Information about the contaminants in my municipal water supply
Q:
Where can I find information about the contaminants in my municipal water supply?
A:
The best way to learn about your local drinking water quality is to
read the annual drinking water quality report / consumer confidence
report that water suppliers now send out by July 1 of each year. The
reports often are sent out with water bills, but they may be sent
separately. The reports tell where drinking water comes from, what
contaminants are in it, and at what levels.
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency offers information about local drinking water systems
through their Local Drinking Water Information Web page. Many water
suppliers are now posting their water-quality monitoring results on the
Web, and these results can be accessed from this site.
Another
source of information is the EPA site Surf Your Watershed. This site
answers questions such as, "Where does my drinking water come from?"