By Daisy Luther
For the second time in as many months, Utah is facing a municipal water crisis. Back in April, the community of Nibley was unable to use the water from the taps due to a chemical spill. This time, the city of Syracuse, Utah has issued a boil order due to E. Coli and Coliform contamination in the water supply.
It seems that across the country, more and more water crises are occurring, underlining the need for all households to possess an emergency water supply.
The contamination was discovered after residents complained that the color of the water coming from their taps was “off”. Testing was performed and the following advisory was issued:
This afternoon (Friday, June 5, 2015), Syracuse City received a confirmed contamination sample from the culinary water system. The sample was obtained from the area of 700 South and 2500 West and tested positive for E-coli and Coliform. The City’s Public Works department has discovered and isolated the source of contamination, which was due to a cross connection of culinary and secondary water lines. The City has isolated the cross connected lines which has eliminated the contamination source, and is currently flushing the water mains. Due to the possibility of residual contamination throughout the system, the City is issuing a water advisory or “Boil Notice” for the entire City until further notice.
E. Coli is one type of Coliform bacteria. These are found in animal and human feces. Consumption of water that contains this bacteria can cause severe gastrointestinal distress that lasts for about a week. In some cases, severe complications can occur, including intestinal bleeding, long term nerve dysfunction, renal failure, and clotting disorders. It’s imperative that a person suffering from an infection with a coliform bacteria not be treated with antidiarrheal medication:
Milder cases of E. coli can be treated at home with oral rehydration therapy. It is vital that the patient not be treated with antidiarrheals, salicylates (aspirin, ibuprofen, or Pepto-Bismol), or antibiotics. Salicylates can increase the risk of intestinal bleeding. If the secondary symptoms listed above occur, this connotes a medical emergency and assistance should be sought if at all possible.
Once the city of Syracuse has determined the water to be safe, residents will be advised to flush their home systems in order to remove any traces of lingering E. Coli or other Coliform bacteria.
If you don’t yet have a stored water supply, now is the time to start. These types of emergencies occur with no warning whatsoever, and by the time you “run to the store” to pick up water, everyone else in the area will have the same idea. If you never buy a single canned good or bag of pasta for long term food storage, please store water. You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to see the good sense in being prepared for an event that could happen any place, at any time.
No accident this is going on…our water, food and everything people need to survive is under attack. All for control of the people waking up to the criminal government, which was usurped by the Rothschild bankers. We need to wake the flock up before we start to experience the same thing the Russians went through at the turn of the century.
NWO: Communism by the Backdoor by Dennis Wise
I tend to agree with the above, I worked around the water systems, there is also a problem they say in Ohio, and Erie, the solution, to these blooms, is so simple, WHY in the hell don’t they do it. We used ZINC, zinc will stop algae blooms. MINERALS are what we used. We have used this way for over 50 years, I have to agree, either they are just stupid, or its being done purposely. people, have bleach put away, it WILL sanitize your water, learn how to use it. In the 70 s, Pyramid lake, that feeds LA, had a bad bloom, we air dumped ZINC into the resevor, it cleared up in 2 days….. I tend to agree, in California, you are under purpose full attack, I happen to KNOW, the northern pipes can be opened and send you plenty of water from the north, its being done purposely folks. Simply, the complete control of EVERYTHING, right down to your water. Every drop.
I do have bleach put away, both liquid and powder (pool shock treatments). Where does one buy zinc?
I’m just as grateful that I have a well…given the way things are today, I’ve told my husband that we will not be buying any house that does not have a well and a septic tank.
We have to bleach the system periodically (some sort of weird black bacteria gets in every now and again, and the water starts to smell like rotten eggs), but at least I don’t have to worry about boil orders every spring (like the rest of this town), what with the spring run-offs. Or chemicals, or e. coli, or what have you. Just a lot of calcium carbonate and iron (and I don’t see where that’s a bad thing…haven’t ever had to take supplements for either).
We keep 15 gallons on hand at all times (power goes out here with alarming regularity), and I have the materials available to make a well bucket, if needed.
That’s one good thing about living in the boonies, where the power goes out all the time, and lots of snow in the winter…you have to be prepared for anything. We have enough food to get us through about 3 years, although beans and rice makes for a boring diet. But I do have herb seeds put by.
Funny thing, that…I’ve read that you can’t keep brown rice for more than a year, but we’re still eating rice that we bought over 3 years ago…hasn’t gone rancid. Maybe it has to do with the lack of humidity about these parts, or the fact that we keep all our stored food in the basement, where it’s fairly cool. Whatever, I’m glad we haven’t had to throw anything away, except for the Masa Harina. That definitely does not last over a year. But the pozole has. Weird. They’re both corn products.
Sorry, OT…I’ll shut up now.
Sterilization process can be applied to secure safeness in our drinking water