faucet water

Also, there’s barely enough milk for both of us, so I mix some faucet water in the jug when Charlie’s not looking and shake it up real good.

“I have three cases of bottled water right now. I don’t drink faucet water no more because of this.”

Water treatment devices sold for home use, such as refrigerator and faucet water filters, are not approved for extremely contaminated water, although product sales representatives and government officials may mistakenly think the devices can be used for that purpose.

Though lead has long been an issue here, the situation escalated in October after a spate of tests led to the distribution of faucet water filters — the same filters used in Flint, Mich. — to remove lead that had been leaching into tap water.

“She makes us drink the faucet water; she doesn’t give us the bottles!” her 9-year-old daughter, Sanai, said, interrupting.