water_quality past the city tests and reports e_coli levels at municipal beaches multiple times a day, but leaves out the unit of measurement. today, for example, there are 44 e_colis at a local beach. i really hope they aren't too rowdy. 220720 ... raze the city stopped cleaning it. i'm not sure when. i used to be able to drink it straight from the tap. by the time i was twelve, ice cubes stank like they'd been stewing in something toxic before i let them fall into the same water that made them. at least the taste hadn't curdled completely. that came a little later. the day a bong and some bad pot had me singing for my soul to a higher power i wasn't sure i believed in anymore, i ran out of bottled_water in my bedroom. i wasn't making it down the stairs without breaking my neck. i was sure of that. so i brought an empty plastic bottle into the bathroom and filled it up in the sink. it had been years since i'd tried the free stuff. i figured it couldn't be that bad. it almost made me throw up. i spat out what i couldn't swallow and let my throat turn to sand while i did my best to fight off what i thought was death with the only weapon i had left. sometimes i wonder if it's safe to wash my face with it. who knows what's swimming around in there. 220721 ... nr our city's water is the best i've ever tasted. 220721 what's it to you? who go blather from