Bottled water companies promote their products as being purer and safer than regular municipal (tap) water. Bottled water can cost over 10,000 times more per gallon than regular tap water. Many bottled water campaigns say their products are held to “higher standards,” but in reality tap water is actually held to more stringent quality standards than bottled water. […]

A filtered water bottle is a bottle that has a filter attached to the cap. The filter removes things like chlorine, bad taste, and bad odors from the water.
The following are some facts about the benefits of drinking filtered water from a filtered water bottle instead of drinking bottled water:
1) The averege filtered water bottle […]

International Travelers have been known to ask many of the questions you see below dealing with the water in destinations across the world.
What is a water-borne disease?
What does it mean safe water?
How safe is water worldwide?
What does it mean access to safe water and sanitation?
What is travelers’ diarrhea?
Who gets travelers’ diarrhea?
What causes travelers’ diarrhea?
What treatment […]

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order in June which bans the use of bottled water which went into effect July 1, 2007. He also put a deadline banning the use of water coolers as of December 1, 2007. This move was made in an effort to set an example for both the […]

The bottled water industry often makes the FALSE claim that it is far better regulated than tap water suppliers are.

The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) has said “When compared to the level of regulation and scrutiny applied to tap water . . .bottled water consumers come out way ahead.”
IBWA asserted that “If one considers the full range […]

You may see lots of blarticles (blog+articles) detailing why bottled water is bad or why you shouldn’t drink it. Here is a perfect example why bottled water is talked about so much! 
Bottled water is often misleading but most people don’t think anything of it. Until now, water sellers have come under fire from corporate accountability groups for misleading the public (YOU!) […]

The Environmental Working Group conducted water tests over a 5-day period recently in Washington DC. The tests were done at schools, homes, office buildings, the US Capitol, and the EPA office buildings. The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit agency, tested the waters after a month-long over-chlorination the Washington Aqueduct does annually in hopes of removing […]

The black granular high quality filter carbon is distinguished by its rugged grain structure and high porosity. This highly porous internal structure efficiently absorbs and retains taste, odor, and colorcomponents from water as it passes through the filter bed. (Area of porosity = 3,000,000 sq. in. per lb. of activated carbon) A very common problem […]

Water distillation will kill and remove bacteria, viruses, cysts, heavy metals, and particulate. For all intents and purposes, distilled water comes closest to the definition of pure drinking water, and the distillation process removes the broadest range of contaminates of any point of use system.
Distillation can be a wonderful answer for pregnant women, iodine sensitive […]

Arsenic is a grayish-white element having a metallic luster, vaporizing when heated, and forming poisonous compounds. Its symbol is ”AS.” Its atomic weight is “74.92″, and its atomic number is 33. In the heavy metal section of the periodic table, arsenic is found by more common dangerous elements such as lead and mercury.
The most common form found in […]