In Europe, it seems to me that, contrary to the dominant discourse about "eternal contaminants," the real problem with tap water is fecal matter caused by overpopulation (see Perrier problems). There are many other mundane issues, but they do not interest elites living in major cities and stratospheric concepts.

Above ALL it should be a warning to Europe (and the rest of the world) to NOT privatize water-supply (!!).

Because that is what France has done in most regions, with those private water utility-companies holding off on long-term investments in infrastructure (fixing leaks, renewing their pipe-grid, etc.), and rather compensate by adding more chlorine to the water, use their budget to fund election campaigns of local officials.

That's not "evil", it's just that for a stock-trading company such investments have only minor incentives but put a huge dent into the annual bottomline...