Thank you. I found it very edifiying (well now that it is after the joseph escapade this entire thread’s outlook now changes) but it still doesn’t answer anything.
There are (at least) two questions remaining
1) Are copepods everywhere (I didn’t open the links (yet) as I am not on a computer and it would be too complicated to do so)
2) If they are then why is only new york water filtered and not other places
I happened to have been informed that nassau/suffolk county and far rockaway do not have bugs and therefore do not need filtering. Presuming from this I would say, being that we don’t have conclusive proof as to whether boston has bugs or not we should be able to safely assume that they don’t being there aren’t any filters in use (though the main water sources are filtered before they are sent out but that isn’t due to bugs-let’s not go there it is quite nauseating)