Understanding Rural verse Urban water quality and infrastructure

Drinking Water

Urban - where an urban infrastructure allows for municipal tap water that is filtered at a treatment facility that cannot filter the water up to par with a healthy standard.

 

Rural - 80% well water (Inherently filtered by the soil and cleaner than municipal water)


Infrastructure 

Water quality as it relates to infrastructure.

In Pennsylvania, there are no regulation on private water wells

Source Water

 When you make a water filtration plant you need source water, that water can be sourced from either surface water or ground water. Ground water is normally cleaner than surface water because it is filtered by the earth.

 

Pros of Ground Water/ Wells

 

Cons of Ground Water / Wells

 

Pros of surface water

 

Cons of Surface water / Surface Water Problems

 

 

Pros of Municipal water

 

 

Cons of Municipal water

 

 

What are Storm Water Projects:

 

 

Con Liabilities and Problems related to the source of Water:

 

Redundancy in municipal services


Redundancy in municipal water infrastructure


Water Contamination