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By: b.rox » Blog Archive » Lead Poisoning

b.rox » Blog Archive » Lead Poisoning — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:22:20 +0000

[...] our efforts, despite testing our water, despite an extensive lead abatement program conducted on our house by ACORN, we got word yesterday [...]

By: BF

BF — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:11:59 +0000

I drink NOLA tap water with great relish. I ascribe it to civic pride, but it is also in part because I can’t be bothered with all the rigamarole and expense some other water source would involve, and in part because it’s uncommonly good water.

I’ve lived lots of places with differing water quality, and my palate tells me NOLA tap water is delicious. It’s non-fluoridated still, right? That’s probably why it tastes so damn good. Bottled or jugged water always tastes like plastic.

By: GentillyGirl

GentillyGirl — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:04:26 +0000

The biologics are what I’m concerned with.

By: Serge A. Storms

Serge A. Storms — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:48:37 +0000

We live in NW Monroe County – you remember Bean Blossom Twp? Our tap water comes from the White River south of Indy. No way I’d drink it. I don’t care what the home filter system used is. The Wife drinks it straight though…probably explains her belief that Buddy Bolden is alive and living in Evansville.

By: licia

licia — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:13:55 +0000

I drink tap water here in Portland, OR because it comes from the mountains (the bull run watershed). A lot of people won’t though- Hippies. (just kidding). When I go back to bloomington and drink the tap there,
it tastes like pond scum. Wow. Did it always taste that bad? Now that’s a place where I would filter with the reverse osmosis!

By: Garvey

Garvey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:12:11 +0000

“But I feel most of these filtration systems that post-filter your tap…are a waste of money.”

Oh, you feel? Then case closed! Never mind the data.

By: chrissieroux

chrissieroux — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:22:42 +0000

We make half-assed attempts to keep up with the filter on our Brita pitcher, but I gave up about a year ago. I still go through the motions of filling up the pitcher, but that’s mostly just to have cold water handy. We essentially drink the tap water, too.

By: Scott Harney

Scott Harney — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:02:37 +0000

Like pistolette, I have always drunk NOLA tap water. I have never had any concerns about it. They use the exact same process all of the bottled water companies use to filter the water.

My father-in-law, as it turns out, runs a water plant for a multi-county region in another Southern state. He’s an engineer and expert on the subject with somewhere over 30 years in the business. Incidentally, they pull there water from a river with a local reputation similar to the Mississippi. He and his colleagues attended a convention here a few years back and he is quite familiar with the water quality in NOLA and had no concerns about it

Of course there could be issues with the aging distribution system from the plant to our houses — especially post-K. But I feel most of these filtration systems that post-filter your tap (eg. Brita) and bottled water are pretty much a waste of money.

By: Garvey

Garvey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:27:37 +0000

“Safe” is subjective. I mean, your test can reveal if your water passes or fails vs a govt standard of acceptable. For example, it can tell you if you have more than 15 ppb of lead. But what if you have 14? It’ll show the level as “safe.” I know you have to draw the line somewhere, but where is that line?

I guess you could always get a filter if you were concerned about it but didn’t want to go the full Kentwood route. Regardless, you’d still be showering/bathing in the stuff (unless you had a whole house filter).

All things considered, isn’t great to live in a country where you can flip a lever and (distinctly) potable water comes right out?

By: pistolette

pistolette — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:31:40 +0000

I grew up here and I’ve always drank the tap water [insert tired insanity joke here]. After the storm I started using a tap filter for drinking water (cause of the obvious warnings), but I still don’t filter the water I cook with. I laugh when my non-native friends, after 10 years, are still downing Evian like they’re in the Congo or some crap. My baby doesn’t even get spring water

You, my friend, have some hardcore local cred there