What's really in our water supply?

Water from the tap may look clean enough, but it’s often the things you can’t see that can hurt you the most.

Before unfiltered water reaches your glass, it has been exposed to thousands of toxic chemicals, residue from pesticides and industrial waste, contaminants, parasites and blue green algae.

Plus chlorine is added to the water to kill harmful bacteria. ‘Scientific studies have linked chlorine and chlorination by-products to cancer of the bladder, liver, stomach, rectum and colon.’ Kemysts Laboratory, Dr Riddle PhD

Puratap lets you drink tap water without concern as it filters out the things that can harm you, leaving only pure, fresh water that is safe to drink and cook with. Drinking Puratap-filtered water can help:

• improve your immune system
• improve circulation and body function
• reduce toxins in your body
• reduce fat by encouraging your body to metabolise it more efficiently
• create healthy looking skin.

Australia’s high-quality water supply is often compromised by:

Chlorine by-products: These are sometimes caused during water treatment when chlorine mixes with organic matter, such as leaves, dirt etc, producing trihalomethanes (eg, chloraform). Some of these are known to be carcinogenic. These are not removed during regular water treatment.

Mishandling of chemicals at the treatment site: The chlorine, ammonia and fluoride added to municipal water during treatment are toxic poisons, and they can pose a serious health risk if a human or computer error should under or overdose the water supply. Many thousands of tonnes of chemicals are used annually to treat the Australian water supply, including hydrogen peroxide and sulphuric acid.

Risks during water delivery:

• Lead: This is one of the biggest risks in the delivery of tap water, as high lead levels can cause mutations in unborn children and brain damage. You cannot taste lead, which is leached into the water supply from solder and/or brass fittings in underground water pipes. Lead standards in Australia are no more than 0.05 mg/L, yet several studies have shown levels to be up to 300 times above this.
• Re-growth of pathogenic bacteria: Bacteria live and multiply in the pipelines, finding nutrients 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.