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Originally Posted by mikeo80
1) As I understand the position of the break point, it is down system of the area where our water is treated. If the water is treated, who cares which pipe you use? Or am I missing a point that I have no knowledge of? I read something on the order that if that water did not keep flowing, problems could develop.
2) In your experience, can you explain the long boil time? If this was totally untreated water, sure, no question. I know that the river we get our water from is considered a very active one for biological life in the water. (Read little green beasties that would LOVE to get into YOUR intestinal track.) The local utility uses chlorene and ammonia to prepair our water.
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Mike,
Interesting question, and until someone who has real knowledge contributes something, I'll make an educated guess.
1) The "pure" water could go through pipes that are not considered safe or are not certified for carrying drinking water. I would imagine such standards are extremely high there are serious liability risks if they're compromised, or maybe by regulation they have to issue a boil notice if there's any variance.
2) I would imagine they're just being on the safe side. Some pathogens and b bacteria can survive for several minutes of boiling, although only at higher elevations where the boiling point of water is reduced compared to, say, Fayetteville.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling
You could always contact them yourself, see what they have to say
http://www.faypwc.com/consumer_contact.htm
That said, I agree that clean water will be rare in T2K, and that PCs will need to regularly boil water unless they somehow have access to water purification tablets or equipment!
Tony