The town where I live in central Iowa sent a water quality report out to customers this past week, for the year 2010. Our source of water is groundwater, our groundwater is from the South Skunk alluvial aquifer. It contains: lead at level 4 (not in violation. of what I don't know)source household plumbing corrosion. Chlorine in parts per million-1.4 -water additive to control microbes. Copper ppm .06 - corrosion of household plumbing. Flouride ppm .82 -discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories. Barium ppm .21 -Erosion of natural deposits. Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) parts per billion 7 - byproducts of drinking water disinfection. Sodium ppm 22 -Added to water during treatment process. Trihalomethanes ppb 74 By product of drinking water disinfection. Nitrate ppm .01 - run off from fertilizer use, leaching from septic tanks, sewage.
Haaving read that, I am not too sure I want to drink anything coming out of the tap!