Official: Acid dumped in Ohio city's water supply

[ensho]

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Thousands of residents of an eastern Ohio community were told to stop drinking tap water after workers at a chemical treatment plant accidentally added toxic hydrochloric acid to the water supply.

No serious injuries were reported.

Forty pounds of the acid were added to Bellaire's water Sunday. The mistake was discovered Monday morning when workers noticed fluoride levels were lower than normal.

Water department superintendent Kirk Baker says a water supplier inadvertently gave plant workers hydrochloric acid instead of fluoride. Baker says crews opened fire hydrants and drained the entire water system to clean it.
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egads!

[NightWatcher]

1. I doubt a Brita pitcher could filter that out

I live nowhere near Ohio, but all that I use at home is a Brita Filter Pitcher. I refuse to drink bottled water sans a natural disaster, but I am wondering if I should start treating my own water.

[cyberswede]

2. oh...THAT kind of acid...

too bad. :)

[nebenaube]

3. hmmm so the floride is in liquid form?

because the hcl is...

[T Wolf]

4. Flashback to the Pranksters... if only. nt

[Ian David]

5. Invite your Republican neighbors into your home for a glass of cold tap water! n/t