What if a main water supply were infected with some form of bacteria?
One of the miracles of modern society is the abundant supply of clean drinking water available in every home and business. All you have to do is turn on the tap to drink clean, germ-free water. We take this miracle completely for granted, but if you ever travel to a country that doesn’t have a good water system, you’ll quickly learn to appreciate the incredible convenience of our water system. What would happen in the United States if the water supply were to become contaminated by some sort of bacteria? Bacteria have a difficult time getting into drinking water because the water system is designed to keep them out. A typical water system pumps raw water from a river or a lake, removes the sediment in a settling tank, filters the water w
