Is Chicago Water Safe? For a very large Midwestern city, it’s not too bad. However, we don’t recommend drinking it without filtering it first. You wouldn’t take a big drink from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal without running it through a filtration system first. Now let’s dive deeper into Chicago water quality. Chicago Tap […]

How Bad is Los Angeles Water Quality? It could be better. A lot better. Without filtering it, you’re drinking some pretty nasty contaminants. You wouldn’t take a big drink of the L.A. River without running it through a filtration system first. Let’s dive deeper into Los Angeles water quality. Is Los Angeles Water Safe to […]

Is New York Water Safe to Drink? Based on guidelines for legal levels of contaminants, the answer would seem to be yes. However, that doesn’t mean that you should drink it unfiltered. You wouldn’t take a big drink of the East River, one of New York’s watersheds, without running it through a filtration system first. […]

Colorado is a beautiful state with amazing natural resources. So, we were wondering… Is Colorado Water Safe to Drink? Here at WaterBadge, we study water quality in cities around the United States. During that process we’ve collected water data on Colorado’s 19 most populated cities. During that analysis, we found a wide range in the […]

Why Water Filters Are Important We use water for everything. From cooking and cleaning to simply staying hydrated throughout the day. Unfortunately, many of the water systems in the United States are contaminated by: Industrial pollution Water treatment byproducts Bacteria Heavy metals Parasites like Giardia For example, there are 344 cities we’ve found with Arsenic […]