Zurich of course is located on the Zürisee (Lake Zurich) and straddling the Limmat river. Sacramento is located at the confluence of the American and Sacramento rivers. The city was named for the river, not the other way, FYI....
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| Sacramento River |
This blog is not about the location of bodies of water but the quality of drinking water.
And now the battle begins.
Let's start with the "high water" mark on municipal water quality. The city of South Lake Tahoe and the humorously acronymed South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) deliver, without doubt, the BEST water you can get out of a tap, period. That stuff could be bottled and it would fly off the shelf. I challenge anyone who has tried it to doubt me.
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| South Lake Tahoe |
Zurich, and in particular, the village of Galgenen where I lived, has, to be honest, awful water. It's potable and safe, but it is so hard, you can actually see the minerals floating in a glass. I'm not kidding, it was crap. It seems to surprise people when they hear that. They imagine the Alps and the crystal clear waters, which are indeed there. But the drinking water comes out of the ground, and well, like I said, it sucks.
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| Zürisee |
Now to Sacramento and the similarly humorously acronymed Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). The water quality here is amazing. I have to admit I was quite surprised, and pleased, that the water from the tap was so nice! I have not bought a bottle of water here since moving. I see people at the grocery stores filling up their five gallon water jugs, but for me, tap all the way!
So for me, easy verdict, Sacramento and SMUD win the tap water battle between Zurich and Sacramento.
