Saw on a site that OKC has poor water and air quality?

[#1soonerfan]

In 2006, Norman had to stop using a lot of their wells due to new arsenic standards. They now get most of their water from Lake Thunderbird. OKC gets its water from Canton and Atoka Lakes and have not had any similar problems.

Originally Posted by debzkidz

You've obliviously never lived in places in West Texas. The water here is like crystal spring water compared to there.

Ah, gotta love Texas Tap. I went to Lubbock last year and at a restaurant I got some water. It was dreadful...It was very cloudy and you could even see natural occurring "floaties" in it. Yuck!

Even growing up in the North Dallas suburbs, I remembered in the summertime when the local lakes would "turn", i.e. the heating of the lake caused all of the bottom sediment to rise to the top. The water would literally smell like dirt and would taste the same as well. After a few summers of that our family quickly switched over to Ozarka.

Compared to what they get down there, our water is like fine wine coming out of the faucet!

[debzkidz]

Originally Posted by #1soonerfan

In 2006, Norman had to stop using a lot of their wells due to new arsenic standards. They now get most of their water from Lake Thunderbird. OKC gets its water from Canton and Atoka Lakes and have not had any similar problems.



Ah, gotta love Texas Tap. I went to Lubbock last year and at a restaurant I got some water. It was dreadful...It was very cloudy and you could even see natural occurring "floaties" in it. Yuck!

Even growing up in the North Dallas suburbs, I remembered in the summertime when the local lakes would "turn", i.e. the heating of the lake caused all of the bottom sediment to rise to the top. The water would literally smell like dirt and would taste the same as well. After a few summers of that our family quickly switched over to Ozarka.

Compared to what they get down there, our water is like fine wine coming out of the faucet!

I remember when I was a kid in Dallas and the lakes would "turn". It was nasty. The first time I went to Midland, no on warned me about the water. I flew in late and just wanted to go to sleep. I went to brush my teeth before bed, and as soon as the water touched my mouth, I blew it all over the mirror. Nasty stuff out there. We lived there for many years, and we always had a water softener and reverse osmosis units. The water was so bad you couldn't drink the tea of coffee made with it. Most restaurants didn't have RO units, so you didn't want to drink anything other than something bottled or canned when you went out. Drank lots of beer in those days. A few restaurants would actually tell you on the menu that they served RO water and all beverages were brewed with it. Doctors would tell you not to let you kids drink it or even brush their teeth with it because it would discolor their teeth permanently.

[okcpulse]

Here in Conroe, TX, I have to fight the water down my throat or resort to bottled water. Never, ever had that problem in Oklahoma City, especially Edmond. I have noticed over the years that there is a chemical in Conroe's water that turns things orange after a while. Disgusting.

[DB67824]

If you go on Sperlings.com, you can type in city and state and then click on the health button and it will show you air and water quality based on 100% being the best.