Back in the mid to late 1800's the drinking water was so bad that it often gave people horrible diseases. Most of the water was pumped straight out of the rivers directly into the homes without be filtered or cleaned at all! Chemicals would also leak back into the rivers and would kill many fish.
Tap water or also known as running water became available in the late 19th century. This also created indoor pluming. I think this was a huge deal back then. I think that it would have been great to have running water and it makes it so much easier to do things like clean dishes and such. This also had a huge roll on pluming. That would be a huge deal to me also.
Although the running water had just be invented most of the water was not very clean at all. People would get bad diseases from it and some may even die from it. It makes me think how many things I take for granted for example my sink. Its crazy to think what it would be like without it. I just expect it to be there I guess.
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