On Sat, 01 May 2010 20:08:31 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>"Felice" > wrote:
>
>> We've been on a boil-water alert since early evening, when a 10-foot
>> diameter pipe bringing water to the Boston area sprang a leak and is
>> dumping eight million gallons of water per hour into the Charles
>> River. So along with 2 million or so other area residents who didn't
>> get to the store early enough to grab some bottled stuff, I'm
>> quenching my thirst with a substitute -- in my case, gin and tonic and
>> yesterday's ice cubes.
>>
>> Felice
>
>
>Shut off the feed to your hot water heater and drain it for clean
>drinking water.

Actually the water at the bottom of a hot water tank is loaded with
bacteria... it's a sediment collector and that water is always tepid,
poifect bacteria breeder. But there is over a gallon of clean water
in the terlet tank... shut the supply valve and ladle out that water,
then turn on the supply valve to flush with contaminated water. Of
course if you already flushed yer shit outta ruck. I would stock up
on seltza.