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| Portland dumps 38m gallons of water after urination | Portland dumps 38m gallons of water after urination |
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| The US city of Portland, Oregon, is dumping 38m gallons (143m litres) of water from its reservoir after a teenager was caught urinating into the water supply. | The US city of Portland, Oregon, is dumping 38m gallons (143m litres) of water from its reservoir after a teenager was caught urinating into the water supply. |
| CCTV footage of the Mt Tabor reservoir captured the man urinating and two others attempting to scale the reservoir's fence. | |
| Portland water administrator David Shaff said the health risk was small. | Portland water administrator David Shaff said the health risk was small. |
| But he said the agency would not serve "deliberately contaminated" water. | But he said the agency would not serve "deliberately contaminated" water. |
| Upon learning of the contamination on Wednesday, officials immediately removed the affected reservoir from service and took water quality test samples. | Upon learning of the contamination on Wednesday, officials immediately removed the affected reservoir from service and took water quality test samples. |
| The water will be replaced with fresh water from the city's Bull Run supply. | The water will be replaced with fresh water from the city's Bull Run supply. |
| Portland emptied 7.5 million gallons of water from the same reservoir in 2011 after a man urinated into it. | Portland emptied 7.5 million gallons of water from the same reservoir in 2011 after a man urinated into it. |
| On Wednesday, Mr Shaff said while animal waste often found its way into the reservoir without any public health risk, there was "at least a perceived difference from my perspective" on human waste. | On Wednesday, Mr Shaff said while animal waste often found its way into the reservoir without any public health risk, there was "at least a perceived difference from my perspective" on human waste. |
| "I could be wrong on that, but the reality is our customers don't anticipate drinking water that's been contaminated by some yahoo who decided to pee into a reservoir," he said. | "I could be wrong on that, but the reality is our customers don't anticipate drinking water that's been contaminated by some yahoo who decided to pee into a reservoir," he said. |
| He said the city had plenty of water to meet demand and that replacing the 38 million gallons would be "easy". | He said the city had plenty of water to meet demand and that replacing the 38 million gallons would be "easy". |
| "We're not in the arid South-west. We're not in drought-stricken parts of Texas or Oklahoma." | "We're not in the arid South-west. We're not in drought-stricken parts of Texas or Oklahoma." |
| But Floy Jones, co-founder of the group Friends of the Reservoirs, criticised the decision, saying if urine reached the water, it would not harm anyone. | But Floy Jones, co-founder of the group Friends of the Reservoirs, criticised the decision, saying if urine reached the water, it would not harm anyone. |
| "It's extremely wasteful," she said. | "It's extremely wasteful," she said. |
| Three men ages 18 and 19 were cited for public urination. One of the 19-year-olds was cited with public urination. Prosecutors are deciding whether to charge any of the three with a crime. |