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WHY NATURAL SPRING WATER?

Worldwide, municipal water systems face serious problems dealing with the treatment and distribution of potable water. Since only 1-2% of such water is actually used for consumption, this is an increasingly costly effort.
Also, as underground infrastructures continue to age, the problems of distribution can only get more acute.

Shown below are some of the more important inherent problems:

1. During Treatment

Chlorine by-products: these are sometimes caused when chlorine mixes with organics (leaves, dirt, etc) and can produce such dangerous chemicals as Trihalomethanes (Chloroform is one of this family) and MX. Both of these cause genetic changes in cells and may be carcinogenic. The treatment of municipal water does not remove these chemicals.

Mishandling (too much/too little) chemicals at treatment site: Simply put, the chlorine, ammonia and fluoride added to municipal water during treatment are very toxic poisons, and they pose a serious health risk if a human or computer error should under or overdose the water supply. For perspective, about 60,000 tonnes of fifty different chemicals are used annually to treat the Australian water supply, including sulphuric acid and hydrogen peroxide.

2. After Treatment

Lead:
Leaching of lead from solder and/or brass fittings in the hundreds of kilometres of underground pipes. Lead standards in Australia ("Standard 08-Spring Water") are "no more than 0.05 mg/L.[50 parts per billion]". A number of surveys conducted in Australia have shown levels of lead at 12 to 300 times the safe level. Since lead is known to casue brain damage when levels reach 1000ppb in the blood, and because lead does not leave a bad taste in the water, this pervasive problem is one of the bigger risks inherent in any tap water delivery system.
Bacteria:
Re-growth of pathogenic bacteria in the pipelines is one of the most difficult problems for water authorities to deal with. Bacteria live and multiply in the pipeline, finding nutrient and shelter in the build up of slime which takes place over time. These bacteria have often developed resistance to chlorine, and may not be affected by the lower levels of it in the pipelines. For example, according to the Department of Water Resources *"the water leaving major storage is of high quality, but...less than half of the samples taken at the tap meet the recommended state standards."
Source: Dept of Water Resources, Strategy to Upgrade Drinking Water 1985.

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