But what happens when your tap water is anything BUT clean?
Such is the story of Flint, Mich. The country has watched the town of Flint struggle for a basic right that most of us take for granted -- safe drinking water.
According to CNN, a money-saving option regarding the town’s water supply was devised more than two years ago in which the state of Michigan made a crafty switch. The source of the community’s water supply was changed from the famous waters of Lake Huron to the dirty waters of the Flint River.
The result can be described with just one word: dangerous. And the town’s people are paying for this disaster repeatedly.
Residents were originally told that the change would be temporary. In the meantime, the state said that it would work on creating a new water connection to funnel the water supply from Lake Huron once again. This, in turn, would be run by the state.
Flint residents were more than shocked by this news. In fact, they were appalled because of the filthy nature of the river itself. "We thought it was a joke," Flint resident Rhonda Kelso tells CNN. "People my age and older, thought 'They're not going to do that.'"