What's In Your Water?

When is the last time you took a moment to stop, and smell your water? A continuous supply of clean and safe drinking water is something that most people take for granted. We rarely go to the tap doubting that the water will be clean and safe. Recently, the general population and water supply professionals have become concerned about the safety and protection of our drinking water supplies. Many important steps have been taken, and continue to be taken, by drinking water utilities to prevent possible attacks on water utility infrastructure, and to prevent any attempts to contaminate reservoirs or treated water supplies. Unfortunately for all of us, many of the chemicals that could be used to contaminate a water supply are relatively easy to obtain. With this understood, many of the nation's public drinking water management systems are in a heightened state of readiness to face new threats. Our current main lines of defense are denial of access to our watersheds and distribution system. What is needed is a redundant treatment system at the point of entry.