Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

Reader Karan contacted us to let us know that Forbes Magazine says Tampa ranks #8 in best cities for clean water according to Forbes.  Most cities have high levels of some contaminants and low levels of most.  It sounds like the drinking water in Tampa Bay includes average numbers of all contaminants:

While this sunny spot came in eighth on our list, none of the individual contaminant levels examined were low enough to make it in the top 10. The Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater area was only among the top 15 for its haloacetic acid and lead levels, and its bacteria level was well above average among the cities on our list.

Forbes.com found that the cleanest water can be found in Des Moines, Iowa, and Miami came in 4th cleanest.  Pittsburgh is 9th.