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the winnipeg sandbox » winnipeg sandbox.. » local... » Why is the City BUYING drinking water?

Why is the City BUYING drinking water?

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1Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:44 pm

Deank

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http://www.winnipeg.ca/finance/findata/matmgt/documents//2010/930-2010//930-2010_Bid_Opportunity.pdf

the last year I can find the same bid it went for 89,400.00.

with some fairly outlandish other bids.

http://www.winnipeg.ca/finance/findata/matmgt/documents/2008/367-2008/367B-2008_Evaluated_Posted_Opening_Results.pdf



I am totally crazy in thinking that one city worker could do this job much much cheaper?

Freeman

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Certain irony that one of the locations is a pumping station. Like they don't have water?

3Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:26 am

Deank

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Heh...apparently not.

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One City worker may be able to fill a few thousand bottles a day, but will he be able to wash , sanitze and deliver them, or perhaps we invest in a mini bottling plant Shocked .Or each worker can bring his own , but then they'd request time to ge refill and if they are in construction zones or or "remote " sites ( Why is the City BUYING drinking water? 27789 ) , that could cost man hours.

As for the pumping station, wonder what the pressure if you opened a main valve to take a sip, but then you'd have to have a lab to sanitize the water Why is the City BUYING drinking water? 543352


Running out of relevant emoticons, so i'll shut up , was fun Why is the City BUYING drinking water? 51523

rosencrentz

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I read the bid as just topping up tanks, not filling up small drinking containers.
What is the point of this thread DeanK?
I don't see any thing abnormal in water delivery, except the huge dollars being spent?

http://www.elansofas.com

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Hey , you want some coffee and a donut ?

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rosencrentz wrote:I read the bid as just topping up tanks, not filling up small drinking containers.
What is the point of this thread DeanK?
I don't see any thing abnormal in water delivery, except the huge dollars being spent?


YOu read what you want to read. I read Drinking water, which i extrapolated to crews needing water for their shifts during the summer moneths. As for what they do in Winter i have no clue but i am extrapolating and to lazy to read the bid. Besides, what do you mean topping up the tanks. Workers get tanks to take to work? And they have to be topped off ?

If thats the case, shirley , one man can't do that. 88 Grand, huge dollars, coem on, even for a big typhoon like you , 88 Grand is a drop in the bucket, so to speak, so our workers can remain hydrated.

rosencrentz

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Coffee? What are you doing up? 294 - wife's cell phone, I am in my pyjama's



Last edited by rosencrentz on Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:08 am; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : removing wife's phone number)

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rosencrentz

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I don't think extrapolating is allowed on the forum!

http://www.elansofas.com

10Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:53 am

jimj_wpg

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Is Winnipeg still considering this? Found this glossy booklet while doing some Fall cleaning today.

Sandilands water is close to Marchand MB where Canadian Gold bottles this artesian water.

Meet Short-term Water Needs by Using High-quality Groundwater

A cost-effective approach to meet higher expected water needs in the short-term is to develop a potential high-quality groundwater source in the Sandilands Forest east of Winnipeg along with construction of the first 45 kilometers (28 miles) of a second aqueduct. This would cost $85 million, much less than the cost of a new aqueduct to Shoal Lake or another surface water source. This option depends on confirmation of aqueduct groundwater supplies, and provincial approval of the project.

SOURCE: Winnipeg's Water: Our Most Essential Resource ... ca. 1994/95.

11Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:32 am

grumpy old man

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Great option and maybe we can cut the greedy SOBs trying to hold Winnipeg to ransom off at the knees...

12Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:11 am

Deank

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meh.. the water from out there is so/so AND I dont think we should be taking that much water out of the aquifer. End up running into problems like in Texas.

13Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:26 am

Stonekiller

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I wonder if this is for when the city has to turn off the water while they work on the mains. So that there is potable drinking water available for affected residents. I've seen them roll those water buffalo's out but the water to fill them comes from somewhere.

14Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:39 am

Freeman

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Stonekiller wrote:I wonder if this is for when the city has to turn off the water while they work on the mains. So that there is potable drinking water available for affected residents. I've seen them roll those water buffalo's out but the water to fill them comes from somewhere.



Yeah, it comes from somewhere that they haven't shut off the mains.scratch

15Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:40 am

Freeman

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I have an idea. Why don't a bunch of us get together, get a few old cars and set up a barricade so no one can get in or out of the Shoal Lake First Nation.



I wonder where I got that idea from???

16Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:38 pm

jimj_wpg

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Freeman wrote:I have an idea. Why don't a bunch of us get together, get a few old cars and set up a barricade so no one can get in or out of the Shoal Lake First Nation.



I wonder where I got that idea from???

Oka 1990. lol!

17Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Empty Re: Why is the City BUYING drinking water? Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:13 am

Stonekiller

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Yes and Oka turned out well...

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