Originally Posted by
Dumpling
The southwest plant problem doesn't explain the bacon water. I have no idea.
One thing that concerns water works professionals, though, are what are
called "cross-connections", where sources of impure water flow into the clean
water system. The water that leaves a treatment plant can be of the highest
quality, but let's say an equivalent of Dearborn Ham is located two blocks
away from 313WX, and they clean their equipment at the end of their work
day, and they have a pressurized system to dispose of their wastewater, and this
is inadvertently "cross-connected" with the drinking water, then, yes, you
would get bacon water. Cross-connections are more probable when the
drinking water supplied pressure is low.