this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
74 points (98.7% liked)

News

36201 readers
2506 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.


Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.


7. No duplicate posts.


If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.


All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 19 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I was just watching an episode of Dimension 20 last night from campaign 3, and at one point Brennan said, "New York has the best tap water in the country". I'm glad that years later I can confirm that he was pretty dang close, and at the time, maybe right.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Considering that Kentucky is a limestone deposit that makes sense

[–] fireflash38@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] OptiMoose@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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!

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Live in Arizona, can confirm the water is absolutely horrible.

[–] Jeff@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

From KS, then lived in AZ and moved to TX and now VA. Went from good to bad to really bad to pretty good again.

AZ water is better than TX water and that was a sad realization for me.

[–] Aliendelarge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm a little surpised to see WA above OR but most of my WA water was wells and Bull Run water is pretty good.

load more comments
view more: next ›