| If you haven’t installed a drinking water system in | | | | One of the major problems with our public drinking |
| your home yet, then you had might want to think about | | | | water system is that the treatment facilities old and |
| it. There are a tremendous number of contaminants in | | | | out of date. The equipment that they use was |
| our reservoirs which are threatening our good health. | | | | designed for the contaminant threat of a bygone era. |
| It’s actually quite frightening when you realize what | | | | The facilities are simply not properly equipped to |
| is in our drinking water. | | | | combat the contaminants of today. |
| The Ralph Nader Research Institute reported that, | | | | The filters used at these facilities are not unlike the |
| “U.S. drinking water contains over 2,100 toxic | | | | standard swimming pool filter. What they typically |
| chemicals that can cause cancer.” This statement | | | | remove is sand and minerals from source water. It is |
| was made after reviewing over 10,000 documents | | | | not designed to block liquids or microbial objects like |
| obtained through the freedom of information act. This | | | | parasites and bacteria. Chlorine disinfection takes care |
| alone should be enough to drive you to install a drinking | | | | of some of what is in our drinking water, but not nearly |
| water system. | | | | enough. |
| At the turn of the century, the average American had | | | | The only way to avoid falling prey to what is in our |
| a 1 in 50 chance of getting cancer, but today that | | | | drinking water is the installation of a premium home |
| number has rise to one out of every three. This is | | | | drinking water system. By premium I don’t mean |
| mainly due to what is in our drinking water. Chlorine, | | | | for you to purchase the most elaborately priced |
| THMs, pesticides, herbicides, and a host of other | | | | machine on the market. Many of the most effective |
| chemical threats are creating drastic increases in | | | | models are priced in the middle. |
| degenerative disease. | | | | What you need to look for is a model which first of all |
| There are 80,000 synthetic chemicals in used in the | | | | features an activated granular carbon filter in order to |
| U.S today. At one time or another all of these toxins | | | | block out chlorine. The unit should also contain a multi |
| find their way into our drinking water system. This | | | | media block to prevent any other chemical agents |
| happens for reasons ranging from agricultural runoff to | | | | from reaching your drinking glass. There are two more |
| improper disposal to storage tank leakage. | | | | things necessary for getting out what is in our drinking |
| Pinpointing the exact reason that a certain synthetic | | | | water. |
| became part of what is in our drinking water is not | | | | A good drinking water system should also come with |
| entirely important. The main thing to be concerned | | | | a micron filter to prevent the entry of bacteria, and an |
| about is that the chemical is in fact in the water, and | | | | ion exchange for eliminating any toxic metals. The ion |
| the treatment facilities are too archaic to be able to do | | | | exchange will also act to balance out the pH level in |
| much about it. That means that we have to protect | | | | your water. That’s about all you need for clean |
| ourselves. | | | | water and good health. |