Portland's water quality, and it's health record has been fabulous, with not even one case of Cryptosporidium sickness found to have come from our drinking water for over a century. Yet the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (which often sides with big business over our environment) says now we must quickly build an un-needed water plant to eliminate, to below zero, every dead, dead, dead, fragment of ALL varieties of this one-celled group of protozoa. (Only two of the approximately eight varieties can make people sick; Those two are only the type that come from human and cattle sewage.) But the EPA makes no distinction between the types at all. This is now going to force Portlander's to pay for the current compliance plan designed by Commissioner Leonard which is: Build a 99 million dollar ultraviolet radiation treatment plant in the watershed;
PORTLAND WATER LECTURE AND CITIZEN RALLY -- SAVE BULL RUN DRINKING H2O EPA Wants Portland to Add Drinking Water Treatment, and Cover Our Open Reservoirs; for Microbial Problem That Does Not Exist; The Resulting Toxic and Carcinogenic Chemicals Added To, and Degrading Our Drinking Water Will Also Be Discussed. WATER LECTURE
Thursday - April 21, 2011 3PM- 4PM
Browsing Lounge Room 238 Second Floor
Smith Memorial Student Union RALLY FOR HEALTHY BULL RUN WATER
Friday April 22, 2011 Noon-1PM
Portland City Hall 4th Street Side For Further Information: | Friends of Bull Run Water Facebook Page"> | friendsofreservoirs.org | VIDEO: Threats to Portland's Water Supply - Growing Concern Cable Access Show CITIZENSFORPORTLANDSWATER.ORG
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