Arroyo Spring 1996 - Consumers Increasingly Use Botfied Water, Home Water Treatment Systems to Avoid Direct Tap Water

Expecting safe, drinkable water to flow from household taps once was an unquestioned assumption. This assumption was founded upon various acts of faith - in progress, technology, and the local water utility. For many people, however, this comforting assumption no longer holds true. We of little faith are becoming wary of tap water, questioning its quality and suspicious of its health effects.