What is the best drinking water system? What is in our drinking water?
We have the answers for you here.

First, you should know that high price does not equal best. When it comes to a home drinking water system, the most expensive are reverse osmosis units and in most homes they are an unnecessary expense. More advanced technology actually costs less.

Now let's look at what is in our drinking water. There are new reports every day, coming from respected publications and scientific experts. So, these are not scare tactics. They do not appear in supermarket tabloids, at least initially. They are the simple truth.

One of these reports indicates that we cannot know what is in our drinking water, unless we have it tested by an independent laboratory. The Washington Post reported that a number of utilities around the country are manipulating tests used to detect lead.

Lead is a toxic metal that causes brain damage and learning disabilities in children. In pregnant women, ingestion of the toxin causes birth defects. In adults with limited exposure over the many years of their lives, it inhibits the body's ability to absorb important nutrients and plays a role in osteoporosis, heart disease, high blood pressure and other chronic and life threatening diseases. So, the best drinking water system for your home should remove lead. A few of the better ones do.

USA Today did a special report about what is in our drinking water. The opening line was, "Each day, millions of Americans turn on their taps and get water that exceeds the legal limits for dangerous contaminants." Of course, if you have the right drinking water system, you and your family are protected. If you pick the wrong one, there is no telling what you are consuming.

Never buy a drinking water system unless it is certified to remove chemicals. The Ralph Nader Research group found 2100 toxic chemicals in public supplies. Many of them cause cancer.

The list of what is in our drinking water is a long one. It would be shorter to list those things that are not. You see, everything in the environment ends up in groundwater. Whether your source is a well, a spring or a public reservoir, you need to have your water tested. Then you can choose a drinking water system based on what needs to be removed.

In some cases, wells and springs need to be disinfected. In other cases, mineral-content is too high and causes hard water issues. In any case, learning what is in our drinking water is important, but you need to remember that content can change and vary on a daily basis, so if you do not choose the safest drinking water system, you may still be at risk. You certainly cannot test every day. It would be an unreasonable and excessive expense.
Some people blame the government and industry, but we are all ultimately responsible for what is in our drinking water. The latest report is about prescription and over the counter drugs. Our reliance on pharmaceuticals is the cost of this contamination. Industrial dumping is not to blame.

A home drinking water system that contains a multi-media block can remove most chemical contaminants and activated carbon does the rest. That's your best choice.