http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/19/ask-mahony-tapwater/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:45:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/19/ask-mahony-tapwater/comment-page-1/#comment-94 matt Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:58:09 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/19/071906-ask-tapwater/#comment-94 the new york times ran a piece by Anthony Depalma on july 20th about new york city's water system becoming more muddy due to increased development and storm run-off upstate. it mentioned that the nyc water system, due to it's purity, is largely exempt from federal water filtration requirements. it also said "To keep the tap water running clear, the city has been dumping 16 tons of chemicals a day, on average, into the water supply as an emergency measure to meet federal water quality standards. The treatment does not change the taste of the water, but the city cannot rely on this stopgap approach forever." does this disturb any of you science-types? or is 16 tons/day really a (sorry) drop in the bucket of the system's volume? the new york times ran a piece by Anthony Depalma on july 20th about new york city’s water system becoming more muddy due to increased development and storm run-off upstate. it mentioned that the nyc water system, due to it’s purity, is largely exempt from federal water filtration requirements. it also said
“To keep the tap water running clear, the city has been dumping 16 tons of chemicals a day, on average, into the water supply as an emergency measure to meet federal water quality standards. The treatment does not change the taste of the water, but the city cannot rely on this stopgap approach forever.”
does this disturb any of you science-types? or is 16 tons/day really a (sorry) drop in the bucket of the system’s volume?

]]> http://www.scienceline.org/2006/07/19/ask-mahony-tapwater/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Ben Leach Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:39:25 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/07/19/071906-ask-tapwater/#comment-56 I know my high school teacher ran into a problem with her son. Apparently, his teeth were turning brown because of the high content of fluoride in their tap water. They got the annual report and discovered the problem. I think they ended up moving to another house just to get different (in other words, less fluor-ific) tap water! I know my high school teacher ran into a problem with her son. Apparently, his teeth were turning brown because of the high content of fluoride in their tap water. They got the annual report and discovered the problem. I think they ended up moving to another house just to get different (in other words, less fluor-ific) tap water!

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