The skinny on dippers in a reservoir

A little story moved over the wires the other day where a man and a woman were caught skinny dipping in a Portland, Ore., reservoir. That reservoir is a main source of water for the city and officials nearly dumped millions of gallons of water and closed the facility. All because two people decided to swim with no clothes on.
The only reason why they didn’t drain the millions of gallons of water was because the two dippers were swimming in a section of the reservoir not in use at the time. Had that section been in use, water bureau officials said they would have had to dump millions of gallons of water from that pool and possibly shut off the reservoir.
Yikes.
Maybe I am a nut, but in the drought-stricken Southeast or in areas like Nevada or Arizona, I would hope water officials there would have the good sense not to even entertain the thought of dumping millions of gallons of water just because two people decided to frolic sans trunks.
While thinking about it, water gets treated at the reservoir or further downstream. You mean to say, with all the wildlife using and living in the water, officials think humans foul the water that much.
Luckily, the only thing that happened was the two now face trespassing charges. City officials didn’t waste the water and hopefully, they won’t the next time Jack and Jill decide to go for a dip.