Bacteria in tap water can be traced to the water treatment process

Monday, August 20, 2012 - 07:50 in Health & Medicine

(Phys.org) -- Most of the bacteria that remain in drinking water when it gets to the tap can be traced to filters used in the water treatment process, rather than to the aquifers or rivers where it originated, University of Michigan researchers discovered.

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