero sauce 🙂 (its a long story) Holy Urination Batman! Gothams water supply is ruined! Yes Boy Wonder, it is a dire situation indeed. The Tinkler, and his henchmen, the Piss Pots, have enough urine to contaminate water supplies worldwide. (sounds of the batphone dialing) Hello Alfred, liquidate all my assets and use the funds to buy Evian stock. I’m rich bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/33 "2011-06-17T13:10:03Z")
> [@Nanoda](#): > > Ew. “Drinking water”? Like in the toilet? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/34 "2011-06-17T13:15:29Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Gee, open reservoirs. Someone sure thought that one through. It’s not that rare a thing. The water that I drink, cook with, and shower in comes from an open reservoir. Fish phuck in it, ducks shit in it, and during long cold winters, people sometimes walk on it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/35 "2011-06-17T13:26:04Z")
> [@Nanoda](#): > > Ew. “Drinking water”? Like in the toilet? Ahhhh-Haa, that’s been driving me up the wall since last night.. Idiocracy, right? I knew I heard it recently, but I couldn’t find anything on my netflix queue. It was just one of those late night movies that was on TV that I was half watching. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/36 "2011-06-17T13:37:34Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > They need better marketing. That wasn’t a pee, it was a temporary fish ladder. They could keep out reservior-looky-looers by posting signs “Warning, this reservior contains [Candiru](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2288/can-the-candir-fish-swim-upstream-into-your-urethra-revisited)”. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/37 "2011-06-17T13:38:07Z")
Is this thread a “whoosh”? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/38 "2011-06-17T13:38:56Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > They need better marketing. That wasn’t a pee, it was a temporary fish ladder. The resevoir has [Candiru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/candiru) in it..? :eek: _Edit_: **Ludovic** ninja’d my idea. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/39 "2011-06-17T13:48:33Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > [They aren’t even trying to justify it now:](http://www.kgw.com/thesquare/upcoming-shows/Was-the-city-right-to-flush-8-million-gallons-of-reservoir-water-124043564.html) I love it. “Yeah, we gets dead rats in it all the goshdurn time. But drunken piss ? That’s just yuck.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-million-gallons-of-water-tossed-out-because-a-single-guy-urinated-in-it/585782/40 "2011-06-17T13:49:20Z")
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