Colorado Springs water comes from the far west. The water they get travels 200 miles just to get to Colorado Springs. The water is cleaned after time and time for everyone to be able to drink it. The water is very dirty. The water they drink comes from the sewer but also comes from the tap or were they usually get there water. All in all the water is clean and drinkable and just fine after it gets cleaned over and over. 75 % of water comes from over the divide to be drunk from Colorado springs.
Manitou springs has its own source. It runs differently compared to Colorado Springs. It runs of the sewer system of its own. At the same time it runs of Colorado Springs water gust to get the water the people drink. They get the same water Colorado Springs gets like the 75% of water Colorado Springs gets.