When you turn on your faucet, do you ever wonder where your water came from? Depending on where that faucet is located in the Grand Valley, the source could be a few different places. Domestic water, which flows out of our faucets at home, does not come directly from nature. That water comes most recently from water-treatment plants, where the water was filtered, disinfected and tested to meet the Environmental Protection Agency requirements. Where the treatment plants get their source water depends on where you live in the Grand Valley.

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