In my life, I have never seen people drinking tap water, and I myself didn¡¯t even attempt to do that.

And mom always encouraged me to drink teas made by tap water when I was young. (Though we buy bottled water now.) She always said that teas made of tap water is safe, because all the germs in tap water are boiled away. 

This means most people think tap water is not safe, because it is not filtered. But after I read today¡¯s topic, I realized tap water could be better than bottled water. And the fact it tastes better than bottled water! 

But in second thoughts, I thought tap water might be dangerous, in bad conditions.

There must be a pipe carrying all the water to houses, and what if the pipe is covered with rust? The water will easily get dirty- And that¡¯s the reason why I don¡¯t reccomend drinking tap water. 

I don¡¯t know how things go around in foreign countrys, but one thing for sure- do not drink water which you can¡¯t be sure of its saftey. To increase tap water uses, I think monthly (or yearly) tests in water quality should be encouraged by the government. 

That will encourage people to drink tap water, not bottled water. 

I hope that someday, people will have no worries in drinking tap water- Including me.