Lol that's so silly and such an over reaction. There is no need to dump 38 million gallons of water because someone pissed a small amount in it. There are actual CREATURES breeding in that water.

The REAL question is, which city would let the urine stay in the water system and pretend as if nothing had happened

I can't

Pee is sterile when it is inside you. The moment it touches skin (penis/vagina) it picks up a few bacteria as well as when it's in the air.

Word.


It's ridiculous... the average bladder holds 2 cups of pee comfortably.



So this means:

2 cups pee / 38 million gallons water = 0.0000000016

2 cups pee = 240135 mg pee

38,000,000 gallons water = 143,846,000 liters water

240135 mg pee / 143,846,000 liters water = 0.00167 ppm (parts per million)





Ridiculously low levels... they're just making an example of him.

Regardless, the water gets filtered before it is distributed to the public(I hope) and there are many more harmful things that make their way into the reservoir as it is.

This is exactly what I'm thinking! Pee is the least of their worries.

This sounds a lot more overblown and dramatic than it actually is.. like chile we poop and pee in our water system every day.

Someone in the comments.

So it looks like it's just a really bad system and that they don't need to drain it but they are doing so they don't look bad, I guess?

Why can't they just purify the water like they always do??

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