It’s Grub Street’s opinion that New York City’s tap water is quite drinkable — and it’s a key ingredient in the city’s killer pizza. And now the Environmental Protection Agency is possibly going to make it less expensive for the city: The agency says it will revisit a 2006 Federal mandate that dictated a 90-acre cover be placed over a reservoir in Yonkers that provides part of the city’s drinking-water supply, a move that would apparently cost the city $1.6 billion. Mayor Bloomberg has insisted the measure is not necessary “to protect the water we are already successfully keeping clean,” and now EPA head Lisa Jackson seems to agree more cost-effective measures might work just as well. Now can the EPA do something about sneaky waiters who ask you if you want “still or sparkling water” in hopes that you’ll accidentally order a $7 bottle instead of perfectly fine tap water? [WSJ]
