Now that we are fully aware of how our sources of drinking water are being endangered by the many industrial waste sources such as big factories and small-scale businesses, we must all take steps to preserve the pure water we have for drinking in any way we can.
But before we can proceed with how to conserve water, Here are a few tap water facts we must take into consideration.
Fact 1 : A single family in the USA consumes around 70 to 100 gallons of water every two days for cooking, drinking and washing.
Fact 2 : Approximately 10 gallons of water a day is lost due to leaks and poor plumbing.
Fact 3 : Tap water when purified can be bottled and sold. This is the reason why people are questioning the economic implications of patronizing bottled waters. If we can boil or purify our own water at home, there would be no need to buy drinking water in plastic bottles that we will need to recycle in the future.
Fact 4 : There are many sources of contaminants in publicly treated water supplies, such as bacteria that grows in water pipes, sediments that accumulate in dams, and surface run-offs from agricultural sites.
What do these tap water facts tell us? These things alert us to the waste that could eventually prevent us from drinking pure water in the future.
This also means that the more we conserve water in our small ways (fixing our plumbing, storing water we don’t use and refraining from buying bottled water), the more we can help wastage of clean drinking water.
Also, we must question our preference for bottled water. Why make a bottling company richer when you could be buying readily available tap water purified and packaged neatly in bottles, and marketed as ‘fresh from the mountains’?
With the above tap water facts in mind, the obvious course of action is to use special water filters that are high grade and durable. Granted, the industrial-grade ones are expensive, but there are kitchen filters that can be bought online and used as soon as delivered. These don’t cost much if you consider the cash you spend on gallons of bottled water daily.
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