You should know that most cities meet all federal and state quality requirements regarding your water. However, according to a U.S.A. TODAY investigation in 1998…
 
“Over 25 million people got water that had significant violations posing serious threats to public health and another 58 million people got water last year that violated testing and purity standards. Federal and state programs charged with enforcing the nations safe drinking water laws are not working, undermined by inadequate funding, inaccurate data, a soft regulatory and weak political support. At the same time, powerful new pollutants imperil the water supply, from hard to kill bacteria to industrial and agricultural toxins. Yet water systems increasingly rely on miles of aging pipelines, deficient treatment equipment and poorly trained operators to make water safe.”