Actually, NYC's tap water is among the best in the world. It's piped in from upstate reservoirs, not drawn from the Hudson. As of last year, NYC was one of only a few cities in the US that wasn't required to filter its water before treating it.
> Actually, NYC’s tap water is among the best in the world. It’s piped in from upstate reservoirs, not drawn from the Hudson. As of last year, NYC was one of only a few cities in the US that wasn’t required to filter its water before treating it.
I don’t dispute that. But it is still highly unlikely to be cleaner than ours.