Ah, Pee... (or Pee-Pee) Problems. That would be the PPPP, or PPPPP as some people call it.
I'm not sure if I remember this correctly, as it was almost 50 years ago, and I'm slightly embarressed to report it; but I think when I was a kid my mother used to tell me to "just pee in the pool." I was kind of hoping this attitude wasn't as prevalent nowadays.
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I used to swim at that now closed Palisades Amusement Park pool in Fort Lee, NJ--the world's largest saltwater pool complete with waterfall. www.palisadespark.com/pal2a.htm From the age of seven onwards I lived 3 blocks from it.
The pool got it's water via a pipe and pump system from the Hudson River directly opposite 138th Street in Manhatten, NY, the current site of the North River Pollution Control Plant, which processes an average of 125 million gallons or raw sewage per day. www.wef.org/.../07AprPlantProfile.htm Prior to the plant construction in the 1980s all that sewage was dumped raw into the river. I wonder about that now when I think about swimming in that pool.
Certainly the water went through some kind of filtration because it always look clear and clean. There were some kids that swam in the Hudson back in those days, but I never would. In recent years I've taken a few dips in it though practicing kayak rescue techniques.
Ah, Pee... (or Pee-Pee) Problems. That would be the PPPP, or PPPPP as some people call it.
I'm not sure if I remember this correctly, as it was almost 50 years ago, and I'm slightly embarressed to report it; but I think when I was a kid my mother used to tell me to "just pee in the pool." I was kind of hoping this attitude wasn't as prevalent nowadays.
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I used to swim at that now closed Palisades Amusement Park pool in Fort Lee, NJ--the world's largest saltwater pool complete with waterfall. www.palisadespark.com/pal2a.htm From the age of seven onwards I lived 3 blocks from it.
The pool got it's water via a pipe and pump system from the Hudson River directly opposite 138th Street in Manhatten, NY, the current site of the North River Pollution Control Plant, which processes an average of 125 million gallons or raw sewage per day. www.wef.org/.../07AprPlantProfile.htm Prior to the plant construction in the 1980s all that sewage was dumped raw into the river. I wonder about that now when I think about swimming in that pool.
Certainly the water went through some kind of filtration because it always look clear and clean. There were some kids that swam in the Hudson back in those days, but I never would. In recent years I've taken a few dips in it though practicing kayak rescue techniques.
