So people have began calling bullshit on the water crisis in Portland.

[FreedRadical]

From a friend on Facebook: So my sweetie sez just now..'howd ecoli get into our cleaned water AFTER being cleaned?' ....And JUST after 2 community meetings filled with upset residents about the water bureau plans for our Bullrun water- Mt Tabor Resevouir. I wanna know why our Bullrun cleanest water in the nation suddenly had 3 days of ecoli found in our water 3 days after people refused to vote in that shyster manipulative water measure. Bullrun bulls**t!!

Any thoughts?

[defacto7]

1. Not speaking from expertise..

One possibility is that the E. coli was dormant on the bottom or sides before the cleaning and the cleaning itself brought it into the main supply. Chlorine won't do diddly squat to E. coli. The underlying political coincidences are still pretty valid arguments though. Just saying.

[classof56]

2. VisitBend just sent out a tweet: Portlanders, come to Bend, the water's fine.

Someone did note that back in 2006, eColi was found in Bend's water system, necessitating a "Boil Notice". So...guess these things happen anywhere, right? Nevertheless, you Portlanders are more than welcome over here in beautiful Central Oregon. However, as someone noted, just leave on Monday.

Incidentally, I love that Portland voted down that "let's privatize our water" measure. Way to go!

[jeffrey_pdx]

3. Just a thought

I live in Portland and I talked to my mother who doesn't about it. She worked in a medical lab for years (retired now), but she said that even if you think you know what you're looking for, it takes 2 days to grow the culture in the lab. There is no way to speed it up, there is no way to shortcut it. It just takes that long.