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There are a lot of problems with this article, mainly to do with poor referencing, but to start with...
Tap water (running water, city water, municipal water, etc.) is potable water supplied to a tap (valve) inside the household or workplace.
Does someone have a reference to suggest that the term "tap water" refers specifically to potable water? Tap water is used very widely to mean water that comes out of a tap from the city water supply, regardless of whether or not it is potable. Water from the tap is often called "tap water" in Hong Kong, and it is not potable, for instance. Ordinary Person ( talk) 15:12, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if this sentence has a mistake. "It is not important that the clean water not be contaminated by the waste water (disposal) side of the process system" from Potable water supply section. Can I remove a "not"? NamePen ( talk) 01:06, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Is there really any Western country where it is not safe drink tap water?
2015-01-03 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.158.174 ( talk) 20:27, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you. My dad consider such filtering superfluous, anyway.
2015-01-04 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.158.174 ( talk) 15:32, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
A "quality" issue with water supply is the pressure with which it is available. The pressure is a question of the head, the length and diameter of pipe, and the amount of competing local demand, eg. from fire-fighting equipment. Could this be discussed at least briefly in this article? DCDuring ( talk) 13:18, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
I found that the "lead pipes" section does not include any citation, so I added a book, "The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster," [1] as a source. I think it is good, but if someone has a more appropriate source, please feel free to replace it. NamePen ( talk) 23:53, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
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I'm currently working on improving the background section, but I'm not sure what is the purpose of this current background section, its relationship with other sections, and how it helps the readers understand the entire article. What do you think we should include in there? Is that section even necessary? Pokithecat ( talk) 13:08, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
I think we should add a hatnote to make it clear what the scope is of this article versus what's in the articles on drinking water and water supply. This would help us reduce unnecessary overlap between the three articles. So what sets this article apart from drinking water? EMsmile ( talk) 13:03, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Younger brother recently died of stomach cancer.Since lived on Reservation in Canada ,we are not aware of 2601:195:101:18A0:1148:510E:27CA:2422 ( talk) 20:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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There are a lot of problems with this article, mainly to do with poor referencing, but to start with...
Tap water (running water, city water, municipal water, etc.) is potable water supplied to a tap (valve) inside the household or workplace.
Does someone have a reference to suggest that the term "tap water" refers specifically to potable water? Tap water is used very widely to mean water that comes out of a tap from the city water supply, regardless of whether or not it is potable. Water from the tap is often called "tap water" in Hong Kong, and it is not potable, for instance. Ordinary Person ( talk) 15:12, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I wonder if this sentence has a mistake. "It is not important that the clean water not be contaminated by the waste water (disposal) side of the process system" from Potable water supply section. Can I remove a "not"? NamePen ( talk) 01:06, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Is there really any Western country where it is not safe drink tap water?
2015-01-03 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.158.174 ( talk) 20:27, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you. My dad consider such filtering superfluous, anyway.
2015-01-04 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.158.174 ( talk) 15:32, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
A "quality" issue with water supply is the pressure with which it is available. The pressure is a question of the head, the length and diameter of pipe, and the amount of competing local demand, eg. from fire-fighting equipment. Could this be discussed at least briefly in this article? DCDuring ( talk) 13:18, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
I found that the "lead pipes" section does not include any citation, so I added a book, "The Great Lead Water Pipe Disaster," [1] as a source. I think it is good, but if someone has a more appropriate source, please feel free to replace it. NamePen ( talk) 23:53, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
References
I'm currently working on improving the background section, but I'm not sure what is the purpose of this current background section, its relationship with other sections, and how it helps the readers understand the entire article. What do you think we should include in there? Is that section even necessary? Pokithecat ( talk) 13:08, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
I think we should add a hatnote to make it clear what the scope is of this article versus what's in the articles on drinking water and water supply. This would help us reduce unnecessary overlap between the three articles. So what sets this article apart from drinking water? EMsmile ( talk) 13:03, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Younger brother recently died of stomach cancer.Since lived on Reservation in Canada ,we are not aware of 2601:195:101:18A0:1148:510E:27CA:2422 ( talk) 20:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)