Hank Rogers wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > >
> >>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > On 10/28/2020 6:27 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 2:02:47 AM UTC-4,
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I do drink tap water. No clue what Municipal water is. Our
> > > > > > water comes from Spada Lake. Not in Bothell.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> >
https://lynnwoodtoday.com/ask-the-en...ter-come-from/
> > > > >
> > > > > Really? At your age you have no idea what "municipal water"
> > > > > is?
> > > > >
> > > > > It's water the does not come from one's own private well.
> > > > > It's provided by your municipality. It flows from the tap
> > > > > and you receive a bill for it at regular intervals.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > > > >
> > > > I have no idea how she got to be 61 years old and remain so
> > > > completely clueless. We know she's not hauling buckets of
> > > > water from Spada Lake to her house.
> > >
> > > I don't know municipality is either and I can't be bothered to use
> > > the dictionary. I could however get free spring water near Martha
> > > Lake though. I would have to bang my own containers.
> >
> > Julie, 'Municipal water' is another name for Tap water. That
> > terminology may not be used for it where you are in common language
> > so was not immediately recognized. If I used the term 'municiple
> > water' to most of my friends, they'd look at me like I'd grown a
> > 3rd eyeball.
> >
> > Carol
> >
>
> Country folks just call it "city water", even if it's a county
> utility.

Yup. My water bill doesn't use that term on it either. I don't have
an issue with someone not knowing the term as I've not lived anyplace
personally where it was called that commonly or on a water bill.

The silly things people did up here to argue about!
Carol