Bottled or Tap?

G-Rex · 12-15-2009, 11:11 PM

This whole thread is full of people who have NO idea how drinking water is actually made.

Pharmaceuticals? Really? You realize that the processes we put raw water through in treatment eliminates that, right? I read sample reports taken from finished water going out to distribution on a regular basis, and these things aren't in there. Are they there in trace amounts that are so minute that they don't register in samplings tests? Sure, but guess what, arsenic, zinc, and uranium are in your water too, also in quantities so minute that are unmeasurable.

People already complain about the fluoride in water. Government makes us put it in there. People complain about the chlorine smell in some water. Guess what, chlorine is still a pretty damn good disinfectant in the treatment process.

Kaneman, the reason you get those notices are because the water plant was unable to meet the removal limit for a given part of the process one day out of three months more than likely. By the time you got that notice, the plant has produced good water for many weeks. Many things lead to those notices. Rainfall stirs up the silt and gunk in lakes and rivers, where raw water is taken from. The filters in the plant could be ready for replacement of their media. The way they know that needs done is when the water quality begins to go downhill. Hell, if the normal operator took a week off work and the guy running the plant in his absence wasn't as experienced with the plant itself, or liked to feed more lime, or chlorine, or take your pick of the chemicals we use in the water treatment process, then that will cause a bump in the numbers to cause you to get that notice.

If you took the limit level that the EPA requires we remove arsenic to, multiply that times 1000, you still would *maybe* have enough in your system to even quantify over a lifetime.

You don't really want to get me started on the EPA.

Chicken little, the sky isn't falling.

12-15-2009, 11:11 PM	#23
G-Rex Where to next? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: OK to the C Moto: TL1000R, Hayabusa, R1150RT Posts: 1,333	This whole thread is full of people who have NO idea how drinking water is actually made. Pharmaceuticals? Really? You realize that the processes we put raw water through in treatment eliminates that, right? I read sample reports taken from finished water going out to distribution on a regular basis, and these things aren't in there. Are they there in trace amounts that are so minute that they don't register in samplings tests? Sure, but guess what, arsenic, zinc, and uranium are in your water too, also in quantities so minute that are unmeasurable. People already complain about the fluoride in water. Government makes us put it in there. People complain about the chlorine smell in some water. Guess what, chlorine is still a pretty damn good disinfectant in the treatment process. Kaneman, the reason you get those notices are because the water plant was unable to meet the removal limit for a given part of the process one day out of three months more than likely. By the time you got that notice, the plant has produced good water for many weeks. Many things lead to those notices. Rainfall stirs up the silt and gunk in lakes and rivers, where raw water is taken from. The filters in the plant could be ready for replacement of their media. The way they know that needs done is when the water quality begins to go downhill. Hell, if the normal operator took a week off work and the guy running the plant in his absence wasn't as experienced with the plant itself, or liked to feed more lime, or chlorine, or take your pick of the chemicals we use in the water treatment process, then that will cause a bump in the numbers to cause you to get that notice. If you took the limit level that the EPA requires we remove arsenic to, multiply that times 1000, you still would maybe have enough in your system to even quantify over a lifetime. You don't really want to get me started on the EPA. Chicken little, the sky isn't falling. __________________