Today’s city municipal water is treated with chlorine and in most cities in the Tampa Bay area Chloramine which is Chlorine and Ammonia.
Bathing with pool water daily is Hazardous to your health
Depending on what city you live in the quality of your water can vary dramatically. The water we have piped into our homes and businesses can come from many sources. The main source of water for most of us in northeast and central Florida comes from underground aquifers. Each day, Floridians draw more than 2.5 billion gallons of water from the Floridan Aquifer making it one of the most productive aquifers in the world.
City water is pumped through miles of pipes that could be 60, 80, or even 100 years old. Nowadays we have strict guidelines on what materials are used with potable drinking water. Its not possible for our city governments to dig up and replace our current infrastructure so we have to make due with what we have and only make repairs to sections that fail. It seems like every time we turn on the TV theres a report on the local news of a water main break and/or boil alert.
Water Quality
Water is known as THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT as it can dissolve more substances than any other liquid.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 85% of the water in the United States is hard water.