Municipal Drinking Water Treatment

It scares me to death. My mother showed me a report of treatment of drinking water sent to her by her local water supplier. My mother knows I am writing about drinking water contamination and clean, safe drinking water, so she thought I might be interested in the report.

I must tell you there's a big difference between doing research on alcohol contamination of water and shows a detailed account of the water I and people I know and love, drink.

The general conclusion of this report drinking water treatment indicates that all is well with the water that comes into the house of my mother. But see the list of contaminants, the explanation of where they come from, and how they are evaluated in terms of acceptable levels, made me very uncomfortable.

All drinking water contamination has been organized into a table that has been divided into sections entitled "Disinfectants and disinfection byproducts," "Fight against inorganic contaminants," "The fight against radioactive contamination" and " inorganic contaminants.

The list of contaminants of drinking water following: chlorine, haloacetic acids, triihalomethanes, nitrate, fluoride, arsenic, barium, chromium, alpha emitters, combined radium, uranium and copper.

Some sources of these contaminants were "additive used to control microbes, by-product of chlorination of drinking water, runoff from fertilizer use," leaching from septic tanks, "Waters discharges, erosion of natural deposits, "factories discharge fertilizer and aluminum", "discharge of drilling wastes," "the discharge of metal refineries," the output of steel mills paste "and" leaching from wood preservatives. "

And if that was not enough to raise the hair on the back of his head, drinking water treatment report noted the contaminants in the sections "MCLG (Maximum Contaminant Level Goal) or MRDLG (maximum residual disinfection purposes ) and MCL (Maximum Contaminant Level) or MRLD (maximum residual disinfection level). Numbers appeared under these headings, but there was not a legend that explains what the numbers mean.

Do not misunderstand. I think it is great that this company keeps its customers informed. However, I think they could do a little better in the department of explanation, because seeing these contaminants at any level is sufficient to cause concern.

The good news, however, is that this report on the treatment of drinking water have strengthened my conviction that systems based on municipal or private drinking water purification continues to have major drawbacks. And because there are wonderful, healthy alternatives to this "bad" water, there is no reason why you're afraid to feel uncomfortable or have a drink of water.

Anyone can make their own treatment of drinking water. Drinking water filters or whole house water filters are by far the cheapest way and more convenient to filter and purify water. In addition to selling large water treatment systems, there are companies out there that also offer great customer service.

And if you're not sure what type of filtration system of water you should buy, my recommendation is to find a filter system that uses a filtering process into several steps. This way, you'll be able to protect against chlorine (disinfectant), contaminant lead (inorganic), and VOCs (volatile organic compounds).

Oh ... FYI ... as an added bonus to a system of water filtration whole house water that will leave your home and to return to the sewers will be free of chemicals and bacteria in addition to protecting the environment. Sure to help make a report of drinking water treatment less frightening.