Why is Water Quality Testing Needed?

If you are looking for a reason to test your waterThere are a lot of different kinds of systems on the
then I have a story for you. It all started with amarket that can filter water, but many of them
letter from my local water company reporting to thecannot remove all of the contaminants. You need to
public that there were elevated levels of lead in thelook really close at the companies to see that they
water and that people should take care and if needcan remove what you need them to remove.
be buy a filtration system that can remove lead fromThe price on these systems can vary from 100
the water.dollars all the way up to 750 dollars. You would think
After I got this letter, it dawned on me that wethat the more expensive model would be the best
have no way to protect ourselves from lead. I wasmodel. But that is not the case here; in fact I found
also curious if there was lead then what other thingsthat the 100 dollar model outperformed the most
are in water that I need to be concerned about as aexpensive model on the market by a good margin.
parent.My advice to anyone is to take the time to do some
What I found was that there is a lot of informationresearch and find a system that works for you. I
on the internet and some of the notable things Iknow that I did take the time and love the system
found were that there have been over 2,100 toxicthat I chose for my family. We like it and have not
cancer causing chemicals found in drinking waterhad any problems. If you want to learn more about
supplies across the country. The names of them arethis subject then click here to see what I have
Atrazine, alachlor, MTB, THM, lead, chlorine, cysts,learned so far.
lindane, benzene, TCE, and Volatile organic chemicals.