Houston water quality

Uh oh.  A quick google for "Houston water quality report 2011" gives this as the first result:  10 Worst Cities.  The report ranks Houston as the 6th worst water quality in the nation:

6. Houston (City of Houston Public Works) Houston is the fourth-largest U.S. city. It gets its water from sources such as the Trinity River, the San Jacinto Rivers and Lake Houston. Texas conducted 22,083 water quality tests between 2004 and 2007 on Houston's water supply, and found 18 chemicals that exceeded federal and state health guidelines, compared to the national average of four. Three chemicals exceeded EPA legal health standards, against the national average of 0.5 chemicals. A total of 46 pollutants were detected, compared to the national average of eight. The city water has contained illegal levels of alpha particles, a form of radiation. Similarly, haloacetic acids, from various disinfection byproducts, have been detected. 

 And it tastes bad (not that the report said that--just me).

However, the news report from MSNBC, from which this quote is taken, does not link to the actual source report nor does it look at the mandated water quality report that I was actually looking for.  More research ahead, I see.  In the meantime, less drinking from those gallons of drinking water that My Prince and I bought before Christmas.