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Old 10-21-2010, 07:43 AM   #1
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Default e-coli:Dockum Shores drinking water

Today's Oct 21 www.citizen.com has a report that the Gilford Water Dept has found e-coli bacteria in the drinking water system at Dockum Shores located along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee with about 60 different homes connected. Most likely, a large number of these waterfront Dockam Shores homes are super-duper, big money, mega-expensive, million dollar & multi-million dollar waterfront homes.

Is that a Town of Gilford system or is it a private system that is operated by a private water well contracter that gets occasionally tested by the town?

Oopsie-doopsie...I mispelled Dockam as Dockum....sorry...should be Dockham..

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"For those who decide not to boil water, an eighth of a teaspoon of bleach can be added per gallon (common household bleach containing 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite should be used, not bleach containing perfume, dyes or other additives)."

And, the obvious alternative is to pick up a couple gallons of bottled water for cook'n and brush'n your teeth, or just fill up that olde blue colored, water container for camping, down at Gilford Town Hall. I wonder if bottled water is chlorinated.......hmmmm......it must be? I have no clue?
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Old 10-21-2010, 08:16 AM   #2
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The article clearly states that it was the NHDES that tested the water, not the Town of Gilford. It also states that this is a community water source, and as such is required to provide samples for testing each month.

The full article can be read here: http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...530/-1/CITNEWS

Also one note I'd like to add: the homes affected are, for the most part, very average homes. I'm not at all sure what difference it would make if they were expensive homes.
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Old 10-21-2010, 08:21 AM   #3
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The article clearly states that it was the NHDES that tested the water, not the Town of Gilford. It also states that this is a community water source, and as such is required to provide samples for testing each month.

The full article can be read here: http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...530/-1/CITNEWS

Also one note I'd like to add: the homes affected are, for the most part, very average homes. I'm not at all sure what difference it would make if they were expensive homes.
FLL doesn't usually let facts and neutrality get in the way of a good post.
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Old 10-21-2010, 08:29 AM   #4
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Also one note I'd like to add: the homes affected are, for the most part, very average homes. I'm not at all sure what difference it would make if they were expensive homes.
Oh, come on Pepper....it gives people something to smile about! ....hee hee hee - hah hah hah - ho ho ho.......
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FLL doesn't usually let facts and neutrality get in the way of a good post.
And he seldom even reads the few sources he cites....
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Also one note I'd like to add: the homes affected are, for the most part, very average homes. I'm not at all sure what difference it would make if they were expensive homes.
Perhaps he mentioned this because the test where done from the source itself, not from the homes faucet with there may be multiple filtration and water purification systems in place. It is sad to say today that most homes should have a system in place to ensure drinkable water. Also to save from buying the bottled water.
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Very well worded.
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Some things this article leaves to the imagination:

1) there is no mention of the concentration of the e-coli in the water sample.

2) it doesn't state whether the four samples where taken from the same location or not.

Yes these are very important details...

Now the ariticle also say, that once e-coli is found a boil water warning is issues immediately. The way the article is written, it doesn't matter how small the concentration is, if it is over the acceptable limit the boil water order is issued. Now I am not saying that I would mess around here. But not be alarmists here. It may be an low concentration.... It may also be effecting only part of the system, if the samples come from various locations.

As is always the case the press, much like FLL, doesn't always publish enough facts to really understand how bad the problem really is or isn't.....

FLL I think I just realized that you need to look into becoming a news paper reporter........
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Cool Reporting on water quality...

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Do those filters that you stick on your faucet scrub out e-coli? You know those Britta ones you see on TV?
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Do those filters that you stick on your faucet scrub out e-coli? You know those Britta ones you see on TV?
The Brita filter package I have says NO.
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Do those filters that you stick on your faucet scrub out e-coli? You know those Britta ones you see on TV?
Years ago, I bought an expensive cartridge designated "whole-house". It is made of a very fine ceramic, and is designed to filter out bacteria.

I never got around to installing it and ended-up with a distiller instead. The six hours required to boil one gallon of any kind of water kills the bacteria in it.

The one-gallon distiller includes a "final flow" through a charcoal filter to remove any noxious gases that could affect taste. The cost per gallon is only about 30¢ for the electric power for that gallon—and less than $90 for the durable distiller itself.



The final gallon tastes like the water you buy in stores, but you don't have to lug any bottled water around. For some flavorful zip, lemon can be squeezed into a glass of distilled water.

Some distilling appliances arrive with glass containers: those have none of plastic's drawbacks associated with Bisphenol-A.



Distillers would be perfect for Winnipesaukee's islanders who draw water from the lake—but the lake is a good place to start anyway—because unlike well-water, Lake Winnipesaukee's natural waters contains scant Radon.

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