Monday, February 4, 2008

Water Transformation - Part 1

Roaming around the internet trying to find information on water quality is a little confusing. Should you just filter it by reverse-osmosis or distill it? maybe bottled water? And what about these products that spin the water and 'charge' it with energy? I will try and give you some background for all this and give my take on what to do with your water.

Water is such a miraculous substance. It comprises so much of this earth and our bodies it is undoubtedly worthy of study. Water used to be a lot cleaner than it used to be and mountain streams or natural springs were the main choice for fresh water. Then aquifers were tapped for consumption and irrigation which was very good. One problem was that we started irrigating our bodily waste. Like many human activities we flushed or drained our excrement out of sight and out of mind. The Asian people on the other hand used it for fertilizer, which has kept the same fields productive for 4000 years. When the fecal matter was causing epidemics around the world the modern waste treatment plant was devised. I found out this filtering process is unnecessary for most of our waste. Of course hazardous chemicals and particulates that find their way into the water should be filtered but many organic wastes can be composted and grey-water systems can be implemented, saving an immense amount of potable water. In another post I will write about composting this waste into useful and disease free fertilizer.

So what most of us have in our water is fluoride, chlorine, prescription drug residue, heavy metals, and other particulates that accumulate through the cities pipes. We definitely don't need fluoride and chlorine. Ozone and UV radiation treatment would more than take care of any bacteria or virus in the system without the need of chlorine. Fluoride is an industrial waste that is disposed of by marketing it to the municipalities and dentists. The first widespread use of fluoride was by the Nazi's and Communist's in the USSR (especially in their concentration camps). Everyone knows that they had the best intentions for everyone. Read this for more information about the risks of fluoride. Chlorine is also a chemical that has no place in the water supply. Chlorine Dangers

The people reading this I'm sure filter their water someway, but what's the best? The main thing I have found that the factors that matter are how pure the water is, how alkaline it is, and if the water is charged somehow. Purity comes first.

Distillation is the best method for this, the second best is reverse-osmosis, and a reliable spring water is the third. For me, distillation is cheap, easily repeatable and very adaptable. A Reverse-Osmosis filter system has to be replaced and they usually cost more in the long run. All I have to do is occasionally clean out the metal bucket of my distiller every few weeks. Combined with even the simplest of practices we can turn any clean water into something amazing.

End of Part 1
An interview with Dr. Emoto