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But we protected ourselves from diseases with the chlorine. That's a massive win. Then we discovered there's a new risk of disease with the bromate, so we prote
by Asbostos 11y ago
But we protected ourselves from diseases with the chlorine. That's a massive win. Then we discovered there's a new risk of disease with the bromate, so we protect ourselves from that too. Isn't this basically how most technology develops? We keep getting better and better off because of it.
- legulere 11y agoThere are countries that don't use chlorine: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Sweden, ... and they're regularly touted as having the best tap water quality in the world.
- moftz 11y agoOzone purification is cheap but could allow for future contamination if there is backflow or possibly a leak in the water mains. Chlorination prevents anything from growing in the water from the filtration plant to your home. One problem that major coastal cities have is that they collect water from streams that have already been polluted and are on their way out to the ocean. The US has a lot of these cities, 40% of the population occupy the coasts which is only 10% of the country. The cities in the US that typically are regarded as having the best tap water are midwestern cities, ones that do not have a coastline and tend to get cleaner water from natural sources. Switzerland, Austria, and Germany are exactly the same. They are very central countries with nearby access to Alpine runoff water, the water they get is pretty unmolested when compared to what the Potomac River supplies to Washington DC.