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Re: O/T And they call this progress
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Posted by RP2 on June 07, 2006 at 22:25:46 from (64.251.146.227):
In Reply to: O/T And they call this progress posted by john in la on June 07, 2006 at 10:58:17:
I suspect they're chlorinating the city water system to kill off the stuff that grows in the pipes and to protect against the occasional "cross connect" mistakes that hook a sewer main into a water main (it happens). I remember years ago reading a story about a small town in New England that had a locally famous artesian well in the center of town. One time some college students did a project to determine the source of the water and why it tasted so good. Their investigation determined that the source was an open pool of water part way up a nearby hill outside of town and the remarkably good taste of the water was due to some rotten leaves and 2 dead squirrel carcasses in the pool! :-)
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