I went to do some washing up the other day, and noticed that the tap water smelled like a swimming pool. The reason for this was that the chlorine levels were close to 5ppm. That's the upper end of what you'd find in a heavily used public pool. Of course it's not always this bad, and I'm sure the average level meets federal guidelines, but I can see why no one here drinks the water.
To be fair to the water company, the source they have to work with is bad. For some reason Kentucky allows the dumping of septic tank contents from boats, which does wonders for the local water source. On top of this, no one enforces laws regarding septic tanks, which helps even more. I've been involved in water testing here, and if I remember correctly, this place is number 1 in the south central region for E. Coli count. Yay! We're # 1!
You can't really blame the water company for chlorinating to the max in that environment, but the water's still undrinkable.
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