Re: How are criminals arrested

On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:15:14 -0700, John B.
<jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:50:40 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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For a bit over 100 years, morning at girlfriend's farm began
by slinging a bucket on a rope into the spring.  Her father
ran a steel pipe from deep in the spring to an electric pump
in the farmhouse in 1959. Girlfriend was overjoyed at indoor
plumbing (finally).
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All was well until about ten years ago when the State
inspector showed up and cited her for spring water, which is
now banned. She had to have a well drilled ($$) and now has
mineral rich bad tasting well water rather than spring water.

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Why is spring water banned?

There's a risk of contamination.

"The Dangers of Drinking Spring Water and Raw Water"
<https://health.clevelandclinic.org/raw-water>

There are a few springs in the area.  Two of these are at easily
accessible roadside locations where the general public can obtain
genuine spring water.  When they were still functional, I used to see
cars full of large water containers, filling up at the springs.  One
had a large concrete basin to make it easier.  I used to grab about 3
gallons when it was convenient.

I don't recall what got into the water.  Some people got sick.  It was
traced to the roadside springs.  The result was the two springs were
eventually closed. 

For a time, we had a variety of bugs in water just after the first
rains.  The water would wash all the accumulated animal droppings from
the hillsides into the creeks.  The local water district usually gets
most of its water from surface sources (river, creek, streams).  When
there was a chance of grounwater contamination, they would switch to
well water.

During the CZU fire (2020):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CZU_Lightning_Complex_fires>
we were boiling water in some parts of the valley because of ground
water contamination (benzene) from the backflow into melted PVC pipes.
<https://www.slvwd.com/water-quality/pages/long-term-voc-monitoring-post-czu-fire>



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