Definitely all Tokyo water is chlorinated. It is
considered some of the worse water (and air) in the
country. Children growing up in the area develop
something they call "atopi" which is a type of skin
allergy.
I can't say whether or not water in places like Nagano,
Yamagata or Miyagi are chlorinated or not since they use
mountain run-off resevoirs. I think they are however...
J
--- Donald Lee Granberry <noharness@mac.com> からのメッ
セージ：
For those of you fortunate enough to live in a
region where chlorination is
unnecessary, you have my congratulations. However, a
great many of us live
in regions where it is necessary to chlorinate all
water coming from surface
sources such as lakes, rivers and streams.
Chlorination of potable water is
a widespread and common practice.
Regarding the water in swimming pools. It will have
a relatively high
chlorine residual, but not high enough to make you
sick. It is potable
water. In _Divided I Stand_, I am making the blythe
assumption that it is
necessary for Tokyo to chlorinate its drinking water
simply because its
geographic and topographic circumstances are quite
similar to that of
Houston, New Orleans, and just about any city you
care to name in Florida.
In any case, given a choice between water from a
properly maintained
swimming pool and water dipped out of stream and
then boiled, I'll take the
water from the swimming pool. It will definitely be
safer to drink.
Insofar as taste goes, that becomes a very minor
issue once you are thirsty.
If you have been without water for more than a day,
you will gladly drink
branch water from a cow track. If you have never
been truly thirsty, don't
try telling me otherwise.
In most large scale emergencies the single largest
headache faced by
authorities is the supply of potable water. That is
almost always priority
one. Without it, the number of sick people will grow
exponentially.
Kindest regards,
Don Granberry.
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