Where is Your Water on the 'Clean Water' Spectrum?

We believe access to clean water is a basic human right that is essential for survival and health. Clean water refers to water that is free from harmful contaminants, such as bacteria, viruses, and pollutants. As with many topics, what is considered 'clean' or 'free of contaminants' lays within a spectrum where each individual has their own idea of what is acceptable to them. Regardless of what your idea of 'clean water' is and where it lies on the spectrum of clean, there are some non-negotiables with water.

Firstly, clean water is essential for good health. Contaminated water can carry numerous diseases that can cause severe health problems. For example, drinking water contaminated with cholera bacteria can lead to severe diarrhea and dehydration, which can be extremely serious if not treated promptly. Similarly, though not common in North America, other waterborne diseases such as typhoid fever, hepatitis A, and dysentery can also cause severe health problems. Access to clean water can help prevent these diseases, ensuring people stay healthy. While most water treatment facilities in North America address these concerns quite well, they cannot be fool-proof and rid the water of all potential issues all of the time.

Secondly, clean water is essential for agriculture and food production. Agriculture is a major sector of the global economy, and water is an essential component of agriculture. Farmers need clean water to irrigate their crops, raise livestock, and produce food. Without clean water, food production can be significantly reduced, leading to food shortages and hunger on a larger scale. However, even city-dwelling homeowners who have gardens outside or plants inside will recognize how much better their vegetation grows when using purified water.

Access to clean water is essential for environmental sustainability. Clean water is necessary for maintaining healthy ecosystems and preserving biodiversity. Water pollution can harm aquatic life and lead to the degradation of ecosystems. By ensuring access to clean water, we can help preserve our natural resources for future generations.

Some Berkey owners live in urban zones where their water supply has already been 'cleaned' or 'sanitized', while others live in rural areas where no purification has occurred at all before it makes its way out of their taps. Regardless, we believe properly purifying the water as it comes out of the taps is vital as both the sanitization process that cities subject the water to as well as the lack of any filtration that groundwater in rural regions can result in water that is not clean or pure enough for our standards.

We believe Berkey purification systems are the optimal method to remove both naturally occurring and synthetically added materials from your drinking water in a fast, efficient, and cost-effective manner that allows for properly purified water to be available to everyone.

Continue reading on our site about the various benefits associated with Berkey filters and contact us via email with any questions.