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These NYC pools kept closing last summer after people pooped in them
A pool gathers water, and to pool is to collect. […] There needs to be some flow for the pool to keep from stagnating, otherwise it would be called a pond; bathing in ponds, swamps, or bogs is different. A swimming pool holds enough water for people to frolic in, move their limbs, float, or race back and forth. A great deal of effort is made to
... See moreit mixes pathogen-bearing feces with relatively clean urine. Then it dilutes that slurry47 with about 100 times48 its volume in pure drinking water, and further mixes the mess with industrial toxins in the sewer system, thus turning “an excellent fertilizer and soil conditioner”49 into a serious, far-reaching, and dispersed disposal problem.50
Paul Hawken • Natural Capitalism
Letting the water run for five minutes at the start of the day flushes lead,
