Municipal Drinking Water (was Extropy in the Personal...)

From: Rick Knight (rknight@platinum.com)
Date: Wed Aug 13 1997 - 10:26:21 MDT

     I wrote:
     In my estimation, average municipal water quality, governed by a
     bogged down and likely indifferent bureaucratic system is about as
     safe as packaged meat...but we'll save that for another topic <G>.
     
     Davin Enigl replied:
     
     The municipalities tend to forget about what they can not
     control (chemicals) and concentrate on the one EPA law I *do* agree
     with: 40CFR _Escherichia coli_ elimination and total coliform control
     which is (in general) <1 per 100 mL. So, I guess that makes water
     safer from a microbiological aspect than ground beef.
     
     I respond:
     
     Thanks for the informed feedback on the subject. And yes, the <G> at
     the end of my last statement was to have the effect that I was
     speaking casually for effect.
     

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