The Citizens Environment Alliance receives an average of two calls per month regarding the safety of drinking water in Windsor. Many people have switched to bottled water for home and office. Recent news from California suggests 5 or more glasses of cold tap water could increase the risk of miscarriage to women in their first trimester. The addition of chlorine to drinking water helps to purify and eliminate an array of bacterial infections.
Ongoing debate suggests that chlorine in drinking water increases the incidence of cancer.
Some cities, such as Windsor, are beginning to use alternatives to chlorine, such as ozone, however they continue to use chlorine as well. Some drinking water purification companies claim that clean, natural drinking water is a thing of the past. Before we changed our name to the Citizens Environment Alliance we were the Clean Water Alliance and a big issue in 1985-1989 was the quality of drinking water in Windsor and the Great Lakes. It is time for us to revisit this issue, as more young families move into the area.