M5.4: Consumer Confidence Reports and Water Quality

The CCR report for Walnut Creek, CA was a little bit more difficult to find by doing a city search. I had to research the water system name and then find it before I could look it up on the CCR website. 

• The source of my water comes from the Contra Costa Water District. The primary water source is the surface water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. 
•  In the water quality results, the chemicals that were found to be a little higher than normal was Chlorine Residual and the total number of coliforms.
• I did not expect to find any traces of radon in my water, nor any coliforms. This seems unusual to me. However, all results seem to be in range from the state and federal regulations.
• Thankfully, there were no chemicals that had any associated health risks in our water. If there was any trace of any chemicals it would just be traces of chemicals from the disinfecting process. And even then, it was almost not determinable.

My water comes from the Contra Costa Water district, more specifically the Ralph D. Bollman water treatment plant near the Mallard reservoir. I discovered that the water quality in my area is actually quite good. I've been using a filter all my life mostly out of habit. I never felt that my drinking water tasted any different though - it was more a habitual thing. Regardless, I would still use a filter because you never know when something goes awry. In my case, I would try to filter our any extra fluoride (particularly since we shouldn't be ingesting fluoride). However, in small amounts I will drink the tap water. I do not drink bottled water unless I am in a situation where there are no other options because of the plastic waste. I prefer to use my hydroflask waterbottle filled with my own filtered water.