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Originally Posted by basspilot
do you honestly believe the revenue brought in from permits outways the potential for an attack on the water system?
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yes, absolutely, 100%, without a doubt, the permit revenue outweighs the potential of an attack on the water system because the potential for an attack on the water system at the reservoir lakes approaches zero.
the water in drinking supply reservoirs is tested and constantly monitored at the intake of the pumping plant where it is filtered, sanitized, and retested before it is sent down the aqueduct. at the other end of the aqueduct in the destination city, it is tested and monitored again before distribution. it would be incredibly difficult to get a poison into the system without it being noticed.
further, with the particular case of the newark reservoirs, the most downstream reservoir with fishing access is oak ridge reservoir. from there, the water has to go through charlottesburg and macopin reservoirs before entering the water supply system. so it would take huge quantities of contaminants (like tanker trucks) going into oak ridge, and then several days or weeks for anything to filter downstream (at which point it would be diluted to a billionth or trillionth of the original concentration).
here's a quick read that demonstrates the problem of scale that an attack on the water supply would require
http://www.giwersworld.org/911/poison-water.phtml
it sounds scary, but it is just not something that is practical for any terrorist entity to effectivley do. so it would be a complete crock of **** if they closed the reservoirs down in the name of 'security'.
