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Lame, lame, lame. This only proves that Bonnaroo is cheap and cuts costs at every possible turn. I know because the slip-n-slides are what I do for my kid's birthday party. How about some mega art project that would blow our minds instead?
Damn they need to figure out how to filter that water. I couldn't help but bath in it fri, sat, and sun. I had to, it was too hot!
i am not sure if this is true or not, but i DID see somewhere on the boards that it isn't that the water is dirty, just that it's silt from the well? whether or not it is true, i'd like to think so.
From what we were told years ago (a group of us ran into a bunch of the techs at Bonnaroo back in...I think it was 2007?), it is recycled, but it's also filtered and re-added to the water supple. That is to say, they don't just dump 100 gallons into the fountain, hit "repeat" and let it run through the same stuff. And there are filters in the fountain for the water coming out which catches the dirt/silt/debris that gets pulled in, though the water still retains the brownish color after it's been running long enough.
Long story short, don't drink it, but feel free to get clean in it.
As an engineer allow me to geek out since I deal with these systems on a daily basis. What you're describing is a pretty standard system:
Water is pumped out of the fountain onto all the funky sweaty hippies, it then drains down through a trap/filter which removes most of the heavy particulates (sand, grass, etc) before draining into a tank/basin. Water is then pumped from the tank (it likely passes through a filter before it reaches the pump to remove any large particles the first trap missed) then back out through the fountain.
It is filtered yes, but only well enough to get rid of the larger particles which would build up as slag on pipe walls or damage the pump impellers over time significantly reducing pump life. Fresh water is added strictly as makeup water to account for water loss due to evaporation and other forms of water loss.
That is why the water gets muddier and funkier as the festival goes on. In order to filter out all particulate matter such that the fountain water remained crystal clear, you would need a large bank of expensive filters which would likely clog under the load. From a cost and maintenance stand point this would make no sense. The water is only filtered to mitigate clogging, and pump damage.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Did anyone figure out how much this will cost? Even if you can give me a ball park estimate compared to last year's make or other things such as the ferris wheel it would be appreciated.
"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made." Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Soul of Man Under Socialism
"You're either on the bus or off the bus." Ken Kesey
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson
This was Splash-a-Roo last year, and it was all free. We went on Thursday early afternoon.
This is our feet in the kiddie pool (i'm sure it was really nasty by Friday but it was ok on Thursday):
nice pics and yeah I'm sure it would be nasty by Friday, it's good you got in early. This year's s.o.r. looks crazy so I'll try to get on it early, especially if it's free. Thanks!
Post by tangerinetrees on Jun 3, 2011 7:57:32 GMT -5
the beach did not look inviting to me everyone was slip and sliding into mud. I can't wait for this fucking BIG ASS MOTHER FUCKING SLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to cool me off
but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal. 
