Portable Water Filter Blog

Each year, you should receive a water quality report from the utility company. This yearly report is Federally mandated, but often doesn’t paint a very rosy picture. Coalitions like the Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water have tirelessly worked to get water companies to finally provide reports that allow consumers to understand and make more informed decisions about the water they drink. 

If you were to thoroughly read these documents you would find that they don’t show everything about the water your drinking.

• For instance, the contamination levels are said to be within allowable limits. What does allowable mean? Allowable limits doesn’t mean that it is safe for pregnant women, infants, the elderly, or people weak immune systems.
• Also, the reports may show that the water has safe levels of a contaminant(s), but they leave off the part about potentially hazardous spikes that occurred in these levels throughout the year. The reason they fail to report this information is because to remain in compliance they only have to report on the annual average measurement of these contaminants, not on an individual basis.
• These reports also do not tell you if your water is contaminated from the pipes in your own home. There is a big possibility that your home was built with copper pipes and lead solder connecting them. These metals are known to contaminate the water and it has nothing to do with the city.

So the one way to free yourself from the worries of whether your water is good or not is to filter your water both at home and away from home. You can purchase under the sink filter units, shower filter heads, and water bottle filters. You shouldn’t just rely on the water companies to provide you with safe drinking water. Remember it isn’t just the city water that you should worry about; the problem could be found in your house, office, or anything that the water is traveling through.

PROTECT YOURSELF always filter your water! Filtering your own water is easy and affordable!

As of March 2003, the nations water utilities were required to begin reporting to the Federal Government on their preparedness in the event of a terrorist attack. These water-system vulnerability reports came about after Congress passed an anti-terrorism bill the year before.

Water companies have been given more stringent standards and are now required to tell consumers if they meet the standards for the poison arsenic. These new standards went into affect after the Bush Administration spent 10 months dealing with the political controversies.

The question is “Should you be worried about your drinking water quality?” According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is in charge of monitoring municipal drinking water,  there shouldn’t be any reason to worry about the quality. Cynthia Dougherty, Director of the EPA’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, says that ”by and large, the drinking water is safe.” She also goes on to say that “In the U.S. we have some of the most reliable water systems in the world.”

Although, our systems may be reliable; it would be naive for us to think they are perfect. Contamination incidents do occur and have occurred many many times in the past.

If your water company has more than 20,000 customers then you can rest assured that your water is better protected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has seen fewer reports of waterborne disease in larger water districts. This reduction is primarily due to the stricter filtering levels that many water-treatment facilities have started using above what is required by the EPA. The reason they have been increasing the filtering levels is because of the 1993 Cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee that killed over 50 people.

Despite these increased efforts to improve water filtering by the water companies, many consumers still deal with tap water contamination or poor water taste and odor. This is the reason for the country-wide use of water filters and water bottle filters. According to a market research firm Frost & Sullivan, over 1 billion dollars is spent each year on water filtration devices. A combination of Portable Water Filter products and shower filters along with counter filters and other water filter systems allow for safe drinking water that is clean, healthy, and taste great.

So your probably asking yourself “How would one know whether or not their water is safe?” Look for the next article titled: “How to determine if your water is safe or not…”