National Water Quality Month: How to Make Sure Your Water is Safe to Drink

August is National Water Quality Month! Let’s take this time to appreciate and understand what it means to have quality drinking water. Here are a few ways you can make sure the water you are drinking is safe:

Stay informed.
The first thing you can do is educate yourself on the water quality in your area. For example, find some information about your state’s Source Water Assessment to learn more about potential water quality threats. We also recommend that you read the annual Consumer Confidence Report from your public water system (aka Water Quality Report). This way, you can compare the water quality in your region to other areas to determine how safe it is to drink.

Be an observer.
Next, you will want to check the watershed where you live. Do you notice any suspicious activity happening in or around the water supply that may pollute your drinking water? If so, you should notify authorities about these incidents.

Get involved.
From reading the local newspaper to attending public hearings, getting involved is one way to find out if any new construction or town planning will affect your water source. Don’t forget to ask questions if you’re not sure how these plans might impact the quality of your water. It also helps to volunteer by partaking in your community’s contaminant monitoring activities. This way, you can encourage the town to run some tests on your drinking water supply.

Don’t contaminate.
One of the best things you can do to make sure your water is safe to drink is to make sure you don’t contaminate. You can keep your drinking water clean by reducing trash and taking the bus to work once per week. In order to reduce the trash you create, we recommend you recycle plastic bottles, aluminum, and glass. And if you can, take a break from driving just one day each week. That way, you can prevent large amounts of carbon dioxide from contaminating your drinking water.

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