The Best Way to Get Clean Drinking Water

Clean drinking water is one of the most important things in the world. Yet it is becoming increasingly hard to find. We read about it in the news all the time.

“Bug Spray and Weed Killer by the Glass,” “Drugs Found in Drinking Water,” “Water Samples Test Positive for Perchlorate”

Those headlines and others like them have appeared in major newspapers within the last two years. Scares about cyst contamination are quite common. There have been worries about lead contamination for over a decade.

The bottling industry is probably quite happy when the stories start circulating. In 2006, the industry raked in over $60 million. If sales increase as predicted, the companies will earn over $86 million in 2011.

If you choose bottled water as your main water source, you should know that bottled is not necessarily any safer than what is coming out of your tap.

The headlines are true. There are real reasons to worry about contaminants. Many of them are known to cause cancer. Small quantities of the toxins build up in the body’s organs over time. The greater your level of exposure, the greater the threat to your health.

But buying thousands of dollars worth of plastic bottles filled with who-knows-what is not a good alternative. Installing a good drinking water filter is the best idea.

The bottles are a major source of pollution. Tons of our natural resources are used to make them and when they are empty, they end up in a landfill.

They are made with chemicals that seep into the liquid and interfere with your body’s natural production of hormones. That is true of any kind of beverage in a plastic bottle. Acidic beverages contain the most chemicals.

Every contaminant ever found in a public source has also been found in the bottled brands. A good drinking water filter can remove nearly every trace of any common contaminant and save you money, too.

The average family of four spends $4000 per year on bottled water, according to the Environmental Working Group. The best drinking water filter on the market can be purchased for less than $200.

Replacement filters cost approximately $48 each and last for six months. That’s a total cost of less than $250 for the first year and less than $100 for subsequent years for clean drinking water.

If you have a family of four and you are currently buying bottled, you could save $3750 over the course of the next year. Imagine what you could do with that money.

The best filters remove more than 99% of pesticides (bug spray), herbicides (weed killer), drugs, perchlorate, cysts and lead. They remove chlorine as well, which is present in most publicly treated supplies.

The use of any kind of disinfectant causes the formation of Trihalomethanes, (THMs - chlorination by products) . People exposed to the amount of THMs normally present in drinking water have a 40% greater risk of certain kinds of cancer.

Only the best filters remove THMs. The ones you find in department stores do not include the necessary steps.

Everyone has a right to clean drinking water. Everyone can have it. The benefits of drinking water are so important. So make the investment of a good water filter in your home today and lower the chemicals that may be in your drinking water.

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