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Don't drink the water

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El Pirata

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According to the Wall Street Journal which took water samples from
planes, there is some nasty stuff in that there water.

Where safe water is considered to have no more than 500 bacterial
colonies per milliliter, it wasn't unusual to find water from planes
containing millions of bacterial colonies per milliliter, one even as
high as 8,000,000!!

Some of the bacteria found is known to be dangerous. Some were
associated with sewage and feces.

A United Airlines flight from Mexico City to Chicago had "EGGS OF
AQUATIC INSECTS THAT GREW INTO MAGGOTS" in their water!!

Please enjoy your next flight.


The Wall Street Journal
 
While I would not like to drink maggot infested water I know I have drank worse over the years. I remember one of the only places we could get water in Panama you had to let the spigot run for about an hour to get the majority of the rust out of the pipes before you could drink but it still tasted like you were getting your daily dose of minerals.
 
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