It looks like the people in S. Colorado will be looking at 'alternate water sources......

http://www.yahoo.com/s/838651

Hope they fare well.....hopefully people will learn....even your trusted supply can become contaminated......

Yikes...
I need a whole house filter pretty badly... Ugh.

Yep, the water wars here in Florida could keep me in business the rest of my career.

Sinking a well no longer seems to be the thing to do to ensure a good potable supply of household water. Between over-regulation, abuse, and the amount of crud going to ground, it just doesn't seem worth it. So where does a home go next? The best thing I can think of to do is use solar power to run atmospheric condensers, combined with preciptation collection (rain barrels). Of course now I hear the government intends to regulate the collection of rainwater by forcing inspections and using meters on people's personal tanks. If caught using a collection tank unregulated and unmonitored, the penalty would be significant.

PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. at it's finest.

Why??
"When the flushing of the municipal water system begins, boiling water will not be adequate to protect the public from consuming the water."

boiling water is no good ???

Chemical contamination as they purge the system.

Ridiculous.

benjammin:

the chem. they are reported to be using is clorine. boiling water will disapate clorine.

Yes, but during the treatment process the reactions will generate other chem by products that shouldn't be consumed as well. Probably not a big threat for most, but better to err on the conservative side.

Benjammen:

looking into the future,in case this happens to my area, I wonder if boil and chemical treatment would solve the problem. In Southern Calif our water supply is vulnerable due to open reservoirs.

Well, for the most part, it may seem ridiculous, but you should understand that some aquifer systems are fed entirely off rainwater, and I've sat in a couple meetings in which water critical discussions brought just such a restriction/enforcement issue to consideration. The main impetus for the consideration focused on commericial rainwater harvesting processes, but the slant was that the conditions would be imposed unilaterally, meaning ye old humble homeowner with a 2,000 liter tank out back would be subject to the same burdens by rules of fair principle.

Believe me, it polarized the conversations pretty darned quick, but it alarmed me that it was even being brought up.