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Berlin water: How safe is it?
BERLIN - Lead in the pipes, medication in the water system and "blood" in the Spree – is it safe to drink what's coming out of your tap?
According to Stephan Natz, tap water in Berlin could hardly be better. "Our water has been labelled as suitable for infants. You can't get better than that," says the spokesperson for Berlin's water utility company, Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB). In 2003, a 270-city comparison study of tap water awarded Berlin's the grade "extra good". But is "extra good" good enough?