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Tap Water Quality

By: Molly Watson
Tap Water
Is our water as clean as you think it is? A lot of people say bottled water is better than tap water, but how true is that? I don’ t think a lot of people understand what goes into our water, and how we take care of it. " The U. S. has some of the most aggressive water-protection laws in the world."
How Clean is our Drinking Water
Pollution is one of the main reasons our water is contaminated. " Recent scientific analyses of the nation ' s public water supply have revealed that waterways, lakes, reservoirs and groundwater supplies are becoming more polluted with each passing year." Pollution gets into our waterway, which then ends up in our water. Washington, D. C.– based nonprofit organization, state water agencies throughout the U. S. have