What You Should Know About Your Drinking Water

 What You Should Know About Your Drinking Water

When you turn on your faucet to fill a spaghetti pot or sippy cup, do you know what's actually coming out? We got experts to reveal the dangerous contaminants hiding in your tap water—and how to know if your house has a problem.

 Ok, it’s not earthshaking news that clean, pure water is pretty important. You probably learned in school that the human body is about 70% water.  You probably also know that you can go for weeks without food and survive, but just a few days without water will kill you. So water is definitely one of the basic necessities of life.  

What you may not know is just how important it is to make sure the water you drink and bathe in is free from harmful substances that can actually hurt you.  You may think because you live in an industrialized country with water treatment plants that you are OK, but that may not be the case. Now, I’m not trying to discredit all the effort that goes into providing safe drinking water.  It is certainly true that the water in most “developed” nations is way safer than in lots of so called “third world countries”. 
In fact, around 12% of the world’s population (almost 900 million people) does not have a dependable, safe source of water for drinking or hygiene.  In fact, unsafe water is one of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide, with over 750,000 deaths annually from water related diseases.


So, public water treatment has had a big part to play in lowering mortality rates and improving health over the years. But there are still issues with the quality of water from these treatment facilities. In the next guide you will learn a little more about just what to be aware of to protect your family and finding the best home water filters