We should also be talking about the filtration systems that lead into the fresh water supply for cities. They are generally not all that substantial, but rather rely on the enormous volumes of water to help make things safe. This technique help tremendously, yet in periods of drought if there is only half the amount of water in the lake the pollution concentration is therefore doubled. What happens when rivers and lakes are down to 10-15%, which has been the case in some places in AZ, NM, MT and NV?

Chemicals are often used for water treatment such as chlorine, fluoride as the water enters the city’s water supply. Aeration of water is also a technique used as the water reaches its final destination to your faucet. Unfortunately some of these chemicals and bacteria already in the water, which combine with the H20 and/or are of a similar weight as water seems to get through in micro amounts into your drinking water.

Generally you have a safer chance with the water in large cities due to large budgets to filter the water. Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, LA, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco and Seattle have some of the safest water to drink. In the United States we have the safest and cleanest drinking water in the world. What about other nations and third world countries? They have nothing compared to what we have here. Are you proud to be an American yet? Think about it.

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