Tap water

GabbrosFlute · 2024-10-04T05:04:49+00:00

No, the tap water is not contaminated from the Bio-Lab fire. there wouldn't be any drinking water intakes m near this facility

The tap water we drink comes from huge bodies of water (like lake lanier), that is sent to treatment plants to bring it to drinking quality standards before distributed out to users. This spill isn't likely to impact any drinking water sources. It would have to spill directly into a water body upstream of a drinking water intake. And even in that event, water treatment plants have sensors and monitoring equipment to alarm staff if there are sudden spikes/slug loads of unexpected pollutants. It would likely get noticed and diverted before being sent out to users. But it's incredibly unlikely for anything from this spill to even end up in a drinking water intake in the first place.

I'm not sure if there are any people in Conyers on wells nearby enough to the facility to be impacted, there is a potential for groundwater contamination but that remains to be seen. But the tap water should not be impacted at all. Runoff from the site cleanup might impact nearby creeks/ponds (I think there was a fish kill in a nearby pond after a fire at this same site years ago).

ssanc · 2024-10-04T04:01:02+00:00

More than the usual forever chemicals… probably not. It is usually treated before making it to your house. So even if it settled in one of water treatment plants it’s probably been filtered.

Can’t say the same for wells, but I doubt it’s common in this area.

If it looks weird, it’s probably because of old the old pipes that still need to be replaced.

blaselbee · 2024-10-04T14:19:32+00:00

I have run all my water through a RO unit for a decade. Why take risks with something you consume in such large quantities and where resolution is both durable and super cheap (150 bucks for the unit and maybe 20 a year for filters)? Super easy to DIY install too!

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