Taxation without Representation...but clean water?

"My water bill comes with a nifty little newsletter called "What's on Tap." (Get it? It's a pun.)

Anyway, this month's lead story: "District Drinking Water Meets Federal Requirements for Lead Levels."

The fact that this is newsworthy (which it definitely is) frightens me. Luckily, most of my friends own a Brita filter, which does a great job of keeping the poison lead water cold."
-Johnny Shades, Cafe227.blogspot.com

Oh the days of living in the District and paying 10% taxes and receiving very little...I have to comment on my friends posting because I lived with him during one of the initial (or was it...) lead scares. At the time, not too long ago, there was fear of lead in the drinking water. The funny part (not funny, ha ha, funny what the heck?) was that they did not have adequate maps to tell where the lead pipes were located. In other words, the auspice was on the consumer to contact the water authority and get this "kit". Being paranoid by nature, I called for this kit. We waited in peril. In the mean time, awaiting our results of leaded water or no leaded water, we got a water cooler...turns out, we were fine. Just an interesting commentary on the Nation's capital. Maybe sometime I will tell you about car inspections and what a horse and pony show that is...