Fwd: [MR] OT - Questions on rumours

[SNSpies at aol.com]

This message is from my husband, Steve Spies (known in the SCA as Owen 
Sherard Trahern), who has asked me to forward it to the Atlantia list.  Nancy 
(Ingvild)

<< Rumors will abound for the next few days/weeks.  Let's put this one to 
rest.
 1) There is no "national" water supply.  Communities get their water from
 different sources.  In many cases these are wells, rivers, or lakes.  Some
 communities may use all three.
 2) The hazardous materials response community knows that, "Dilution is the
 solution to pollution."  This means that lots of water can dilute many
 hazardous materials to non-hazardous levels. Therefore, contaminating a well,
 lake, or river requires enormous amounts of material (think about the tons of
 industrial waste pumped into the various rivers and lakes, yet we still get
 safe water from them).  Contaminating a well is also hard to do because the
 well heads may be guarded or secured.
 4) Alot of our water goes through treatment plants that filter out, absorb, 
or
 kill the hazardous materials.
 5) Water distribution systems, i.e. water towers or pumps downstream from the
 treatment plant, may be susceptible.  However, they can be defended and
 shutdown if contaminated.  This limits the number of casualties.
 
 If you're still concerned, get bottled water.  However, don't they get it 
from
 wells?  SS >>

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