Questioning and Investigation

Questioning and Investigation

If I was to think that my water may be contaminated after watching other people get sick from it I would first try to contact the City Hall. After contacting them I would get the number and location of the nearest water testing business where they could tell me if there is anything wrong with the water. After I would do that I would contact one of the families that have gotten sick and find out if they also think there is something wrong with the water and find out more about what illness they have gotten. I would also try to contact the mayor of the city I have moved to, to let him know about my concerns and find out if anyone else has been asking or worried about this problem. Lastly I would contact an inspector or someone to come to my home to test the water themselves and take a look to be sure it is not something that is personally wrong with my house and that is indeed the water I am getting from the city water.

The first question I would bring up is ask if anyone else has been asking about the water being contaminated and also I would ask if there has ever been a problem with this before in the past. I would try to find out when the last time it was that they checked to see if there was contamination in the water and how often they check for these kinds of problems. The last question I would have to ask these people would have to be about where the water is coming from and if it is possible that something has been broken and leaked into the water.

Five websites that I have found about contaminated water include:

http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/uscities.asp

http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/public/faq.html

http://water.epa.gov/drink/guide/upload/book_waterontap_full.pdf

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/pdfs/fs_homewatertesting.pdf

http://extension.missouri.edu/seregion/Storm_Flood_Tornado/Bacteria_Drinking_Water.pdf

To find out if my water is contaminated I would take a sample to a water...