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This site is all about water, how to get pure healthy and safe drinking water from any water source. Everyone knows about the importance of water and so we explain in detail all aspects of water.

It will tell you all the water facts and information about water and about easy water purification methods. We first try to understand how water becomes dirty or contaminated - very dirty water is sometimes referred to as black water. We discuss about the properties of water and the different contaminants in water and how such water affects health. We explain the different water purification process. With this knowledge you can make an educated choice about the water purifier or filter you need for your house. It is possible to get pure drinking water, as good as or even better than bottled water, from tap water or well water, by using the right water purifier with the right water purification process.

To select the right water filtration process for your house, it is essential to know the impurities that are present in your water supply. Then chose the right water purifier which uses the right water purification process to remove those impurities in your water. There is no point in buying complicated and expensive water purifiers when you may just need a simple, cheap and a much more reliable water purifier.

If you are getting your water supply from a corporation or municipal water supply, you can be sure that it will not contain dissolved toxic chemicals, like Arsenic, in it. This is because the water departments purify the water very carefully and it is fully tested before it is pumped into the pipelines for distribution. If ever there is a problem in the public water quality, the news media will get hold of it, and being headline news, you would surely hear about it. When there is heavy water pollution in the water resources, these public water suppliers take extra precations to make sure your drinking water quality is safe.

This water on its way inside a pipeline to you, can pick up some dirt, germs and viruses from cracks and leaks in the pipeline. So the water coming to your house from these municipal water supplies is safe, in as far as the most dangerous dissolved toxic chemicals are concerned, but most probably is contaminated with germs and viruses.

It is easy to kill the germs in water with the use of UV Ultra Violet light or with the use of chlorine and other disinfecting chemicals. Since Municipal or public water supplies does not have the danger of dissolved toxic chemicals nor does it have excess dissolved salts, the best solution would to use an Ultrafiltration water purifier or you could think of the unique and cheaper indian water purifiers like the 'Pureit' and 'Tata Swach' or a UV water Purifier.

The advantage of Ultrafiltration is that it actually filters out and removes all germs and viruses from the final purified water. Other purifiers kill or inactivate the germs and viruses, but their dead or inactive bodies and eggs, still remain in the final purified water. The danger of not filtering out the dead germs, is that these supposedly dead or inactive germs or parasite eggs may become active in your stomach later. Also these dead germs particles could cause some allergic reactions.

You will learn from this site that dissolved toxic contaminants, like Arsenic and Heavy Metals like Mercury, in water are the most dangerous to your health and the most difficult to get rid off. Municipal or Government water supplies are free from this danger of dissolved toxic chemicals in the water supply.  So to purify Municipal water, all you need is a simple water purifier which can filter out small particles of dirt and kill or preferably filter out all germs and viruses. An Activated carbon filter is recommended, which not only improves the taste of the water,  but will also get rid of any dissolved organic toxic chemicals, like pesticides, in the unlikely event of this getting into the water while in the pipeline.

So for those of you having the luxury of Corporation, Municipal or Government water connections, use of reverse osmosis will be a waste of money. The only problem which is there in the public water is that the water may be Hard (see our page Hard Water). Since drinking hard water is not harmful to health, you should not think of putting an RO in the kitchen for your drinking water needs. Hard water is more of a problem for having a bath and washing your clothes. There is a school of thought that the alkaline water or hard water is good for health.

You need to think about Reverse Osmosis RO water purifiers or RO systems, if your water source is from a well or sources other than a Government or Municipal water supply. Those using well water should get their water tested periodically, even if this water has been used for generations. The reason for regular testing of well water is that there may be leakage or seepage of fertilizers, pesticides, farm waste, septic tanks, etc. into the water.

With the right water purifier, it is possible to have pure drinking water from any source. It will be a waste of time and money to depend on bottled water, when you can get pure drinking water by using the right water purifier.

We hope to give you enough information in our other pages to make you well educated on all aspects of pure drinking water.