Posted on Jul 28, 2018
Navy Carrier's Water No Longer Testing Positive for E. Coli
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The Virginian-Pilot reports a routine water test at a Portsmouth shipyard Thursday found the contaminants on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Eisenhower was at the shipyard for maintenance work.
Navy Carrier's Water No Longer Testing Positive for E. Coli
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Is it E coli caused by feces? This is not a scene from Caddyshack with Baby Ruth in the pool LOL. Could someone have pooped in the carriers water system on purpose? Recently At Fort Hunter Liggett, they caught a female that purposely pooped in a water buffalo. What if it was sabotage?
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LTC Jason Mackay
Unlike the good old WB example (emergency sanitization only requires a soda can of straight bleach once the poop is out), one of the purposes of chlorine in the distribution system is to prevent E. coli from being an issue. They use distillation to turn sea water into drinking water, unless they took on bulk water at a port call (my guess) or from a supply vessel.
There is all kinds of intrusion in distribution systems, but not on a carrier. Municipal water....jeez. Tree roots. Longitudinal cracks that run for yards. All kinds of dirt, sand, grit and what not seep in.
There is all kinds of intrusion in distribution systems, but not on a carrier. Municipal water....jeez. Tree roots. Longitudinal cracks that run for yards. All kinds of dirt, sand, grit and what not seep in.
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