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December 15, 2003
By: Holly Rebekah
Website: http://www.water-purification-filters.com
Pure, safe water comes from technology, not nature
A water treatment industry executive says the Dateline NBC report on bottled water reinforces the fact that consumers need to know they have access to safe drinking water regardless of the water source.
According to Tom Weekly, president of innowave incorporated, a leading water technologies company, "We believe that pure safe drinking water comes from technology, not from nature alone."
Consumers have seen so many reports about tap water contaminants and the potential health consequences that the level of concern is at an all-time high. As a result of seeing such media reports, they automatically reach for bottled water to protect them from contaminants often found in tap water. They may be surprised to learn that, as Dateline uncovered in its investigation, twenty-five percent of all bottled water products manufactured in the United States is treated tap water, according to the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA).
Weekly says that consumers need to decide what they want "in" and "out" of their drinking water, ultimately choosing to take personal control over the quality of their drinking water. As the Dateline investigation points out, consumers assume that the water source or brand name guarantees pure water.
Weekly states that consuming bottled water is just one alternative to tap water. Some consumers are choosing to use "point-of-use" water treatment devices in their homes and offices to give them constant access to safe, quality drinking water.
There are various water treatment technologies, which are effective in minimizing unpleasant tastes and providing the safety and quality consumers desire in drinking water including filters, reverse osmosis, ultra violet light and distillation. Consumers interested in learning more about water treatment devices can visit the web site of the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), a world health collaborative center for drinking water safety whose standards and certified products are embraced around the world (http://www.nsf.org/.
For those consumers who desire an increased level of contaminant removal, who may be unhappy with their municipal water, or have specific health concerns, a device that combines filters with other technologies to create a "hybrid" treatment technology may be the key.
One new water treatment system growing in popularity combines distillation with ion exchange and carbon filtration to reduce contamination and provide fresh-tasting water. "The patented innowave 240® uses a hybrid three-stage process that removes virtually all microbiological, organic and inorganic contaminants from drinking water. In extensive testing at the University of Arizona, the innowave 240 removed 99.9999 percent of bacteria and 99.99 percent of viruses from the water it treated. Separate tests have shown the innowave 240 to be equally effective on organic and inorganic contaminants such as lead, nitrate, arsenic, mercury," Weekly says.
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Author Notes:
Holly Rebekah contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.water-purification-filters.com.
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