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Yenisey River and water availability

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annamarkula Just Starting Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 7	Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 4:43 am    Post subject: Yenisey River and water availability Hi! Can anyone tell me whether or not it is easy to get bottled/clean water along the Yenisey River- either in towns or on the passenger ferries? Thank you, Anna
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renwan Talk Show Host Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 204	Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 5:23 am    Post subject: stop being silly, drink from the river. the cleanest water you can get. bottled water is for yuppy twats.
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UsualSuspect WayToRussified Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 324 Location: The Land of Oz	Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 9:43 am    Post subject: DO NOT DRINK YENISEI RIVER WATER.... Annamarkula, You can stock up in Krasnoyarsk and major towns on loads of mineral water etc. Smaller villages etc will be a problem. Your stomach's life in your own hands if you drink from the river. It has ghiardia type bugs in it and the COLD water supplied to houses/flats is massively filtered and OK to drink, but the HOT water is only filtered once and the bugs are alive in it. Ask me how I know!!! I don't know what condition the river water is in further upstream but my guess is just as bad. Usualsuspect
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sheng-ka Frequent Guest Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 11	Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:48 am    Post subject: Re: Yenisey River and water availability annamarkula, you can easily get it in any supermarket or kiosk. the problem is that the bottle can contain usual running water from the kitchen tap:(. so if you are afraid - just boill it. anyway, running water in Krasnoyarsk is known to be very good and pure. but I still always boil it...
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annamarkula Just Starting Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 7	Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:57 am    Post subject: How about radiation levels in the water? I have heard a few things about possible contamination, does anyone know if this is true? Thanks, Anna
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UsualSuspect WayToRussified Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 324 Location: The Land of Oz	Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 3:36 pm    Post subject: Only from your watch.... Anna, I've never seen or sampled a three-eyed fish from the yenisei. I think someone you've talked to is running off at the mouth perpetuating some sort of urban myth. IIRC, Krasnoyarsk -26 handles nuke waste, but the river runs to it, not the other way around. I can't think of any stop from there to Dudinka that has a nuke facility. Also, the Environmentalist groups would have spacced out long ago. Maybe your friend is thinking of the nitrocellulose factory on the shores of Lake Baikal??? Usualsuspect
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