After seeing a blurb in the news mega about the US needing nearly half a trillion dollars for drinking water infrastructure, I wonder about my own family's water safety.
I have up to now been under the impression that tap water is safe to drink, eschewing borrowed water for environmental purposes but maybe I should be thinking about a filtration system.
We live in an apartment with old bones in a city that has had lead in its school pipes in the past.
How do the netizens of Hexbear filter and enjoy their drinking water?
You can often pick up cheap lead tests at the hardware store. i think for like 50-80 you can send a sample in to a lab and they'll send back an analysis.
There are a lot of places with bad water, but there are a lot of places with safe water, too. Just don't fall in to the "Flouride is making us a nation of gay communists" John Birch stuff.
Well something has to be the cause.
I know Home Depot sells those kinds of testing kits, but like the other comment asks IDK about their efficacy
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I don't know if they're accurate. I actually hadn't considered whether the tests actually work or not. I guess it would be something you'd have to do some research on.
Come to think of it, i wonder if the EPA has any advice posted on how to test for water safety? I Know they've been a bit gutted over the last few years, but can't hurt to look.
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