WELL WATER
"Facts or Fiction"
I dont have bacteria , it has already been tested
When did you last test your well? Though agencies like the EPA recommend yearly tests, monthly checks are advised due to fluctuating water tables exposing water to varying contaminants. Many homeowners receive bacteria-free results after chlorine treatments, but this can be misleading. In Virginia, accepted chlorine levels in water can be much higher than what's safe for pools. Regular, preferably quarterly, testing is crucial.
“Bleaching the well is good for it”
Using poison in the ground can be harmful. While shock chlorination is necessary for well maintenance, frequent chlorination can harm your health, degrade your well pump, and damage your home's plumbing. Municipal water treatment uses chlorine and is rigorously monitored due to its breakdown into carcinogenic DBPs, under strict EPA guidelines. Over-chlorinating risks cancer exposure and oxidizes elements, leading to pump failures and requiring new water lines.
“My water is perfect because I drink from the fridge and it has a filter.”
Facts what does the fridge filter not remove?
While refrigerator filters are effective at removing contaminants such as chlorine, lead, and some VOCs, other contamination concerns like fluoride, microplastics, arsenic, heavy metals, bacteria, and viruses are not removed.
CITY WATER
"Facts or Fiction"
Fact: Municipal Water suppliers add Chlorine to the water to control bacteria, viruses and parasites. Without further filtration, you end up with perfect pool water on tap. Over 30% of municipal water systems are also using ammonia.
Fiction: due to mass collection, filtration, and distribution it would be too costly to produce high quality water. Therefore, there are 11 substances on the Contaminant Candidate List.
"My water is great because I pay for it"
The reality is it what you are paying for is water that meets the minimum standards of the EPA, and only for specifically regulated contaminants. The water in many cases is not even effective in flushing toilets and doing laundry when compared to high-quality treated water. Even if they were to use reverse osmosis to start with perfection, the water still has to be chemically disinfected and transported to your house, exposing it to all sorts of contamination. It is always the best plan to have point-of-entry treatment in every home, which does a final polish at its destination.
My water tastes Great so it must be good!
Some examples of contaminants that you cannot taste are lead, etc.
Can you taste arsenic and lead back to research on that and also bacteria search EPA and AMA
"I have a fridge filter to ensure the water is great"
Most fridge filters are mildly effective at taste nand odor reducing contaminants and unfortunately a lot of folks are buying their fridge filters wherever they can find them the cheapest, which is resulting in counterfeit filters or filters that do not do what the initial filters claimed. No matter what kind of filter you’re buying you’re paying too much for the quality of water that comes out of it and you can completely elminate refrigerator filters with a professional drinking water system.
Chlorine is good for us
Chlorine is a wonderful disinfectant and has been used for a very long time. However it is also a used in chemical warfare. Fluoride is not something that our bodies need however it is something that they have found helps to harden the teeth, making them more resistant to decay, but it is extremely toxic.
Research why fluoride is bad for you and chlorine is bad for you. The PA and AMA look at the MCL on fluoride and what it can do in terms of health impact MCL levels MCL stand for maximum can 10 minute level.
Numerous studies refute claims that the usual level of fluoride in drinking water causes problems, such as heart disease, allergies, and genetic abnormalities, to name a few. That said, fluoride can be dangerous when ingested excessively 2.5 to 5 grams for an average adult. But this would require drinking 5,000 to 10,000 glasses of fluoridated water in a single day.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/you-dont-say-myths-about-teeth