Cities with the Best Tap Water

Educate yourself on how well your local utility is meeting drinking water standards.
Even my libertarian friends would have a hard time arguing against the idea that if local or municipal tax dollars are going to spent on infrastructure that they should be spent on ensuring a safe drinking water supply.
Interested in how your water provider is currently ranked? Check out how 100 major US cities are ranked in terms of water quality:

http://www.ewg.org/tap-water/rating-big-city-water

EWG's Drinking Water Quality Analysis and Tap Water Database | Environmental Working Group

Best yet, look at how well your local utility is meeting water quality standards by typing in your zip code into the widget at the bottom of this page.

Surprise...Safe Drinking Water Act Does Not Mean Your Water Is Safe!

Interesting interview on drinking water quality and standards. The podcast embedded below from NPR is from an interview between Terry Gross and a reporter from the New York Times, CHARLES DUHIGG, about his article that appeared in today's newspaper.

While it might be easy to dismiss this reporter's story as alarmist, my natural skepticism was tempered after listening.

The take-away point here: our drinking water standards that our municipalities may meet are not strict enough to ensure healthy, non-cancer causing drinking water. The 24:00 mark is where the interview hits the "high water" mark for me. Have a listen...




The original article is here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/us/17water.html