Is the tap water in San Diego potable and good to drink or should I buy bottled water?
abnjim5 asked:
Should I continue to drink the tap water here in SD or buy bottled like so many. According to the water dept., the H2O here is supposed to be within quality standards. Is there something lurking in the water that I don’t know about? Not sick Yet!
TANDY
Should I continue to drink the tap water here in SD or buy bottled like so many. According to the water dept., the H2O here is supposed to be within quality standards. Is there something lurking in the water that I don’t know about? Not sick Yet!
TANDY
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4 Responses “Is the tap water in San Diego potable and good to drink or should I buy bottled water?”
Don’t drink tap water period. Drink Reverse Osmosis water with R.O. ice cubes only.
I say drink bottle water u will be safe..
All tap water in the country is regulated very heavily by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Act.
However, even if you drank bottled water, you still cook, shower, brush your teeth, etc. with tap water, so what difference will it make?
Of course the water is potable in that it is fit to drink. You aren’t going to encounter anything in San Diego tap water that will cause you immediate harm, such as harmful bacteria, protozoa or chemicals.
But San Diego has had only a “fair” rating by the NRDC and environmental organizations have suggested pregnant/nursing women and young children not drink tap water. In 2002 ethylene dibromide, lead and some radioactive elements were found in higher than average amounts. Importantly, none of these contaminants were over any safety standards or thresholds.
Realistically, you could drink a gallon of San Diego tap water every day for fifty years and never suffer any ill effects from it. The amount of carcinogens, pathogens and other contaminants in their tap water is negligible compared the air pollution in San Diego or what you would be exposed to by swimming in the ocean or a swimming pool.
If you are truly concerned or paranoid, buy bottled water. Alternatively, it would be most cost effective to purchase a quality filtration system for your home that would remove the lead, chlorine and other particulate matter. Otherwise, I wouldn’t sweat the tap water – there are much more dangerous things to worry about in San Diego.