A Japanese teacher fought “Corona” in a strange way .. the bill was “3.5 million yen”
A school in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture has received a $27,000 (3.5 million yen) water bill after a teacher left a tap running for months in the hopes of preventing coronavirus infection in a swimming pool.
The teacher, whose name has been withheld from reports, left the tap running from late June to early September last year.
While the quality of the pool's water is managed by filtration and chlorination, the teacher mistakenly believed that a constant flow of fresh water in the pool would protect the kids from the virus.
“The teacher somehow got the misconception that pouring the new water would also do the trick and help prevent Covid,” said Akira Kojiri, an official with the local education board.
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And when some staff turned off the tap, the teacher would turn it back on.
An estimated 4,000 tons (1,056,680 gallons) of excess water was wasted in more than two months, enough to fill the school's swimming pool at least 11 times.
"We deeply apologize to our residents for causing (financial) damage to our city," Yokosuka authorities wrote in a statement.
Local authorities are asking the teacher and two other supervisors to pay half of the 3.5 million yen (about $27,000) water bill.
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