Where does our faucet’s drinking water come from?
We are so used to simply turning on our faucets to see water flow from it, that we don’t even ask ourselves how it gets there. Yet, it is an interesting question: water treatment and its transportation vary in different places, so how does it get to our homes? First, how do we define “drinking water”? According to the B64.10 norm, drinking water is water that is safe for human consumption, meaning it presents no health risk. For this water to arrive in our homes, it must go through 6 steps, including 5 treatments. The first step is gaining access to water. Water is usually extracted from underground sources or lakes and rivers. It is then pumped to treatment facilities where it undergoes several treatments.