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[quote=Anonymous]I’m 50, and this isn’t new. As a child, acid rain was talked about a lot and we were told not to try to make snow ice cream unless it snowed a lot to clear out the air. I actually think that while overall pollution levels have increased, and the ozone problem is definitely worse, overall air quality (and rainwater safety) has improved since the 70’s with the bans on leaded gas and other environmental regulations.  Obviously we still have a lot of work to do, and ideally rainwater should be drinkable, but it’s part of the long-standing problem, not a recent crisis. What is rapidly becoming a water crisis is the amount of available water relative to usage. People have largely ignored the imbalance, but current practices are untenable.

Also, drinking from a garden hose is a bad idea. I did it as a child, do was shocked when I learned that hoses and the faucets they attach to are often contaminated by lead. 
https://www.clevelandwater.com/blog/why-you-shouldnt-drink-water-garden-hose-and-when-you-can

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