Paris, Lead and Sparkling Water

Paris, Lead and Sparkling Water

In the latest in a series of efforts to make the French capital green, the city of Paris is now offering residents free sparkling water to try limit over consumption of plastic bottles.(I)

“We chill the water between 6 and 8 degrees Celsius (42.8 to 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit),” said Philippe Burguière, the spokesman for Eau de Paris, “and then we inject carbon dioxide into regular tap water to make the bubbles thin and tasty.”

Separate faucets provide a still version of the beverage, both refrigerated and un-refrigerated, and again pumped directly from the city’s own public water supply.

The new water fountain is part of an operation “aimed at promoting tap water in a country where we invest a lot to preserve its quality,” Burguière added.

Half of the city’s public water supply comes directly from underground springs located up to 160 kilometers away. The other half is pumped from the rivers Seine and Marne then filtered, treated and tested to make it 100 percent safe for consumption.

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