As the Wichita River Festival began Friday, the city’s Web site indicated that the river’s quality was at “Level 2,” suitable for boating and “other recreational activities so long as basic personal hygiene practices are followed.” That means the water is unsafe for swallowing or contact with cuts and sores.
Such a warning probably could apply to Kansas rivers at all times. But it’s also a timely reminder that the waterway at the center of Wichita’s biggest community celebration still needs improvement and attention nearly six years after the Arkansas River Symposium, where community leaders committed to a long-term cleanup. Another reminder: the 95 bags of trash, totaling 1.72 tons, collected by volunteers at last weekend’s River Trash Round-Up.
Posted by Rhonda Holman
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For David Blaine’s next death defying stunt, he could spend some time participating in Riverfest?
This is a story?
In my military survival training we are taught to not drink water from any source regardless of how “clean” it is.
There are micro-organisms and bacterial concerns too.
I wouldn’t recommend drinking water straight from the streams in the mountains which are crystal clear withour iodine or purification unless it was absolutely a must.
Nathan,That just goes to show how inefective military survival trainning has become. When I was in, they showed us how to filter stagnet swamp water so it was safe enough to…survive.This sterile society in a bubble crap is going to wind up being the death of millions.
Actually, it is very effective survival training.
As far as drinking water from streams goes in a survival situation, just boil it.
How hard is that?
It doesn’t remove chemical contamination but it will take care of bacteria etc.
I assume that survival training also discusses how to make fire without matches, something humans having been doing for at least 30 some thousand years.
The environment is where the arguments for “laisse-faire” capitalism go to die.
The river is everybody’s river. But capitalism gives no incentive to the chemical factories, the dry-cleaners, the gas stations etc. to do anything but dump into it.
Their pollution is a social cost. But without government regulation, that cost gets passed on to the environment and the PEOPLE who live in that environment and want to use that environment rather than the capitalists who create the pollution.
That’s one reason among many, many others as to why modern society needs an activist government if it wants quality of life.
Like anyone would actually drink from that turd-infested thing?
That is the saddest thing too, that there are some that would need to be told not to drink out of the Arkansas river! Sad in deed! LoL
Went to see REO speed wagon, but left along with hundreds if not thousands shortly after the band started playing. The speaker system at the West Stage sucked, sitting off center stage a little over half way from it, the music was indistinguishable. Will not attend any more River Fest concerts. I think they use the same speaker system they originally used even though attendance has grown very significantly. Many people were disappointed.
I took a cute friend to the concert Sunday night, and it sounded fine.
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed REO Speedwagon. They did have a bit of trouble with their bass being out of balance at the start but got it straightened out quickly.
Local band RAIN was also outstanding.
Speaking of water Ben, we missed you on Saturday. Anything new from the water meeting?