How Clean is Your Drinking Water?

Clean water is essential for good health. The question is, what defines “clean water”?
City tap water and country well systems can certainly be considered potable water sources, however the amount of dissolved solids can be alarming. More so, the type of chemicals found in both city and country water supplies might shock you. They can include arsenic, fluoride, antibiotics, fertilizers, pesticides and animal hormones used in farming operations.
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Farming Effects on Groundwater Quality

Run off from farm operations can leach into crevices around well locations known as Karst Features. These fissures allow contaminants to quickly reach the lower portion of a well.

Farm Runoff and Ground Water Contamination

Chemicals vs. Biologic Contaminants:

A compromised well can host a wide variety of chemical and biologic contaminants. These can be classified as organic and inorganic. The organic contaminants include live biologic microorganisms such as e-coli, coli-form bacteria and other live parasites. Inorganic chemical contaminants are typically pesticides, insecticides and heavy metals.

The Logical Solution – Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration:

Standard filtration will remove the larger contaminants, but to remove ALL contaminants, even viruses and bacteria, the myth is that you need to boil water. In fact, you do not need to boil water, you just need to filter it to the molecular level using reverse osmosis. Consider the following image…
reverse osmosis filtration chart by particle size

Pre-filtering removes all large particles. Most Reverse Osmosis systems use 5 to 7 stages of filtration, starting by passing water through a series of sediment filters, a charcoal filter to remove chlorine and other chemicals then to the R.O. membrane and finally to a polishing filter. Here is a typical 5 stage RO system filtering sequence:

  • Sediment Filter
  • Carbon Filter GAC (Granular Activated Carbon) using KDF filter media.
  • Carbon Block CTO (Chlorine, Taste aand Odor) Filter
  • Reverse Osmosis Membrane filtering particles to 0.0001 micron
  • Fine GAC Polishing Filter

A seven stage filter adds the following final two steps:

  • UV sterilization phase
  • Alkaline Re-mineralization filter to restore taste and healthy trace minerals.

The result tastes better than most bottled water that sells for over $2.00 /liter.

Available Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration Systems:

How Reverse Osmosis Works