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water worries
On 13/07/2013 15:32, Charlie Pridham wrote:
"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:18:53 +0100 (BST), wrote: In article , stuart noble wrote: Anyone else concerned about water that has been left in a hosepipe and baked by the sun? Mine has a nasty smell for the first minute or so and, if the hose is set to mist, I wonder if there's a risk of something nasty being inhaled. Legionnaires? Er, Louis Pasteur fairly conclusively disproved the theory of spontaneous generation! If your water already contains such diseases, you have more serious problems; if it doesn't, they won't appear by magic. If the end of the hose is open when not used and there is some water left in the hose there doesn't need to be spontaneous generation. The same situation exists in showers. The very worst that could happen is that something could create enough toxins to be serious, when it isn't normally, but the chances of that are infinitesimal. A fountain in a Dutch spring flower show caused an out break of legionnaires disease in Nord Holland. -- Martin in Zuid Holland I think that was a fogging unit using recycling water, something now banned at flower shows. Stuart, is this mains water? or water butt/grey water? I am surprised if its getting smelly after just a couple of days. Problems occur only when water droplets sit around like in aircon condenser units and larger shower facilities where there is a dead leg in the plumbing This is mains water |
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