All About Water
The quality of your drinking water can vary significantly depending on your location, plumbing system, and treatment processes. While water may appear clear and taste normal, it can still contain contaminants such as heavy metals, bacteria, or chemical residues. Understanding the quality of the water you drink everyday is essential for long-term health. This section explains bottled water, tap water, contaminants, and how water testing can help you make informed decisions about the water you drink.
Bottled Water
Bottled water is often assumed to be safer than tap water, but most bottled water does contain microplastics. Research over the last few years consistently shows tiny plastic particles in many bottled water.
What microplastics are
- Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters.
- Even smaller pieces called nanoplastics can be thousands of times smaller and harder to detect.
- They often come from the plastic bottle itself, the cap, or the manufacturing and bottling process.
What studies have found:
Several studies have tested bottled water:
- A 2024 study by researchers at Columbia University using new detection methods found:
- Up to 240,000 plastic particles per liter in some bottled water.
- About 90% were nanoplastics (extremely tiny particles).
Tap Water
Tap water can also contain microplastics, Common Tap Water Contaminants are:
Nitrates, pesticide residues, trace metals (lead, nickel, iron), chlorine by-products, bacteria indicators, and emerging contaminants such as PFAS and microplastics.
Ways to reduce exposure
Contaminants, microplastics and PFAS (known as forever chemicals, break down very slowly and remain in the body for years). Once PFAS enters the water source, they are very difficult to remove in treatment works.
How to fix these issues
- Drink filtered tap water (especially with reverse osmosis filters) with UV. The units we sell are 6 stage and have UV and the water is clean and free from most if not all of the contaminants listed above.
Water Testing
Water Screening & 6-Stage RO System
Discover exactly what’s in your tap water. Our screening process identifies contaminants such as heavy metals, bacteria, PFAS, and chemical residues to help determine the most effective filtration solution for your home.
A water test can detect substances that may affect health, such as:
- Heavy metals (lead, copper, arsenic)
- Nitrates from agriculture
- Bacteria like E. coli
- PFAS (“forever chemicals”)
- Pesticides and herbicides
- Chlorine by-products
- Microplastics
What Does a 6-Stage RO + UV System Do?
A multi-stage reverse osmosis system removes sediment, chlorine, heavy metals, chemicals, PFAS, nitrates, and microplastics while a UV sterilizer eliminates bacteria and viruses. The result is cleaner, safer, and better-tasting drinking water for your ho