Do You Live By A River?

@4meAndyou Is the water still fresh and drinkable?

@sree251 None of the streams and rivers in the United States are fresh and drinkable in modern times...unless you go very high up in the mountains, to the source of the water, or find a clean, fresh spring.

@4meAndyou what water are you drinking then?

@sree251 Our water has to be sent to special water treatment plants before it is safe to drink. In my town, there is not very much stone or granite in the soil, which helps to filter water naturally. Instead, we have sand.

Because of this, our town water has been on the borderline of safety for the past 20 years. The water treatment plants must add more and more chlorine to try to disinfect the water, and at this point, the chlorine makes that water undrinkable.

I have a water filter of my own which attaches to my kitchen faucet, and it removes even more of the impurities than the town removes, and also removes the HEAVY chlorine taste, which means I can still drink water right from my tap.

@4meAndyou It's sad that tap water in the US is undrinkable. I thought tap water in third world countries are unsafe and folks drinking Evian bottled water in the US were making a fashion statement. Now, I see Mexicans and blacks buying and hauling stacks of bottled water in their carts coming out at grocery stores.

@sree251 It's not undrinkable out of the tap in EVERY town. But it usually needs extra filtration.

@4meAndyou Why is extra filtration necessary? Municipal water supply must adhered to health standards for public consumption. What's wrong with America? Are we the greatest country in the world or not? We don't have drinkable water?