Portland officials say a 21-year-old man admitted urinating in a Mt. Tabor reservoir early Wednesday, forcing the city to take a key water supply off line. Police responded but did not cite the man or his friends. Video surveillance and reports written by police and the Portland Water Bureau will be submitted to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges. "It'll kind of depend on what the surveillance video shows," said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a police spokesman. "He's not out of the water yet." Covering Portland's open-air reservoirs has been a politically charged topic in recent years and the Water Bureau is working to comply with federal regulations. Last month the Portland City Council approved an $80 million contract to build a new reservoir at Powell Butte that will eventually help mitigate closing open-air storage at Mt. Tabor. David Shaff, administrator for the Water Bureau, said about 7.8 million gallons of drinking water will be discarded because of the incident. He originally said that will cost the bureau about $600,000 in lost revenue but later clarified that his math was very wrong, and that the water would have sold for a retail price of almost $28,500, and disposal fees are expected at about $7,600. Shaff said the Water Bureau regularly finds dead animals in the same drinking supply but doesn't dump the water. "This is different," he said. "Do you want to drink pee?" he asked bluntly. When questioned about scientific data and the small amount of urine in such a large reservoir, he interjected: "Answer the question. It has nothing to do with scientifically. "Most people," he added, "are gonna be pretty damn squeamish about that."
While Portland officials are off trying to figure out whether or not to bring charges against this 21 year old kid, I've got a word to describe him, Hero. That's right, a hero. Because correct me if I'm wrong here, but apparently if this kid hadn't had the courage to drunkenly piss into the towns retardedly outdated open air reservoir, the good citizens of Portland would still be drinking animal carcass infested water today.
Fucking gross. You know what else people may be squeamish about David Shaff? Drinking water with dead racoons, rabies, and aborted squirrel fetuses floating about in it. Just because they didn't know about it until now doesn't mean its not disgusting as hell.
