Can the Berkeley team please test tap water in Marin county?

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2011-04-05 14:47

As pointed out by others, the water source for Berkeley is in the sierras. Although just as much radiologicals came down there in snow, they won't turn up in the water system for a long time, when the snow begin to melt. That is really good news for people in Berkely, because I-131 will all gone by then.

The Marin county, on the other hand, relies solely on water from local reservoirs. I am sure there are other counties that are the same. Doing the test on the water from any one of these counties will greatly reassure the public that tap water is indeed safe all across the bay area.

So I plea the Berkeley scientists to please take a look at the tap water from Marin. I am sure there are plenty of volunteers -- I for one -- to bring it over for testing.

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Thanks, Joseph. If you need

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2011-04-05 16:57.

Thanks, Joseph. If you need me to deliver a few liters of marin tap water, please drop me a line at Benrigasi at hotmail.
Thanks!

Here is the problem. Testing

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2011-04-05 15:43.

Here is the problem. Testing water from a source like the one at Berkeley that is far from the source in time and has little new input from the rains is like conducting an experiment to see how much people excercise by going to a Triathelon meet and asking one person how much they excercise. Then you conclude that everyone is in good shape. If you would have gone to a nursing home and had more than a smaple size of one, you would have a very different result.

I hope it's possible to test an open reservoir that had large turnover in the recent rains. Some reservoirs and lakes had to drain off large amounts of the old water to make room for all of the rain water. It sounds like the Berkeley sample is the best case. I hope you show the worst case. Don't be like the EPA!

How expensive?

Submitted by bks (not verified) on Tue, 2011-04-05 15:43.

How much would it cost to build and maintain a public detector? Don't underestimate the disposable income in Marin.

--bks

Yes, please. North Marin

Submitted by Ellen (not verified) on Tue, 2011-04-05 15:14.

Yes, please. North Marin Water District has no plans to test. If UCB can't test Marin water, then is there a way for a Marin resident to collect a tap sample and pay to have it tested in a lab somewhere. And if so, then where? Thanks!

Concur. And thank you for

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2011-04-05 14:57.

Concur. And thank you for the continuing efforts.