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re: Libs crying French billionaires are funding Notre Dame rebuilding, but not Flint, MI water
Posted on 4/17/19 at 7:51 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
Posted on 4/17/19 at 7:51 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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I mean this monstrosity is considered beautiful today...
Perfectly symbolizes the damage Cardinal Mahony did to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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Posted on 4/17/19 at 7:53 am to Muthsera
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The water has been fine for several years. The remaining issue is the residential piping in older homes. You've got clean water in the main that runs through 100 year old lead pipes once it splinters into neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are largely low-income and minority-populated. People who can't afford to refit their entire plumbing system or refuse to accept the responsibility for it.
If the city is not responsible for these neighborhood distribution systems then the best thing the water department can do is maintain a pH above 8 so that the metal does not leach off these old pipes.
In my neighborhood we have three water wells. The normal pH is 8.7. The only treatment it receives is chlorine injection required by DEQ. Prior to the DEQ chlorine residual requirement my neighborhood used pure untreated spring water just like Abita Springs and Kentwood water. I'm disappointed about the chlorine injection because the downside is the creation of cloramines from existing organic material in the water which are carcinogenic. I know the risk of that is extremely low but the risk shouldn't be their in the first place.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 7:53 am to Pelican fan99
quote:But Medicare for all will be a huge success!
How many years are we going to hear about the frickin flint water. Good lord If they can’t fix their water system by now they never will with their useless government officials
Posted on 4/17/19 at 8:08 am to Parmen
Michael Moore is from Flint, MI, and has a lot of money. How much is he chipping in to fix his hometown's water problem?
Posted on 4/17/19 at 8:19 am to GumboPot
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If your source water are from the aquifer stretching from the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge to the Pearl River in Slidell above Lake Pontchartrain you have access to some of the highest quality water in the world. If you have water issues it’s not from the source, it’s possible contamination issues from the well to your mouth.
You are ASSUMING that their private well is deep enough to tap said aquifer. It might be shallow enough to tap their neighbor’s septic tank!
Test the water.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 8:21 am to Parmen
Flint also went cheap. They did no due diligence into the differences in type of water (corrosivity or scaling tendencies) to even know if the water would corrode their lead pipes. When they switched to a more corrosive water source, it corroded their pipes. Bunch of cheap arse retards
Posted on 4/17/19 at 8:22 am to Gaspergou202
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You are ASSUMING that their private well is deep enough to tap said aquifer. It might be shallow enough to tap their neighbor’s septic tank!
Yeah, I'm not assuming you tapped the water well by yourself by hand. I'm assuming it was done by a local reputable company who has knowledge of the area.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 8:24 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Flint also went cheap. They did no due diligence into the differences in type of water (corrosivity or scaling tendencies) to even know if the water would corrode their lead pipes. When they switched to a more corrosive water source, it corroded their pipes. Bunch of cheap arse retards
I'm pretty sure it was a pH issue. The new cheaper treatment method lowered the pH which caused the problems.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 8:43 am to GumboPot
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Yeah, I'm not assuming you tapped the water well by yourself by hand. I'm assuming it was done by a local reputable company who has knowledge of the area.
Still a lot of assumptions. Maybe that reputable company sank the well 50 years ago under different regulations. Maybe the water table has sunk and now the well is pumping agricultural run off. Maybe great grandfather sank the well. My father and his friends sank a well on his property 30 years ago. My parents needed irrigation water, but they hoped for potable. Mother had it tested every year for 4 years and every 5 years thereafter. Maybe she was over paranoid, but she was assured that the water was healthier than the New Orleans water out of the tap.
Don’t assume. Know. Have it tested.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 9:01 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
He won’t.
The more I hear about their water problems, the less I care
The more I hear about their water problems, the less I care
Posted on 4/17/19 at 9:14 am to Parmen
They don't want it to be rebuilt, so they're going to do this "why aren't billionaires donating to ______" to rally people against whomever makes donations. Flint was just the first thing that popped into their heads.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 12:30 pm to OnTheGeaux
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OnTheGeaux
Thanks! I’ll start my research tonight.
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:41 pm to Nguyener
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Have you watched The Big Short? The guy who predicted the collapse is now heavily investing in potable water!
I haven't... but will do based on your referral. Thanks!
The info I've posted is all based on 8 years of professional experience working in environmental remediation for USACE.
ETA: "Watch The Water"... the mega thread folks will get that reference. LINK to articles on page 1 of this thread.
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 4/17/19 at 3:53 pm to Gaspergou202
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My parents needed irrigation water, but they hoped for potable. Mother had it tested every year for 4 years and every 5 years thereafter. Maybe she was over paranoid, but she was assured that the water was healthier than the New Orleans water out of the tap.
Wait, they had potable well water in New Orleans?
If so I would never make the assumption well water south of lake pontchartrain is suitable for drinking.
The good news about New Orleans water is their water quality testing results are easily searchable: LINK
Treatment plants treating Mississippi River surface water do a really good job of water treatment as the test results indicate. But that is not the issue. This issue is in the distribution system between the treatment plants and homes.
The point is, maybe to feel more comfortable about your municipal water, have the water tested at your faucet and see if it matches up with the water test reports at the plant.
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Don’t assume. Know. Have it tested.
Sure. Good advice.
This post was edited on 4/17/19 at 3:54 pm
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