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Commentary: Water quality – an exploration of the myths, lies and misperceptions

Posted by: Maven on March 11, 2010 at 5:29 am

From www.Salem-News.com, this commentary by Roger von Bütow:

“This is going to be a two part series, so sit down, buckle up and get good and depressed! It’s about some disturbing technical aspects the public knows little about, concerns I’d like to share, and some unpleasant things I’ve learned about the world of water on my (now) 13-year journey. Hope your food is settled.

I always drank it, surfed in and on it, went diving in it, paddled on it, bathed in it, took fish and crab or lobster from it, whatever, but didn’t realize what a beautifully complex yet fragile thing water is. My German immigrant father was a tugboat captain for decades in the LA Harbor, so I’ve ridden around on it a lot too. At 15, I even got Hepatitis A from swimming in an illegal sewage discharge from a ship moored inside the breakwater at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro. As always in life, the more you learn about a particular subject the more fascinated, and in some cases like this one, the more horrified you may become.

No, this series doesn’t have a happy ending, so though there are some very bright and motivated people looking into the reversal of water quality impairments, addressing the scarcity of water itself, the future looks pretty much dystopian. Earth is like a big life raft, and due to global consumerism and increased population, our water-related problems are going to increase, not decrease as time goes by. … “

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March 11, 2010 · Filed Under Water Quality

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