[mburbank]

I don't know what the hell you'd do with the water except pump it back into the lake, but some level of honesty about the clean up that would have to follow, and the environmental consequences would be good, even if only to say "We really have no idea at the moment, but it could be very bad" would be a good idea. Oh, and involving scientists might be kind of cool, even though the administration thinks there's no such thing.

As far as the drinking water goes, if I lived anywhere down there, I remember that the Bush administration version of the EPA made an official statement that ground zero air quality was acceptable several days before they tested it.