Water Concerns come at us from all angles and you do not have to search very hard to find many good reasons for replacing your bottled water system or purifying your own tap water. So many variables can cause either injury, sickness or long term illness we actually need to break these down in sections.
The primary areas of concern are as follows:
OSHA points out that 600,000 persons per year require time off work due to muscular disorders of which 49% are caused by lifting. A 5-Gallon water bottle weighs 42lbs. Muscle strains and pulls can occur with much less weight than this especially when improper lifting methods are used. As well, not to mention the injury that can occur by dropping the bottle on your feet. As an employer why take these chances? More Here
Ask your self when the last time your water service came in wearing rubber gloves? When was the last time your water cooler was sterilized? It is about a 4 hour process, involving bleach and about a 20 gallon flush out to accomplish. The fact is the "point of service" on a bottled water cooler is a prime source of bacteria, parasites and viruses. These problem areas are in addition to "point of manufacture" quality in a highly unregulated industry. More Here
Our primary source of water is the Ogallala Aquifer, one the largest underground water sources in the United States. The first known well was hand dug in 1911. Approximately 95 percent of the water pumped from the Ogallala is for irrigation. The High Plains area represents 65 percent of the total irrigated acreage in the United States. The quality of the water pumped from the aquifer is suitable for irrigation; but in some places, the water does not meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water quality standards. The water contains concentrations of sulfate, chloride, selenium, fluoride, nitrate, and dissolved solids.
Farms that do not have streams or rivers nearby rely on ground water for irrigation purposes. Numerous aquifers, however, are in danger of drying up do to overuse by so many people. A good example is the Ogallala aquifer in the Southern United States which has over 175,000 wells tapped into it, irrigating over 15 million acres of land. It is being depleted at a much faster rate then its natural rate of recharge. Some states are removing water from this aquifer at a rate 40 times higher than it can naturally be replenished.
Summary: Being the highly productive agricultural areas that we are we have used technology (fertilizer, insecticide, pesticides) to boost our production. Decades of this practice have our ground water source paying the price with contaminants that can not be removed by "natural" processes. This is further deteriorated by a rapid decline in our ground water source and the increased pollutants found the lower we go into the water tables.
Bottom line: 95% of the Ogallala water is used for agriculture and the EPA has classified agriculture as the number one source of water pollution. We are fortunate to have "many things that just don't happen here" ... but water contamination is not one of them. More Here
While chlorine and its by-products are known to have significant adverse health effects on humans, we choose it over water borne disease outbreaks like typhoid and cholera that plagued most countries prior to chlorines introduction in the late 1800's. We don't use chlorine because it's the most effective means of disinfecting water, we use it because its the cheapest! According to the U.S. Council Of Environmental Quality, "Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine." A fact not hard to understand considering chlorine is a pesticide, as defined by the U.S. EPA, whose sole purpose is to kill living organisms. More Here
Fortunately the choices are few. Take Action or Do Nothing! You can take action by choosing the Solutions link on the menu and becoming familiar with Agua-Pure Products. Or choose Contact and we will be glad to provide more information or personal assistance. You may also take action by doing your own research into the wealth of information readily available outlining the growing concerns of our drinking water or use our Reference Library as a good starting point. Regardless of whether you choose Agua-Pure to provide a pure-water solution ... please use someone.
