Our Bethpage water was something I took for granted. I have been drinking it my entire life and never gave much thought about it. It was there, it was a part of the mundane, and I am ashamed that I never valued it the right way. Now, it's gone.
I feel like I am living in a third-world country now, having to boil my water in order to drink it. I called the Nassau County Board of Health the other day and they simply told me to leave the water out in an open container to allow the chlorine to "dissipate." Honestly, it doesn't seem to help.
I am a tax paying citizen. I might sound so spoiled by saying this, but I am entitled to clean water. I live in a democracy, I have rights. If I wanted to drink chlorinated water, I could have gone to the public pool.
I understand the safety meausures the Board of Health wants to take, but aren't we so lucky to have this water as naturally clean as it is? There is so much more to this dilemma than I can state in one blog entry.
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