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Oculus Spirit [90819]
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Learned some Interesting info about our CU Civil Engineers &
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Apr 3, 2023, 12:41 PM
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their education and responsibilities in private & public employment.
Their degree entails 3-5 yrs of study and the degree is called a Batchelor of Technology or Engineering.
And, in working on multiple projects like dams, roads, waterworks, etc..they must obey strict contract laws and sometimes can be subject to the law of tort of negligence but rarely face criminal charges if something happens to a project.
With that in mind I guess the American Society of Civil Engineers got ahead of the bad news when recently giving our Country's drinking water a "D" grade.
I always wondered what CE's were up to @ Clemson and seemingly were smart students and always studying to pass those tough math & engineering courses.
Now this grade could have been concerning the conduits & pipes transporting the water Or the water itself.
Bet home water purification systems will be a must buy now for those who haven't already since data shows there can be as much as 200 toxins in filtered tap water..
which can include residues from the not-absorbed meds & drugs from nursing homes & hospitals that still linger even after our towns filter it!
Bye, I'm headed to Lowe's!
LOL~
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Have an Alexapure Water filter sitting on my kitchen
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Apr 3, 2023, 12:58 PM
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counter for this very reason. Our water smells like pool water out of the tap. Dog wouldn't drink it either. Ran it through this water container and the dog will drink it now. Tells me something isn't on board with the tap water.
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Re: Learned some Interesting info about our CU Civil Engineers &
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Apr 3, 2023, 1:11 PM
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That’s why I never drink water!,!,
I think most people today buy their water to drink from the local grocer. And, it is getting more expensive. Like everything else!
BILL I remember you as being editor of “The Tiger” so I’ll assume that baTchelor was a typing error!,
Do you have good water on the coast? Up here in the mountains the water is especially good in most areas... but not all. Across the road from my cottage was a Health Spa that was opened around the turn of the century. Locals would drive their horse and wagons up the mountain to bathe in the springs that contained iron and lithium. It was said to help your mental health, I’m not so sure about that. The rocks around the original spring are stained a brilliant red color so that can’t be to healthy!
Perhaps if I took a few swigs my mentality might improve!!!
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Re: Learned some Interesting info about our CU Civil Engineers &
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Apr 3, 2023, 3:59 PM
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The red tint is the very reason I installed water filters on the back of my fridge. Water that sets in one our less used bathrooms will have a reddish tint color in the toilet at the top of the water level, and I never drank another drop of the water the city delivers in my house until I installed two separate water filter on my fridge, and we only drink and cook with that water, and I will pick up a few cases of bottle water from Sam's whenever we go out there, and that's usually used only for cooking....
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As a civil grad from Clemson, let me shed some light on this
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Apr 3, 2023, 1:33 PM
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The grading the the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) conducts is based on the infrastructure capacity and quality in this country. To that end, they typically will grade waste-water treatment facilities, roads, bridges and other infrastructure. The grades for years have been poor when grading against roads and bridges.
The government has for decades neglected many of these items as growth has continued. Thus you have the abject disasters of road expansion occurring a decade too late on 85 and 26 in this state. As more and more people move into this area, you will start hearing about infrastructure upgrades that are needed, including sewage/waste water treatment facilities, landfills, roads, bridges, etc.
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The blame lies on the politicians...
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Apr 3, 2023, 2:02 PM
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We can fix it, all we need is time and money.
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Oculus Spirit [90819]
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Mentioning $ Injun Tiger, where has all the gas tax money gone..
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Apr 3, 2023, 2:18 PM
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which has to be stupendous with population growth, inflation or the 50 years that have gone by and with I-95 for instance needing widening long ago.
I remember Obama saying something about shovel-ready jobs and even recently Trump mentioning structures to be improved..not to mention a number of Presidents b/4 these two.
Haven't you noticed the potholes still abound even in the South.
Do you think the politicians, unions, highway paving companies and/or the powers-to-be have been stealing our highway $?
I say YES!
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Re: Mentioning $ Injun Tiger, where has all the gas tax money gone..
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Apr 3, 2023, 4:18 PM
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What I have noticed with all the newly paved roads they are doing pretty steady around Cootlumbia, the tires on my vehicles make a H e 1 1 of a roaring sound that I only hear on the new paved roads. I've had some people say that it was probably bc of the brand of tires I use, well I've only used Michelin tires for the past 20 years, and if that's why I'm hearing that roaring noise, I guess I'll have to get use to bc I don't plan on making a brand change bc I get excellent service from the Michelin all weather tires. I got 60K from the set I just replaced on our Toyota, and I'll never have to put another set on it bc it's just used as a second vehicle these days....
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Re: The blame lies on the politicians...
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We can fix it, all we need is time and money.
Don't you mean, that is the lying with every breath politicians!!!
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Re: Learned some Interesting info about our CU Civil Engineers &
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I am a retired CE from Clemson. I have noticed that the current CE curriculum is not nearly as broad and tough as it used to be. Also, yes! I have had my own water treatment system for years - CULLIGAN. 99.9% pure. It's so refreshing to drink a good glass of pure water.
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Re: Learned some Interesting info about our CU Civil Engineers &
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Apr 3, 2023, 3:48 PM
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My wife and I only drink store bought bottled water, or the water from our fridge that I have two, 2 year water filters that our city water runs through before it enters our drinking glass. If that doesn't make it safe enough to drink, well then, my wife and I like most Americans are going to surely die from bad water.
The two water filter systems that I installed on the back of my fridge, both are rated as being one of the best water purification filters sold in the united states for home use, if it cause our death at least I tried to ensure that we were drinking good clean water, and I trust my system more than I trust the botted filter water, and wayyyy more than the water that comes from the city....
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Bill, my Daddy was a Clemson rat and a Professional Civil
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Apr 3, 2023, 5:10 PM
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Engineer to boot.
He started out working for the Glorious State of North Carolina, and if you ever ride along I-40, well you're riding with his spirit, I am sure.
Then he worked for awhile for Wilbur Smith & Co., but they wanted him to go to Australia or some such. He told them "no", and I think that hastened his move into starting a Consulting company of his own.
Too bad it was 1973 and smack in the middle of the Saracen Oil Crisis. They say "timing is everything", but not for him, and 35 years later he was still going strong. Somewhere along the way he became IPTAY President. Hate to say it but he loved CU Baseball more than Football - no one's perfect, I guess.
He passed back in the 2020 Pandemic, but not from Covid itself. Parkison's wasn't the better man, just the sneakier sum-beattch.
Tip o' the cap to the old man. He is sorely missed. He was one of the post-War building generation,
and was proud enough to simply be known as a Clemson Engineer - which is to say, "A helluva fine man."
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Re: Learned some Interesting info about our CU Civil Engineers &
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I started out in CE because I had an uncle who was one and he took me to a bridge he “built.” Working on outdoor projects seemed appealing. After 2 years I discovered I couldn’t cut it with all of the math. I switched to IM because all of my courses from the first 2 years transferred.
Ended up working for a carpet manufacturer in the QC dept for my first 12 years out of school. The director of mfg was a Clemson alum.
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Re: Learned some Interesting info about our CU Civil Engineers &
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285 ft. Down to the intake on sub.pump. Good water and sediment filters to boot. GO TIGERS!
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