It’s barely rating the quality of the actual water coming from the taps. That’s a single datapoint among 6 other factors, like customer service of the water utility.
And the source of the ranking (JD Power) doesn’t really list any breakdowns of that either.
Yeah as an environmental chemist I was sorely disappointed. To be fair it would be grueling to compile all that data though. I don’t know where my water quality report is hosted and I’m probably the one who analyzed it!
10 U.S. states with the worst tap water:
- Alabama
- Maryland
- Oklahoma
- New Mexico
- Texas
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Mississippi
- Arizona
- Indiana
Goddamn it of course Ohio is on this list.
I need to get outta this state. 😂
Just means you’re building up an immunity to lead and arsenic 💪😤
-from a 2nd worst tap water resident
I think a large part of why Ohio is so bad is because we don’t run city water very far outside of any city. That and the well water quality suffers from higher sulfur content in many parts of the state.
I’d like to believe that’s true, but I’ve also had Cuyahoga Falls water and Marietta water… Cuyahoga Falls water taste awful, and Marietta water makes me burp (… which is just plain weird). Akron water is okay, but kind of smells.
Ah, I’m fairly limited to having had well water and Columbus water (in Ohio anyway) and Columbus water wasn’t bad at all.
WHOOOOO Oklahoma #3! Let’s go, let’s go, we can do it! We can be the #1 worst! Yeeaaahhh!
People always told me to be proud of “my state” but now they’re (imaginarily) looking at me like I’ve done something wrong. Weird. Anyway, halp, get me outta here v.v
From the article, 10 U.S. states with the best tap water:
- Kentucky
- Washington
- New York
- Oregon
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Minnesota
- Virginia
- Hawaii
It’s hard to believe Kentucky has clean water. There has to be some lead in their water if they keep voting McConnell lmao
Kentucky is like another world.
Strangest state I’ve ever been in.
As a Kentuckian, I agree
