[radlad]

> That point is that with clean drinking water chlorine is unneccessary as evidenced by all developed countries except the US, Sinagpore and Canada.

And once again, whether necessary or unnecessary, the original question was whether the water supply is safe to drink in the United States. And - at least in regards to municipal water (houses on well, e.g. in rural areas, obviously vary) - it is.

[weinzierl]

I think we just have different opinions what safe drinking water means and I won't repeat the arguments and sources from my previous comments, with one exception: I'd like to stress again the point I already made, that even the SDWA encourages alternative water treatment methods now.