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The military is a federally run program where you water supply is municipal, usually city or county. If the citizens of the municipality want that data they can
by themaninthedark 6y ago
The military is a federally run program where you water supply is municipal, usually city or county. If the citizens of the municipality want that data they can push their local governments to gather it. My county for example creates yearly water quality reports : https://www.cobbcounty.org/water/customer-service/water-quality-reports https://www.cobbcounty.org/water/customer-service/water-qual...
However, it is important to know how the water is being sampled. If all you ever do is report water quality as it leave the treatment plant, then your data is not useful unless you only use the water at that point. To get good and useful data, you need to sample at various endpoint(house/business locations). You want to randomize these testing locations to avoid selection bias but you also want to get several data points out of them to both eliminate and spot irregularities(i.e. spike in chlorine due to heavy rain, spike in lead due to corrosion in pipes.).
Lastly and perhaps most importantly, would you trust the government if they are telling you the water has no issues?
- maxerickson 6y agoThose reports are mandated by federal regulations.