Water Contamination from Contaminated Wells

It’s not a stretch of the imagination to think that a town’s water could be contaminated by a local well. It could happen anywhere, anytime.

The fact of the matter is that a town using a contaminated well has already happened in many places in the United States, with the latest being a small town in Illinois. Many of the town residents don’t even have water distillers or water distillation systems in place either.

The twist to this story was that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dismissed the Crestwood residents’ concerns, telling them the water wasn’t “that” contaminated because it was diluted with Lake Michigan water. To the unending astonishment of the whole town, the EPA stated the amount of vinyl chloride contaminated well water had been adequately diluted by lake water. This is like being a “little” pregnant.

The town and the EPA were on the same song sheet indicating that the mixture of the two sources of water actually made it harmless. Eleven thousand residents wanted to know about those who had been drinking contaminated water since 1985, and rightfully so, considering the risks of cancer and other illnesses potentially caused by vinyl chloride. To say the town isn’t convinced the risks are minimal is a major understatement. Vinyl chloride in small amounts over a span of many years has the potential to be deadly and telling people otherwise is a foolish move.

Needless to say, the end result of these revelations and the assurances that nothing is wrong hasn’t gone over well with those who live in the town. So far there have been several lawsuits filed accusing the village of making people sick with the contaminated water. Close to 25 years of drinking contaminated water is enough to give anyone nightmares. Evidently the EPA is doing a bad job of trying to point the finger of blame at someone else who no longer works for the department.

With all the flap about the contaminated water and how it may have affected people’s health, questions have arisen about what would make home water safer. It’s bad enough that vinyl chloride was in the water along with other chemicals called volatile organic compounds, but what could residents do to provide safe water for themselves and their families?

Over the years there have been many companies claiming that their method of filtering water is the best, the safest and the only way to get fresh water for drinking. The fallacy with that is most of the systems being touted have major flaws, with the biggest one being that carbon filters themselves may become a contaminate if they are not cleaned and changed on a regular basis. In addition, no filter based water purification system will touch most of the invisible riders in the water. The water may look clear and smell all right, but if a carbon filter water system is being used, chances are the water is “not” all right.
The simple truth is that only water distillers and true water distillation systems will provide the freshest water; the way it was intended to be by Mother Nature.

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Small Town America Water Woes

In yet another episode of “Water Gone Bad,” the small town of Putnam, Connecticut, struggled to keep going while relying on trucked-in water.

No one knew for sure what happened to contaminate the town’s water supply, but they did know they were relying on water rolling into town in large tankers. Town residents spent four long days finding alternative and creative ways to cook, as well as figuring out how to clean the kids following playtime.

Many of those residents didn’t have water distillation systems in place which could have been used to distill the trucked-in water. The cause of this disruption in everyone’s lives was due to the fact the town found E. coli in the municipal water supply.

The precise source of the bacteria wasn’t pinpointed other than to indicate that the water may have been contaminated with either human or animal waste. E. coli causes headaches, cramps, nausea, diarrhea and a whole host of other nasty symptoms.

Those with compromised immune systems, meaning youngsters and senior citizens, faced a very real threat to their health. Luckily, no one in the small town of Putnam, Connecticut, became sick. Those who did have water distillers on hand were able to weather the long shut-off with some degree of aplomb.

In the meantime, over 2,600 people, homes and businesses across town had their tap water shut off. While there may have been just one area of town affected, the administration took no chances and shut all water off. This kind of a situation brings home how critical it is to have water distillers in place to provide a fresh and safe water supply, something that many places in America can’t lay claim to these days.

Even though municipal water filtration plants may be in place to keep the water clean, it’s obvious it doesn’t always work. What’s even more obvious is that if people had water distillation systems in place, they could’ve had clean and fresh water on hand, even by using trucked-in water.

What would happen if a town or city went longer than four days without any water in their homes and places of business? Consider the ramifications and the enormous loss of income to places like restaurants. Certainly if the water was totally turned off at the source, it makes it hard to use an alternative in place of tap water. However, that being said, with water being brought into town, anyone with water distillation systems would have a leg-up in being able to provide fresh water for their home or business.

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Even the Government Knows About Contaminated Water

Most, if not all, of the water we drink is contaminated in some form or another. It’s a “for sure” that the government knows and a certainty that we need water distillers in our homes to combat contamination.
Consider the various legal battles raging all across the nation dealing with contaminated water and you will get a very clear picture of the likely condition of the water in your taps. If you aren’t using water distillation systems in your home, then think twice about drinking the water.

The most recent debacle concerns E. coli in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks. An investigation is being conducted that a government agency broke state laws by not releasing data that E. coli was above safe levels in the lake – a revelation that would make most people bolt to the Internet and purchase water purification systems for the home and cottage.

The Missouri Attorney General is investigating a complaint that a state agency violated state law by refusing to release data that showed E. coli was above safe levels in the Lake of the Ozarks. That gives one pause for thought about how that would affect tourists, not to mention the local citizenry. Evidently the Department of Natural Resources turned down multiple requests under that state’s Sunshine Act to release the relevant data. Water distillers would be in big demand with the community facing that kind of a problem.

The Department’s director is walking a rather fine line these days indicating that his department should have immediately released the report detailing the levels of E. coli in the lake. This in light of the fact that the department had apparently kept the report hush-hush for about a month because they didn’t want to affect tourism or cause public panic. The concern and panic happened anyway when people found out. The situation was merely compounded by the Department of Natural Resources hiding the facts. The lost time for people to purchase water distillers for their home and at the lake was crucial.

If the government in various states is withholding information of this nature because it doesn’t want to lose tourism dollars or cause people to get into a flap, what other information about the water haven’t they told us? Interesting question, don’t you think? The public has every right to know about the water in or from which they wash, bathe, play and drink.

Our health is at risk when we drink contaminated water and when public agencies, who are supposed to safeguard us from things like this, participate in a cover-up like the Missouri one. It’s time to be taking a hard look at the water system you have in your home for your family and finding out all you need to know about water purification systems. Water distillers are the best bet for the freshest, cleanest water like Mother Nature intended it to be.

Larry Wardell is with H2olabs.com, a provider of water distillers and water distillation systems. To learn more about Water distillers, water distillation systems, water purification systems, visit H2olabs.com.