Despite all the regulations in place for our public drinking water treatment systems, the water is not safe to drink. The Environmental Protection Agency knows this and has even made efforts to educate us about the hazards that we face when drinking tap water.
Most consumers believe that the water they have coming from their faucets is properly filtered by the water company. They are completely unaware of what is in our drinking water, and do not realize that the filtration used on the drinking water system at most water processing plants does not remove any of these harmful chemicals. Most water processing plants still use an old fashioned form of filtration that is nothing more than a process that removes visible debris from the water. They then use chlorine bleach to make the water clear.
Recycled Sewage Water for Drinking and Bathing? Give me shower filters now. If you live in Orange County, California, you are on the cutting edge of a process all of us are going to be part of sooner or later, I imagine, the use of recycled sewage water for drinking and bathing. While the water folks assure us the finished product is probably cleaner than ground water, I want a shower water filter, and a kitchen water filter, to overcome the yuck factor. Worldwide, more than a billion people lack clean drinking water. While demand for freshwater access continues to increase, after tripling in the last 50 years, global supplies are becoming scarcer. Major rivers are drying out, ground water reserves face a similar fate. So what are our options? Desalinization? Hard to do in Illinois. Import water? Not alwasys available in a drought. Not many options left.
“Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink” so wrote the poet about a becalmed ship in a sea of salt water. Little did he know that he may have been predicting the future? Top economists are predicting a massive fresh water shortage in the next 20 to 30 years. Parts of America are [...]
While the rapidly rising costs of energy occupy out attention today, another larger crisis is developing. The costs of obtaining, treating, transporting, and disposing of water are rising and will continue to rise. The sources of water are shrinking while demand is growing. There is still time, even if only a small amount of time, to head off this next great catastrophic happening.
Each day, American’s consume approximately 200 billion gallons of water. On top of that, each year more than 10 billion plastic water bottles end up as garbage in landfills. As the US population increases, the demands on our water resources continue to increase. This puts a strain on our environment but there is a way to make a difference and impact this growing trend.
I recently challenged myself on the subject of how many times a day I flush the toilet. Is this something most people, including myself think about on a daily basis? No. Is this something most people really care about? Maybe not. Is there reason to care at all? Well, do you live in the drought-stricken, water regulated, South Western United States? If so, you may want to be aware of how much water you’re consuming on a daily basis.
