Eco-terrorism at its most basic or a waste of perfectly good water? A reservoir in Portland, Oregon was forced to temporarily close operations and dump 38 million gallons of drinking water after a 19 year-old peed in the supply.

Couldn't the reservoir's filters handle a single stream of urine? Haven't they handled worse? They could (and they have), but operators decided the chance of an information... leak and forcing citizens to handle the mental anguish of possible drinking a fractional percentage of streamlined urine would be worse than wasting enough water to fill 57 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to the Washington Post. Even after the water tested clean, the Portland Water Bureau released news of the piss and the subsequent dump (didn't do that one purpose).

"Our customers have an expectation that their water is not deliberately contaminated," David Shaff, administrator of the bureau, said in a statement. "We have the ability to meet that expectation while minimizing public health concerns."

For a city supposedly filled with liberal-minded thinkers, it's odd that the line is so firmly drawn at urine. In the past, dead animals have been found in reservoirs -- with no closings or dumpings, according to Shaff.

"This is different," Shaff said in 2011, when the Bureau let go of over 7 million gallons of water following a urine incident. "Do you want to drink pee?"

The Post had this final thought:

"Listen, we at Post Nation don't like to tell people what to do. Your life is your life, be the blog you want to see in the world, et cetera. But here' s a public service announcement for any teenagers out there reading this: Don't urinate in reservoirs. I realize that every natural instinct in your body is telling you that you must urinate in the nearest reservoir. I realize that urinating in reservoirs is simply what everybody does in this day and age. But if there's a reservoir - particularly if it is, say, a reservoir filled with drinking water - maybe fight those urges."

Luckily, it rains frequently in Portland and thus the drinking water supply is abundant.

Still, by 2020, all reservoirs in the state of Oregon will require a covering.

Video of the incident (the kid wasn't actually caught in the act).