Similarly, is San Francisco water clean?
Yes. The annual water report for San Francisco shows that municipal tap water is incredibly clean and is certainly safe for drinking. Storage of snowmelt in granite reservoirs at Hetch Hetchy and elsewhere ensures that there are also very few dissolved minerals, so the water is quite soft.
One may also ask, why is the Bay Area water so dirty? "The plant's proximity to San Francisco Bay and a coinciding king tide exacerbated the problem." But with the bad — chemicals, bacteria, pesticides, debris from streets — comes the good. The brown in the Bay Waters is largely a plume of sediment, the raw material necessary to rebuild wetlands and maintain their health.
In this manner, is the San Francisco Bay clean?
Like a patient out of intensive care yet still suffering aches, pains and the need for a lot of rehabilitation, San Francisco Bay is on the mend but far from enjoying a clean bill of health. Among its key findings this year: The bay is far less polluted now than in the 1950s and 1960s.
Is SF tap water safe to drink?
In summary, San Francisco tap water is still legally safe to drink but to be on the safe side, an active carbon filter such as TAPP could be used.
