Tag: nasty drinking water
I’m a water snob
by admin on May.19, 2011, under Real Estate
I’ve been a big water drinker all my life – even back in the day when water was just for drinking and not a fashion statement. I was fortunate to have grown up in a town that had really good drinking water – some of you might remember – this is water straight from the tap.
Right now I have well water and what I drink also comes through a reverse osmosis filter – just to be on the safe side. Well water does have its own requirements for filtering which I wrote about awhile back. So what’s my point?
I spent a day or two in a city in Virginia earlier this week. I’d driven up – taking several bottles of water from my house with me – and had drained those during the trip from NC. I had the glare headache I always get from driving so I drank a glass of tap water to take two aspirin on arrival – and that water was nasty.
This water source happened to be at my Mom’s house which really annoys me. I have had some periodontal (gum) issues and am very sensitive to chlorine – and this tap water was full of it I guarantee. I don’t want my Mom drinking this stuff. I’m going to encourage her to put a filter – at least for drinking water at the sink – on her list of “musts” this year. I may even buy her a filter for her birthday in June. The unfiltered water she is drinking was that bad.
It is very aggravating to think that so many people are being fed this chemical on a regular basis or that they have to do something extra to avoid it. It also explains the massive explosion in the bottled water industry since I was drinking that clear, clean tap water in the 1970s. I believe we’ve been manipulated yet again.
Take a moment, if you are on a city water system, to think about the chemicals that might be in your drinking water. Get it tested if you can, and at least think about getting a counter filtration system for your home. If you have kids with new teeth and growing bodies, this is even more important.
Brita water filtering units are compact and inexpensive. I’ll write a post soon on what system I have here and also on some other units that may be right for your home. If you’ve found you drink less water than you used to which is not a good thing, there may be a reason – the water at your home’s tap may not be worth drinking.
