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Topic started on 13-6-2009 @ 06:05 PM by rehab

Water is one of the most important parts of a healthy lifestyle, so make sure that you are choosing the best possible water, avoiding dangerous plastics, and getting enough vital minerals."

"With 8 to 10 glasses a day of pure water, you'll have energy and vitality like never before."

I thought Distilled water is purest and, wait whats this no Minerals? Nothing ?

"Distilled water can be any kind of water that has been vaporized and collected, leaving behind any solid residues, including minerals. Distilled water has no minerals in it at all."

And look at this I'm glad I live in a Place where I live "Not a chance" And I have a well. . .

"Mineral Rich H2O

The best water to drink is naturally clean, pure and full of naturally occurring minerals:

Well water comes from a hole drilled in the ground that taps into a water source. A pump brings it to the surface. If you do not have access to city water, then you would need a well.
Natural spring water flows up from a natural spring and is bottled at the source.
Artesian or spring waters come from a natural source but are bottled off-site and are processed and purified.
Mineral water could be natural spring water or artesian water, comes from an underground source, and contains at least 250 parts per million (ppm) of dissolved solids, including minerals and trace elements."

And heres where I got this Info. . .
answers.yahoo.com...

rehab

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reply posted on 13-6-2009 @ 06:45 PM by star in a jar

The water should also be alkaline for best results. The water right from the tap around here is Neutral. I used a ph test kit to test the water here it appears to be around 7.0 after the chlorine has evaporated.

The amount of Chlorine that is added to our water supply also make water more acidic by about a point or a half. Again, I have confirmed this with my test kit, but PH tests are only accurate to a degree.

I'm unsure how long it takes for chlorine gases to evaporate from a bucket. A few hours? two days?

If they made cheap, WORKING PH/ nutrient meters (not that Rapitest crap that never works) food production would go up, just to throw a rant out there.

reply posted on 13-6-2009 @ 06:53 PM by rehab

Your saying you don't like pure water? never been tampered with?

let your body do the filtering? Thats why we have livers and keddnies.??right?

rehab

reply posted on 13-6-2009 @ 07:06 PM by star in a jar

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Of course I prefer pure water!

It's just not that accessible, I'm in the suburbs and I don't believe in bottled water.

There is a 'spring' near the area where I live, but I haven't taken it upon myself to haul jugs from there, at least not yet. I haven't tried that water yet, I add.

Rainwater collecting always concerned me since bird droppings... well.

Distilled water is best I suppose but it still takes energy to distill water.

Re: plants, They say to test PH with distilled water but to me that doesn't make sense because nobody waters their plants with distilled water and the water that is used eventually effects the PH.

reply posted on 13-6-2009 @ 07:11 PM by rehab

Good point, I concur. Distilled water I guess , lacking the minerals though, so maybe we add our own? does that help? I live near the Mts so I'm good "kindda" still gotta work for the good stuff. . .

rehab

reply posted on 13-6-2009 @ 07:15 PM by TheMythLives

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I'm liking the thread Rehab

Not too often I wonder this way into the survival forum, only because I know a lot about this stuff, but i haven't seen much info about water.

If I may. I suggest this book:

Colin Ingram: author of "The Drinking Water Book" very interesting stuff here and this is a descent website:

Adding Minerals To Water

Nice topic rehab, these are the type of threads I like to see.

reply posted on 13-6-2009 @ 07:31 PM by rehab

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Which Minerals Are in Drinking Water?

Calcium, magnesium, and lime are often found in city water. In addition, some cities and private wells often have manganese and iron, both of which can give the water a bad smell if found in high amounts. Other toxic minerals and heavy metals commonly found in the water, that usually have no taste unless present in elevated amounts:

aluminum
arsenic
asbestos
barium
cadmium
chromium
copper
fluoride
lead
mercury
nitrates
nitrites
selenium
silver

Thats alot of bad things Thanks for the link.

rehab

reply posted on 13-6-2009 @ 11:50 PM by bsbray11

Originally posted by rehab
Other toxic minerals and heavy metals commonly found in the water, that usually have no taste unless present in elevated amounts:

And just think, when they tell you they have "added minerals," most people probably assume that's a good thing.