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Here's a very simple explanation. Electricity is conducted by ions, in water these are usually found in salts and other compounds dissolved in the water. In distilled water which is a lot closer to pure H2O there are far fewer of these conducting ions.

If you want a more detailed answer I'm sure someone can go into the electrons involved.

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