can someone explain how tap water is safe to drink?

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Surely the many miles of underground pipes are a breeding ground for microbes, right?

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Five year old explanation: you know how when you go swimming it smells weird because of the water cleaner?

That’s called chlorine.

And we put chlorine in our tap water so when it whizzes down the pipes it stays clean and safe to drink because it kills the little beasties called ‘microbes’ which would give you an upset stomach and might live in the pipes and tanks.

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