How Can This Happen?

We are constantly sold on how safe municipal tap water supplies are but the truth is that many municipal suppliers are using outdated or faulty designs to purify our drinking water.

Take the case of Fairmont West Virginia

In February and March of 2007, the membranes in the treatment plant servicing Fairmont were getting clogged with residue from its Tygart River source and slowing water production to a point too low to completely meet the high demand of all of its customers. This left some customers with little to no pressure and led to boil-water advisories for several days at a time.

It seems when the plant was designed no provision was made for a filter that would eliminate river solids from the system and as a result, the system membranes became clogged resulting in a shut down of the system and contamination of the drinking water.

It cost $8.7 million to fix the system and the cost was passed on to the subscribers (as usual)

Bottled Water Local Delivery and Fuel Prices

The price of fuel is rising dramatically in the United States and the increases are expected to continue for the forseeable future. Many trucking companies and home delivery services have enacted a fuel surcharge in an attempt to pass on to the consumer higher fuel prices.

Many companies that deliver heavy goods like bottled water have already instituted fuel surcharges that are substantial.


You can get purified water delivery to your door and if you chose
a vendor wisely, you will not be affected by a fuel surcharge. Chose a vendor that produces a quality water product that is close to you home or office and often they will not charge a fuel surcharge if they already have a route in your neighborhood.

For example, in Northern Virginia where there is heavy density there is a purified water supplier that waives the fuel surcharge if the delivery is within 10 miles of their water processing plant.

So when considering a water supplier, make sure they provide 100% pure water and then look at the map. You can get a good delivered price if you are close to the source. .

Pharmaceuticals Anyone?

The Associated Press recently ran a multi part study that found pharmaceuticals in the drinking water of major cities and many cities that did not even test for pharmaceuticals.

And proponents of tap water say it is better than purified water?

Hardly!!

Toilet to Tap Water - A Clever Diversion?

Anyone who reads the EPA reports on municipal tap water and reads beyond the hype knows that tap water contains many contaminants that are harmful to the human body. In addition tap water smells and tastes like swimming pool water because of the addition of heavy chlorine to kill bacteria.

But municipal water managers, who are essentially politicians attempting to save their jobs and maintain their share of municipal budgets, have now dreamed up a new scheme to cover the inefficiencies in the water processes.

The new scheme , introduced in Clearwater Florida, would allow the water company to dump wastewater directly into the aquifer in an attempt to use the aquifer as a purification method.

Many citizens have complained that this "Toilet to Tap Water" scheme will not improve the purity of the tap water but will result in contamination of the aquifer.

Nice try.

See details and full story here.

Did You Know?

• The typical tap water supplier only monitors for about 60 of the 6,000 water soluble chemicals that could be harmful to humans.
• Without an efficient communication system of land lines and cell phones, most water treatment systems would not function effectively.
• Without electricity, modern water systems cannot operate effectively.
• Corrosion of pipes can cause an increase in the concentration of toxic trace metals in water that passes through them.
• At least 300 different organic chemicals have been identified in American drinking water yet most of these have not been tested for being carcinogens.