I have never used the tap water at my house for drinking or cooking, from day one nearly 40 years ago. When we first opened the tap I could smell chlorine and determined if the water was so bad they had to put that much chlorine in it then we’re not drinking it or using it in cooking.
You wil notice in the interactive map that the water for Manhattan (New York City) is OK. Itb is not “local” water. It comes from many miles upstate from an area where industrial development is kept out. Huge water tunnels bring the water many miles down into New York City.
My son once called the water in a place he lived in *pool water*.
He had gotten used to pure, fresh well water at a place he owned and when he switched jobs and had to mover, he rented in a town nearby that have city water.
Even in his new place, he doesn’t like to drink it. We have great well water so often take him several gallons for drinking.