“While a harsh national spotlight focuses on the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich., a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation has identified almost 2,000 additional water systems spanning all 50 states where testing has shown excessive levels of lead contamination over the past four years.” See here.
Most Americans say they want less government and more freedom, but stop short of calling for an end to government-provided drinking water.
Such government water is extremely expensive, costing local taxpayers many billions of dollars annually.
Yet government-provided drinking water is often toxic. The recent USA Today story indicates that many municipal governments provide WORSE drinking water than the government drinking water in Flint, Michigan which attracted news headlines worldwide recently.
