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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2014 20:27:12 GMT
The international press is having a field day with Portland's decision to drain 38 millions of gallons of water out of an open reservoir because a man peed in it. Here is what happened.Even though it has been pointed out that birds and other animals defecate in the reservoir daily, not to mention various rotten things that fall in, the city is doing it anyway. I saw a Belgian article that mentioned that 38 million gallons of water (143 million litres) represents the daily consumption of: 14,300,000 Africans 2,042,857 Moroccans 953,333 Belgians 238,333 Americans Of course, it should never be forgotten that while hundreds of millions of people are still thirsty around the planet, those of us who live in developed countries use drinking water to flush our toilets.
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