Do you know whats in your tap water?

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

Well you should, The Clean Water Act of 1972 mandates that water suppliers must issue a water quality report at least annually to all its costumers.

You may not have noticed it when it came in the mail and tossed it out, or maybe you rent and the info never got to you. No worries however because for most areas this info is available online.

Information that you might find useful is what chemicals (chlorine vs chloramine), and how much of these chemicals are used to treat your water, Water pH and kH at the source, pollutants and heavy metals, and other info.

Start here: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html. This link will take you to the EPAs web page and you can find your local water suppliers web page from there. Your Annual Water Quality Report should be easy to find from there.

 

[Lou8337]

Cincinnati is supposed to have the cleanest city water. Its supposed to be the best filtration system in the country considering we probably have one of the nastiest water sources in the country. THE OHIO RIVER.

 

[woofy]

actually the only way i found out that they had added chlorines to the water was becuase they sent a ltter to a local fish farm. WE get nothing. the only way to know whats in our water is to make them come test it then we get results.

 

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

actually the only way i found out that they had added chlorines to the water was becuase they sent a ltter to a local fish farm. WE get nothing. the only way to know whats in our water is to make them come test it then we get results.

Its a Federal Law that the supplier must notify you annually. I dont know why you didnt receive anything. I posted the link so that you can find the CCR for your area. If it is not available online the website will provide you the means to get it.

 

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

actually the only way i found out that they had added chlorines to the water was becuase they sent a ltter to a local fish farm. WE get nothing. the only way to know whats in our water is to make them come test it then we get results.

4 clicks after opening the link to get the CCR for miami:

http://www.miamidade.gov/wasd/library/report/water_quality_2007.pdf

Starting on page 10, "About our water, and how its treated"

 

[PrecisionAquatics]

I am a treatment plant operator for the rural domestic water company down here, TUFF is right, Felderal law requires all water purveyors to keep a copy of their CCR on file for public viewing. Just give you water supplier a call if you have any q's about water quality, they should be happy to answer any questions. Or at least provide you with a copy of the CCR.