“ everybody thinks it ’s funny and a joke and i ’ m going to be on the news , ” he says , flicking the cigarette butt into a nearby bush . dallas swonger the portland teen is in the hot seat after surveillance video supposedly captured him taking a leak in a city reservoir early wednesday morning , prompting officials to flush 38 million gallons of drinking water down the drain . dallas delynn says he did n’t urinate in portland ’s drinking supply , but rather on a wall next to it . in an exclusive , expletive - filled interview with vocativ outside his mother ’s home thursday , the 18 - year - old insisted that his piss never trickled into portland ’s drinking supply . yeah , it ’s no fuckin ’ tabor reservoir system early wednesday morning has granted his first interview to the online news magazine vocativ . in the free - flowing , profanity - laced conversation with former oregonian reporter shane dixon kavanaugh , delynn said he did not urinate in the water : “ everybody thinks it ’s funny and a joke and i ’ m going to be on the news , ” he says , flicking the cigarette butt into a nearby bush . tabor reservoir system tested clean of urine - related toxins thursday , news that came as no surprise to water bureau administrators yet also did not change their decision to dump 38 million gallons after a man peed in the southeast portland storage pool a day earlier . i do n’t want people thinkin ’ that dallas is dumb ass because he pissed in the … water .