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Halftime flushing won’t deplete water supplies

February 3, 2006 By admin

During the halftime show of Sunday’s Super Bowl, millions of Americans will rush to flush, but Iowans’ wells likely won’t run dry. It’s reported more than 350-million gallons of water will flush through America’s toilets during halftime as some 90-million people use the facilities. That’s equal to seven minutes of water flowing over Niagara Falls.

Iowa’s largest water company is well-prepared for the flurry of flushes. Des Moines Water Works assistant general manager Randy Beavers says it’ll only be a drop in the bucket. Beavers says the halftime water usage is projected to be about one-percent of the volume of water produced on a typical winter day. That’s only about an eight-inch drop in all metro area water tanks — and it won’t be a problem. “Not in the least,” Beavers says, “That’s a volume the tanks are very well designed for and capable of taking up several feet of water very easily.”

Beavers says the water system -can- be taxed in some situations, but this won’t be one of them. He says big fires can sometimes cause a deep dip in the water supplies but that’s a localized event. Beavers says elevated storage tanks were designed to provide an emergency volume of water, which won’t see much of a dent during the big game. For more trivia on the subject of Super Bowl toilet use, surf to “www.halftimeflush.com”.

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