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Fertilizer Dump Spoils Intel's Pure Water

Posted by timothy on from the what-if-they-were-making-whiskey dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel had to shut down part of its Irish plant for a while because of the extreme cold and the fact the local council polluted the water supply with fertilizer. Apparently it got down to -12 degrees C at the Intel plant in Leixlip, County Kildare. But to make matters worse, the local council ran out of rock salt to grit the roads and opted for fertilizer instead. There were fears that ammonia and nitrates in the fertilizer might have contaminated the local water supply. The problem for the chipmaker is that it needs extremely pure water for its manufacturing processes."

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  1. Obligatory by Calydor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, that's just a shitty thing to do.

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    1. Re:Obligatory by al0ha · · Score: 2, Funny

      Lay off the Guinness laddies, you've gone to Shite!

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  2. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's got what plants crave!

  3. why tagged gatorade instead of brawndo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Brawndo's got what plants crave. They crave Brawndo. It's got electrolytes.

  4. It's official. by s1lverl0rd · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intel processors stink.

  5. Re:Priorities, people by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    'extremely pure' water to... you know... drink

    You've never been to Ireland, have you? 96% water is more than enough.

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  6. Re:Frosty by ionix5891 · · Score: 4, Funny

    thats a Frosty Irish piss in your chips

  7. Use Irish Whiskey instead . . . by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alcohol melts ice, right? And Ireland is awash in whiskey . . . well at least Killinaskully seems to be. So they could have sprayed whiskey on the roads instead of fertilizer.

    Of course, the road crews would ask:

    "So we're to be spraying good whiskey on the roads to clear them of ice, are we? Do ye mind if we pass that whiskey through our kidneys first?"

    I'm not sure what effect whiskey in the water supply would have on Intel's manufacturing process, but the public wouldn't mind having a wee bit in their morning tee.

    Actually, the general public would be so toasted that wouldn't give a damn about Intel.

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  8. Is this backwards? by ridabug · · Score: 1, Funny

    So a county polluted the water supply of production facility.....

  9. Re:filters work to make water pure by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are very expensive but the water will have a greater than 18 megaohm resistance.

    The resistance rather depends on how much of it you have and how it's arranged. Put it another way: resistance is not a property of substances.

    The ions in our water are removed. A conductivity meter reads 0 microsemens

    That's inconceivable. I'd expect it to be a little ova that.

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  10. Re:Water Filters? Hello? by umghhh · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think Intel simply wants to off shore its plant to pristine waters of Yangtze river.

  11. Re:Priorities, people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But...but...what about this? If the internet says it, it must be true!