Water warning at state park

Y-Guy wrote:
What I find concerning having just looked at the reservation site is there is no warning of this situation posted, while they do have other warnings. Seems like a reasonable expectation that the State should notify visitors in advance.

* Due to abnormally high strength waste negatively impacting the septic system, we ask that campers not use any type of chemical additive in their holding tanks. Chemical additive use could result in a failure and closure of the park sewage systems.

* Only one vehicle is included in your campsite fee. An extra vehicle, unless towed, costs $10 per night. Please check site data for on-site and off-site parking as not all campsites can accommodate an extra vehicle.

* Due to COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions, Washington State Parks encourages all Out of Country travelers to hold off on reserving at this time. Once cross-border travel restrictions are lifted, we would be more than happy to welcome you back to Washington State Parks.

The nitrate warning may be a short term issue that they expect to have resolved soon. The items you listed seem to be more long term...

My wife always takes bottled water for drinking and cooking.

What I find concerning having just looked at the reservation site is there is no warning of this situation posted, while they do have other warnings. Seems like a reasonable expectation that the State should notify visitors in advance.

* Due to abnormally high strength waste negatively impacting the septic system, we ask that campers not use any type of chemical additive in their holding tanks. Chemical additive use could result in a failure and closure of the park sewage systems.

* Only one vehicle is included in your campsite fee. An extra vehicle, unless towed, costs $10 per night. Please check site data for on-site and off-site parking as not all campsites can accommodate an extra vehicle.

* Due to COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions, Washington State Parks encourages all Out of Country travelers to hold off on reserving at this time. Once cross-border travel restrictions are lifted, we would be more than happy to welcome you back to Washington State Parks.

We could debate this issue forever. The full info sheet is posted on the bulletin board and elsewhere. Read the full notice. There must be a reason for the notice other than simply nitrates in the water. The notice, however, drives home the reason we have our rigs anyway. If there's an "issue" at the campground we simply turn the key and mosey on down the road....Dennis

Nitrates are produced in our own bodies and are in our saliva. Nitric oxide is beneficial to our bodies. Nitrosamines are the bad ones.
80-90% or some such of nitrates come from vegetables in our diet.
In farm country like the Midwest with shallow water table and very porous soils fertilizers deliver a lot of nitrates into the water supplies and along with phosphates cause a lot of bad teeth bones etc/
Nitrates are in just about all of our water. Too much cured meat such as three meals a day definately isn't a good idea.
Vegetables cooked at high heat can produce nitrosomines too.
Cured meats won't kill us in moderation. The salt is more of the problem with havign to drink more water and increaded blood pressure.

Yeah, that's us! Only thing I'm using the camp water for is to flush out the black tank and rinse out the sewer hose when I dump!

Mitch

Fertilizer and pig poop used and reused thru irrigation, YUM.

Well......glad I'm not pregnant nor 9 months old!

^^ Yep

In that area the source of the nitrates in the water is run of from the farms.