Is That Fecal Coliform You're Drinking?

According to the most recent Davis Water Quality Report (2002). The weighted average for bacterial coliform is a 3.9% positive sample. This means that 3.9% of the time the water coming out of the tap in Davis will contain bacteria that came from someone's ass. As if foot beer was not bad enough, now we have to worry about our beer tasting like ass. Literally.

Luckily, Russ and I use Arrowhead Water which – although not regulated by federal standards – contains zero bacteria, according to their customer service representative.

Eventually, Russ and I should look into some sort of carbon or reverse osmosis filtering system. We would still need to sterilize our water, but it would be cheaper in the long run and we would have more palatable tap water. For those of who have not had the devine pridvledge of tasting davis water, it tastes a lot like the pesticides and fertilizers they spray and inject into the water table year round. The Davis Public Works water system consists of 29 wells across the city. The well water is pumped out of the ground, run through a coarse filter and chlorinated. Wonderful.