Can you drink tap water safely in the US?

To give a decent answer to this important question, we have to ask the NRDC (Natural Resources Defence Council).

NRDC reports that, "Nearly 77 million Americans got drinking water from systems that violated federal protections in 2015, and more than a third of this number relied on systems that did not comply with standards put in place to protect health. Millions of other Americans’ water suppliers failed to test water safety properly or didn’t report test results to health authorities or customers—potentially sweeping many more health risks under the rug."

NRDC also reports that many contaminants are not even monitored or regulated.

What are the contaminants that could be in our tap water:

• Lead, a heavy metal

• Atrazine, a chemical

• Pathogens, an organism

• Chlorine, a chemical

• Arsenic, a chemical

• Nitrates, a chemical

• Radioactive contaminants

• Vinyl chloride, a chemical

• Perchlorate, a chemical

• Pharmaceuticals

This doesn't sound good. Do you know how clean your tap water is? There is a way to check your own tap water in your area. The EWG (Environmental Working Group) collected all this data and made it available by zipcode here.

It's important to keep your daily Drink Water as clean and pure as possible. Unfortunately it is not as easy as it seems. Pollution, chemicals being dumped, toxic chemicals used on plants, radioactive waste, oil spills, plastic in the ocean, etc etc all cause dirty water. Dirty water that desperately needs to be cleaned and filtered.

As other posts on our website point out that it is so important to drink Healthy Water, we recommend using a Water filter to clean tap water and eliminate these contaminants. There are a lot of filters on the market, for a lot of purposes.

Wouldn't be just great to have easy access to Healthy Drink Water at home, in the office, or wherever we go? On the market nowadays are a lot of products which claims to clean your tap water. Filters in refrigerators, pitchers, bottles, etc. It's important to know what you need and what to look for.Have a look at our top 3 best Water Filters available today!

You probably have already heard something about Alkaline water. It is Drink Water with a higher pH level than tap water.

The pH level has a scale from 0 to 14, from acidic to Alkaline. Tap water has a neutral pH of 7 and Alkaline water typically has a pH of 8/9.

Alkaline water has the function to neutralize the acid in our body. Besides the higher pH level, it should also contain a negative ORP (oxidation reduction potential). The more negative, the better, the more anti-oxidizing it is.

If you would like to read more about it, read "What is Alkaline drink water and why is it so healthy?"