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Someone's been trying to worry High Point water customers, for profit.

The following media advisory came from City Hall today:

The city of High Point has received reports from city utility customers that a company is representing itself as the city’s agent and offering to sample the customers’ water. Then, the company tries to sell the customers water purification systems.

The city’s drinking water is safe and pure and needs no purification beyond the city’s own treatment process. Customers with questions should call the Customer Service Phone Center at 883-3111.

So, don't pay attention to those reprehensible scam artists.

As someone who ingests city-processed water daily, I believe it is safe. It doesn't taste bad, either.

But pure?

If it were, the city should bottle and market it, maybe as: Oak Hollow Pure

But that claim might not quite stand up to close examination.

The city's Web site lists FAQs on its public services page. Among them:

What chemicals do you add to the water and why?

Fluoride for dental care
Caustic for pH control (acidity and alkalinity)
Polyphosphate for corrosion control
Bleach (chlorine) for disinfection
Alum for coagulation

So much for purity.

Here's the city's consumer water report.

And we haven't started drinking water from the Randleman Reservoir yet.