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| Almost 40m gallons of drinking water discarded – because a man urinated in it | |
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| Officials in Portland have decided to “discard” around 38 million gallons of drinking water after a 19-year-old man was videotaped urinating in a city reservoir. | Officials in Portland have decided to “discard” around 38 million gallons of drinking water after a 19-year-old man was videotaped urinating in a city reservoir. |
| The incident took place at around 1am local time on Wednesday when the unidentified teenager approached an iron fence surrounding the reservoir and urinated directly into it. | The incident took place at around 1am local time on Wednesday when the unidentified teenager approached an iron fence surrounding the reservoir and urinated directly into it. |
| Three teenagers were apprehended by police and the 50-million-gallon reservoir was taken offline for testing. | Three teenagers were apprehended by police and the 50-million-gallon reservoir was taken offline for testing. |
| Remarkably this is not the first time the water authorities in Portland have had to drain a reservoir in the area. Three years ago the city drained a 7.5-million-gallon reservoir at the same Mount Tabor location. | Remarkably this is not the first time the water authorities in Portland have had to drain a reservoir in the area. Three years ago the city drained a 7.5-million-gallon reservoir at the same Mount Tabor location. |
| Portland Water Bureau administrator David Shaff admitted the risk to the public is low but said customers had "an expectation that their water is not deliberately contaminated." | Portland Water Bureau administrator David Shaff admitted the risk to the public is low but said customers had "an expectation that their water is not deliberately contaminated." |
| Video surveillance and reports written by the Portland Police Bureau and the Portland Water Bureau will be submitted to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges. | Video surveillance and reports written by the Portland Police Bureau and the Portland Water Bureau will be submitted to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges. |
| "It's stupid," Shaff told the Oregonian newspaper: "You can see the sign that says: 'This is your drinking water. Don't spit, throw, toss anything in it.' He's four feet away from that sign." | "It's stupid," Shaff told the Oregonian newspaper: "You can see the sign that says: 'This is your drinking water. Don't spit, throw, toss anything in it.' He's four feet away from that sign." |