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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that utility providers must test and remove some of the most toxic per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from public drinking water.
The largest, which draws from the Ohio River, supplies water to almost 1 million people in and around the city and uses a state-of-the-art system to remove toxins.
The health halo surrounding bottled water is starting to burst. Bottled water first became popular in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, with many brands aligning themselves with health and ...
Bottled water is perceived by many as being a safer alternative to other sources of water such as tap water. Bottled water usage has increased even in countries where clean tap water is present. [77] This may be attributed to consumers disliking the taste of tap water or its organoleptics. [78]
The United States is the largest consumer market for bottled water in the world, followed by Mexico, China, and Brazil. [1] [obsolete source] In 1975, Americans rarely drank bottled water—just one gallon of bottled water per person per year on average. By 2005, it had grown to ~26 gallons (98.5 L) per person per year. [2]
The majority of Americans get their tap water from ground or surface water that’s monitored and delivered by one of the approximately 50,000 public water systems across the country.
Water is a basic need of life and presently, an estimated one billion persons do not have access to safe drinking water, and even more have inadequate sanitation. [5] Global institutions, including the United Nations, warn of the impact of a growing global population and the effects of climate change on the ability of people to access freshwater. [3]
Bottled water may not be safer than tap. But many people think it is. In much of the U.S. — and other wealthy nations — tap water is tightly regulated, frequently tested and “often exceeds ...