M5.4 Blog about your Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR) and water quality Submit Assignment

Answer the following questions:
  • What is the source of your drinking water?   Where does your water ORIGINATE?  (It is treated at a water treatment plant, but what watershed or aquifer is the sources of the water?)
The water in the Sunnyvale/Santa Clara area is purchased surface water and serves approximately 150,000 people. 

  • What chemicals were found in your water that were higher than expected?
There wasn't anything that was higher than expected, because I  didn't know what to expect. 
  • What chemicals did you NOT expect to find in your water? 
No, I  mean after watching the videos about what is in our water etc, I    think I    understood that even with the best intentions and the type of water cleaning or purifying our agencies do, things still find there way in.  

BLOG about your water quality
  • Where does your water come from? The source! Track it from the source to your tap.
The water in my area is surface water that has been purchased by the city or local governance. 
  • What did you discover about your water quality?
It is surprisingly ok. It is purified enough times before it comes to us, so I    know I    am not being exposed by that many chemicals or toxins. 
  • Do you use a filter for your water?
I buy a lot of bottled water and seldomly use the tap. I think this is because growing up in Los Angeles drinking from the tap was rather unheard of. I want to purchase a filter for our tap but I'd have to change the faucet first. 
  • What are you trying to filter out?
If I    was filtering my water I    would be trying to filter any of the larger particles that might find their way into the water. 
  • Do you drink bottled water?   How does this square with what you learned when you watched the Story of Bottled Water (see next exercise)?
I don't like contributing to the amount of plastic floating in and out of our world, but when I    think about drinking tap water I  feel like this is a better alternative. For the most part I  use a reusable water bottle which I fill using a water filter station at work. At home it is a little different just because I  don't have access to that. 

Comments

  1. Chris DeatrasOctober 29, 2018 at 3:54 PM

    I share similar feelings that even with several filtering sessions, there may still be substances that make it to our tap water. I'm not sure if it's possible to filter out all the harmful substances without taking the beneficial or neutral ones with them. There is a certain assurance though that many harmful substances are not making it to the tap.

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  2. UnknownNovember 19, 2018 at 5:41 PM

    I agree as well, no matter how much we try to filtrate our water, there always seems to be something that is in there. I don't think it is possible to ever remove 100% of anything. I agree that tap water is a better alternative than having a bunch of plastic water bottles and I have tried using these type of filtration stations more.

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