City Celebrates Drinking Water Week
Efforts Aim to Protect the Source
May 08, 2018
This is National Drinking Water Week. For more than 100 years, the City of Tallahassee has provided residents with clean, safe, reliable drinking water. From rigorous testing and advanced technology to continual facility improvements and international certification for environmental protection, the City's commitment to protecting the source while ensuring a high-quality product runs deep.
As part of Drinking Water Week, the City joins the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and water professionals across North America in encouraging water consumers to get to know their local water. Tallahassee's drinking water comes from the Floridan Aquifer, the largest and cleanest underground water system anywhere in the world. Each year, the City of Tallahassee publishes the Water Quality Report, which is available on Talgov.com. This publication provides details about where our water comes from and how it is tested to ensure a quality product makes it to customers' homes. The 2017 report is currently available; the 2018 report will be published in the coming months.
The City's Water Utility provides customers with more than 25 million gallons of drinking water each day. Its distribution system contains approximately 1,300 miles of water main piping and eight elevated storage tanks. To ensure customers receive the highest quality product available, the City's Water Quality Division runs a professionally staffed, nationally accredited water and environmental testing laboratory. Every year, the laboratory analyzes over 16,000 samples, testing against 105,000 quality analytes. Tallahassee residents can rest assured that City water meets or exceeds all guidelines set forth by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Health.
Customers can help care for their tap water and protect its source in many ways, such as properly disposing of left-over household chemicals and doing regular maintenance on home plumbing systems to ensure they're functioning as they should.
Established in 1881, the American Water Works Association is the largest nonprofit, scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water. For more than 40 years, AWWA and its members have celebrated Drinking Water Week, a unique opportunity for water professionals and the communities they serve to join together in recognizing the vital role water plays in daily lives. Learn more about Tallahassee's drinking water at Talgov.com.
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