Mayor Nickels Taps a Little Truth
Mayor Nickels tapped into a quality of life issue often taken for granted regionally when he cited Seattle’s tap water as an incentive to curb plastic bottle consumption. We’re sure some purists out there can tell us horror stories about the chemicals added to the water flowing from our watersheds, but the mayor has a point. Our tap water is damn good.
From the Mediterranean to the Midwest; brown, funky bong water is the commonly accepted kitchen-sink norm. Damn near everybody has heard of a friend contracting some form of Montezuma’s revenge while on exotic vacations, so we all know how low the bar can be elsewhere.
Seattle’s tap water, when refrigerated or—for the ultra-paranoid—filtered, is really smooth. Like, we could put it in those evil, earth-killing plastic bottles and sell it to some Californian smooth. Our shit is that good.
Photograph courtesy of Evan Devries from the Seattlest Flickr Pool
