When you turn on a faucet, you expect water to come out. Well, have a glassful on today's EnvironMinute. You probably don't think about your water very often.
Some people get water from private wells.
Most people are supplied by public water systems that are owned by the government or by landowners' associations, but the water itself really comes from only two basic sources. Surface water supplies just under half of our needs. The EnvironMinute is produced in cooperation with the National Safety Council and made possible by the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation.