Bloomberg Insists NYC Tap Water Is Just Fine, Thank You

Fido agrees. (Flickr user Pinup Express)

Despite his millions, Mayor Bloomberg drinks the heavenly-tasting NYC tap water just like everyone else, and he doesn't think there's a goshdarn thing wrong with it—and he's not afraid to give the EPA a piece of his mind.

Bloomberg recently criticized a $1.6 billion federal mandate from the EPA about how to protect the municipal water sources across the country. The regulation called for the city to place a 90-acre cover over the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, but Bloomberg explained, quite simply, that the Reservoir doesn't need protection, which will undoubtedly cost billions. "We are confident that the EPA will ultimately come to the conclusion that a one-size-fits-all rule is inappropriate in this case, and New York City does not need a 90-acre concrete cover to protect the water we are already successfully keeping clean," Mr. Bloomberg said.

The Hillview Reservoir was one of the examples Bloomberg cited in his 15-page letter to the EPA that called such regulations "unnecessary, and the EPA has since agreed to review its regulations. Plus one for Mike! Seriously, how could the EPA even think to mess with the water that helps produce the world's finest bagels?

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By Jamie Feldmar in Food on August 22, 2011 5:48 PM

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mike

Michael bloomberg, stop ingnoring the fact nyc water is loaded with phosphoric acid.
We put this acid in the water to protect our wonderful nyc landlords pipes. What do you
get in return, acid water with no oxygen, scalp problems, soaps don't work.

mike

NYC water sucks!!!!!!!!
It doesn't clean you, this started in 2006 when they started pumping alumunim sulfate
into our water supply, water tunnels 1and 2 are leaking dirt into our water supply,
aluminum sulfate destroys oxygen in the water and causes skin and scalp problems
and is not safe. dep is full of shit. Wake up people!!!!!!!!!

canofpeas

He probably thought the air quality was just peachy directly after 9/11 as well.

Investigate-NWO-globalists

What about the goddamn fluoride???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

jibbly

How do you even construct a 90 acre cover over a reservoir never mind maintain something like that?

Eric Bustad

Lots and lots of concrete pillars to hold up the cover.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local...

FU Boy

And what's the EPA's contingency if there are structural weaknesses and concrete and iron starts dropping into the water it needs to protect?

If someone wants to make the case that it will protect us from some airborne chemical attack, I'll say they're paranoid.

soothsayer

the only people who get their water from Hillview (receiving reservoir for catskills water) are people in north bronx, queens, brooklyn, the upper east side, midtown, and wall street.

everybody else gets their water from the more polluted jerome park (located in the bronx, and receives croton water).

i say screw hillview it needs no protection.

Guest

I don't know the validity of your statement, but "north bronx, queens, brooklyn, the upper east side, midtown, and wall street" is more than half of NYC's population