Boil-Water advisory hits 2 million in Vancouver!

**Snitgirl** · 11-17-2006, 11:23 AM

Just FYI if you haven't noticed the color of your water these past couple of days

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...Story/National

**mlm** · 11-17-2006, 12:48 PM

Oh, I've definitely noticed the water colour lately. Ych! A friend emailed me the press release from the GVRD about boiling water and not using tap water for drinking, brushing teeth or washing fruits & vegetables.

How are things going Snitgirl? Do you know if it's a boy or girl yet?

**Dave Nelson** · 11-17-2006, 01:03 PM

Snitgirl, congrats! will this be your first?

**Snitgirl** · 11-17-2006, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by mlm

Oh, I've definitely noticed the water colour lately. Ych! A friend emailed me the press release from the GVRD about boiling water and not using tap water for drinking, brushing teeth or washing fruits & vegetables.

How are things going Snitgirl? Do you know if it's a boy or girl yet?

I'm glad I hit the store the other day when I first noticed the color change.. Went to get some water for a family member, none to be found in her area.

MLM- Today is the big day when we find out. 3:15 to be exact. Just as long as the babes lets us see. I'm going to post the image on here once we get it today and see if you can guess... ;) hehe We're thinking its a boy since we can't come up with a boys name.

**Snitgirl** · 11-17-2006, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by Dave Nelson

Snitgirl, congrats! will this be your first?

Hi Dave, thanks...

Yes, this is our first!! We're pretty excited about this new chapter in our lives... We're both ready, its time. Well, as ready as one can be I guess, lol.

**Chris Ryser** · 11-18-2006, 08:40 PM

You guy's in Vancouver have the best water of all Canada................just because the storm stirred up the reservoirs up in the mountains and you get a bit of mud in tha water you are all upset. Once it settles down you will be like before with the "best water in Canada":cheers:

**chip anderson** · 11-18-2006, 09:59 PM

Doesn't 20% of the worlds rain fall on Canada? Surely most of it's clean.

**Snitgirl** · 11-18-2006, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Chris Ryser

You guy's in Vancouver have the best water of all Canada................just because the storm stirred up the reservoirs up in the mountains and you get a bit of mud in tha water you are all upset. Once it settles down you will be like before with the "best water in Canada":cheers:

Best water? This is all news to me since I'm from San Diego and just starting to get to know Vancouver. I haven't broken my habit of buying bottled water so when the water clears up, I'll give it a taste and let you know :D

**Chris Ryser** · 11-19-2006, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by chip anderson

Doesn't 20% of the worlds rain fall on Canada? Surely most of it's clean.

Since the rain most of the time comes up through the US industrial Sates it picks up the stuff floating in the air and then comes down in Canada as so called "acid rain"

**Cindy K** · 11-20-2006, 04:28 AM

Originally Posted by Chris Ryser

You guy's in Vancouver have the best water of all Canada................just because the storm stirred up the reservoirs up in the mountains and you get a bit of mud in tha water you are all upset. Once it settles down you will be like before with the "best water in Canada":cheers:

Actually, for the record, Vancouver does not have the best water in Canada; Chilliwack BC, about an hour and a half east of Vancouver, has that distinction. I can't drink the water from the tap in Van; I taste the chlorine (I'm spoiled; where I live there's no chlorine in my water)

Snitgirl, whenever you buy Nestle water, just think: I turn on my tap and that's what comes out (Nestle's Hope Springs, just on the opposite side of the mountain across the road from me).