| Wondering how to help water quality? There are | | | | Not buying bottled is an important part of how to |
| many things that you can do. Here's a look at some | | | | help water quality. If you look in the streams around |
| of them. | | | | your home, you will see plastic bottles of all kinds. |
| Don't Pollute | | | | Each year, volunteers pull tons of garbage out of our |
| Every time that you throw or dump something on | | | | streams and oceans. Why not give them a hand, by |
| the ground it eventually ends up in a stream, river, | | | | not throwing things away or supporting industries |
| lake or ocean. Every time that you drive your | | | | that are ultimately responsible for the trash. |
| automobile, the emissions go up and into the | | | | Buy a Purifier |
| atmosphere. When rainwater comes down, it brings | | | | A home purifier is an economical, environmentally |
| sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides back down. Those | | | | friendly and safer choice than buying bottled. The |
| end up in rivers, streams, lakes, oceans and the | | | | treatment facilities reduce contaminants to the best |
| ground. | | | | of their ability, but you can do more. Live the purifier |
| As the rain drains through the rocks and soil, it carries | | | | in the on position when you are washing fresh foods |
| some of those chemicals into the groundwater | | | | or getting ready to cook. Leave it on when you are |
| aquifers. This is why there are now chemical | | | | doing dishes by hand. If you also use a biodegradable |
| pollutants in deep wells that were once pristine. The | | | | detergent, fewer pollutants will go down the drain. |
| soil and rocks use to clean away contaminants, but | | | | Installing a home purifier is how to help water quality |
| they can't do much against chemicals. | | | | and improve taste. They remove practically all traces |
| Environmentalists will agree that how to help water | | | | of chlorine and other chemical contaminants, which |
| quality the most is to stop polluting the environment. | | | | negatively affect taste. The better ones balance |
| Things that you might not think about include flushing | | | | mineral content and pH level. They help protect your |
| expired prescriptions, using detergents that are not | | | | short and long-term health, as well. |
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| Triclosan is the active ingredient. It's not | | | | publicly treated supplies. The better purifiers will |
| biodegradable and it kills fish. Fish help keep waters | | | | remove them. There are traces of lead and |
| clean. | | | | prescription drugs in many areas. The better systems |
| Don't Buy Bottled | | | | will remove those, too. |
| Drinking bottled water has become quite popular. It is | | | | So, that's how to help water quality from beginning |
| a healthier alternative than drinking sodas and other | | | | to end. It's all about cleaning up and not throwing out. |
| beverages, but it is bad for the environment in | | | | That's what I do. |
| several ways. | | | | The home purifier I use is effective, affordable and |
| Petroleum and other natural resources are used to | | | | proven to remove 99 percent of contaminants in |
| make the plastic bottles. Freshwater is wasted | | | | household drinking water and is about $99 at a cost |
| whenever it is bottled. About three times as much | | | | of only 9 cents per filtered gallon of water. Certainly |
| freshwater is used to make and transport the bottle | | | | a price well worth paying for access to pure, safe |
| than the bottle actually contains. Freshwater sources | | | | water. |
| are dwindling. We need to stop draining them. | | | | |