10 Reasons to Use a water F||ter

1. 3 order lo cap|la||ze o3 lre rea|lr oe3el|ls ol Waler, |l |s esse3l|a| lo draW

lror a c|ea3 source ol Waler.
2. 0r|3|3 |rpure, co3lar|3aled Waler |s lre |ead|3 cause ol ep|der|c d|sease |3 deve|op|3 cou3lr|es.
3. Trere are rore lra3 2100 3oW3 dr|3|3 Waler co3lar|3a3ls lral ray oe prese3l |3 lap Waler, |3c|ud|3 severa|
3oW3 po|so3s.
1. 8oll|ed Waler does 3ol oller a v|ao|e a|ler3al|ve lo lap Waler.
5. Vu3|c|pa| Waler lrealre3l lac|||l|es ca33ol a|Ways co3lro| lor lre oulorea ol da3erous oacler|a| co3lar|3a3ls |3 lap
Waler.
. Tre o3|y Way lo e3sure pure, co3lar|3a3l-lree dr|3|3 Waler |s lrrour lre use ol a po|3l-ol-use l||lral|o3 sysler.
Z. 3evera| lypes ol ca3cer ca3 oe allr|ouled lo lre prese3ce ol lox|c raler|a|s |3 dr|3|3 Waler.
8. C|ea3, rea|lry dr|3|3 Waler |s esse3l|a| lo a cr||d's proper re3la| a3d prys|ca| deve|opre3l.
9. Accord|3 lo lre EPA, |ead |3 dr|3|3 Waler co3lr|oules lo 180,000 cases ol |ear3|3 d|sorders |3 cr||dre3 eacr year |3
lre u3|led 3lales a|o3e.
10. l |s espec|a||y |rporla3l lor pre3a3l Wore3 lo dr|3 pure Waler as |ead |3 dr|3|3 Waler ca3 cause severe o|rlr
delecls.
0r|3|3 waler F||ler
waler F||lers - Aquasa3a Waler l||lers oller c|ea3er, rea|lr|er, dr|3|3 Waler lor every reroer ol lre lar||y.

10 enef|ts of Us|ng a water F||ter

1. waler l||lers prov|de oeller lasl|3 a3d oeller sre|||3 dr|3|3 Waler oy
rerov|3 cr|or|3e a3d oacler|a| co3lar|3a3ls.
2. Po|3l-ol-use Waler l||lers rerove |ead lror dr|3|3 Waler |rred|ale|y pr|or lo co3surpl|o3, lrus preve3l|3 lr|s
rarrlu| suosla3ce lror e3ler|3 lre oody.
3. Tre purcrase ol a cou3lerlop l||ler resu|ls |3 a source ol c|ea3, rea|lry Waler lral cosls rucr |ess lra3 ooll|ed Waler.
1. waler l||lers real|y reduce lre r|s ol recla| ca3cer, co|o3 ca3cer, a3d o|adder ca3cer oy rerov|3 cr|or|3e a3d
cr|or|3e oyproducls lror dr|3|3 Waler.
5. A so||d o|oc caroo3 Waler l||ler ca3 se|ecl|ve|y rerove da3erous co3lar|3a3ls lror dr|3|3 Waler Wr||e rela|3|3
rea|lry r|3era| depos|ls lral oa|a3ce lre pl ol dr|3|3 Waler.
. 0r|3|3 c|ea3, l||lered Waler prolecls lre oody lror d|sease a3d |eads lo overa|| realer rea|lr.
Z. A Waler l||ler prov|des c|ea3, rea|lry Waler lor coo|3, as We|| as dr|3|3, al lre co3ve3|e3ce ol lap Waler.
8. waler l||lers reduce lre r|s ol aslro|3lesl|3a| d|sease oy rore lra3 33 perce3l oy
rerov|3.75948547/:2 a3d ,7/, lror dr|3|3 Waler.
9. 0r|3|3 pure Waler |s espec|a||y |rporla3l lor cr||dre3. waler l||lers prov|de lre rea|lr|esl Waler lor cr||dre3's
deve|op|3 |rru3e syslers.
10. waler l||lers oller lre |asl ||3e ol dele3se oelWee3 lre oody a3d lre over 2100 3oW3 lox|3s lral ray oe pres
Prer|ur waler F||lers
Aquasa3a waler F||lers rerove da3erous co3lar|3a3ls ||e cr|or|3e a3d |ard|a lror Waler Wr||e rela|3|3 r|3era| depos|ls,
|eav|3 you W|lr rea|lry, pl-oa|a3ced, dr|3|3 Waler.
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Water in its most basic form is simply a molecule made of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom. But water's
astounding journey through the hydrologic cycle adds different substances, particularly mineral content, as dissolved
solids. Don't worry. This is a good thing! The mineral content in water consists of things our bodies need to be




healthy. And minerals add taste to our drinking water. Some minerals found commonly in drinking water are Calcium,
Potassium, Fluoride, and Magnesium amongst others.
Want proof? Here's the mineraI content of some of America's leading bottled water brands.
ArrowHead

Inorganic MineraIs & MetaIs MRL MCL LeveI Found
Calcium 0.10 NR 4.5-49
Sodium 0.2 NR 2.4-17
Potassium 0.10 NR 0.70-3.9
Flouride 0.100 2.0(1.4-2.4) <0.10-1.0
Magnesium 0.10 NR 1.2-19
Bicarbonate 1.0 NR 11-180
Nitrate 0.010 10.00 0.055-0.83
Chloride 0.10 250 0.76-8.7
Copper 0.050 1.0 ND
pH (units) NA NR 6.18-7.98
Sulfate 0.10 250 0.99-27
Arsenic 0.0014 0.010 ND
Lead 0.005 0.005 ND
Total Dissolved Solids 1.0 NR 37-230
All units in (mg/l) or Part per Million (PPM)
Report date: September 2006
Testing period: 1
st
Quarter 2006 - 3
rd
Quarter 2006
eer Park

Inorganic MineraIs & MetaIs MRL MCL LeveI Found
Calcium 0.10 NR 1.6-47
Sodium 0.20 NR 2.5-5.6
Potassium 0.10 NR .53-1.5
Fluoride 0.100 2.0 (1.4-2.4) ND-.17
Magnesium 0.10 NR ND-8.7
Bicarbonate 1.0 NR ND-130
Nitrate 0.010 10.00 .17-5.0
Chloride 0.10 250 2.9-11
Copper 0.050 1.0 ND
pH (units) NA NR 5.68-7.72
Sulfate 0.10 250 .98-9.2
Arsenic 0.0014 0.010 ND
Lead 0.005 0.005 ND
Total Dissolved Solids 1.0 NR 20-170
All units in (mg/l) or Part per Million (PPM)
Report date: September 2006
Testing period: 1
st
Quarter 2006 - 2
nd
Quarter 2006
Ice Mountain

Inorganic MineraIs & MetaIs MRL MCL LeveI Found
Calcium 0.10 NR 1.6-59
Sodium 0.20 NR 1.7-4.3
Potassium 0.10 NR 0.53-1.4
Fluoride 0.100 2.0 (1.4-2.4) <0.1
Magnesium 0.10 NR 0.67-20
Bicarbonate 1.0 NR <1.0-190
Nitrate 0.010 10.00 0.17-1.6
Chloride 0.10 250 1.3-5.5
Copper 0.050 1.0 ND
pH (units) NA NR 5.58-8.05
Sulfate 0.10 250 0.98-14
Arsenic 0.0014 0.010 ND
Lead 0.005 0.005 ND
Total Dissolved Solids 1.0 NR 30-230
All units in (mg/l) or Part per Million (PPM)
Report date: September 2006
Testing period: 2
nd
Quarter 2006 - 3
rd
Quarter 2006
arka

Inorganic MineraIs & MetaIs MRL MCL LeveI Found
Calcium 0.10 NR 1.6-3.6
Sodium 0.20 NR 2.4-12
Potassium 0.10 NR 1.0-3.1
Fluoride 0.100 2.0 (1.4-2.4) ND
Magnesium 0.10 NR 0.67-1.3
Bicarbonate 1.0 NR ND-9.4
Nitrate 0.010 10.00 0.091-2.5
Chloride 0.10 250 3.8-19
Copper 0.050 1.0 ND
pH (units) NA NR 5.13-6.23
Sulfate 0.10 250 0.98-4.8
Arsenic 0.0014 0.010 ND
Lead 0.005 0.005 ND
Total Dissolved Solids 1.0 NR 20-75
All units in (mg/l) or Part per Million (PPM)
Report date: September 2006
Testing period: 1
st
Quarter 2006 - 2
nd
Quarter 2006
ephyrhiIIs

Inorganic MineraIs & MetaIs MRL MCL LeveI Found
Calcium 0.10 NR 35-70
Sodium 0.20 NR 1.6-6.6
Potassium 0.10 NR <0.10-0.60
Fluoride 0.100 2.0 (1.4-2.4) <0.10-0.11
Magnesium 0.10 NR 4.6-5.9
Bicarbonate 1.0 NR 97-150
Nitrate 0.010 10.00 .12-2.4
Chloride 0.10 250 2.3-11
Copper 0.050 1.0 ND
pH (units) NA NR 7.45-7.95
Sulfate 0.10 250 1.3-11
Arsenic 0.0014 0.010 ND
Lead 0.005 0.005 ND
Total Dissolved Solids 1.0 NR 120-190
All units in (mg/l) or Part per Million (PPM)
Report date: September 2006
Testing period: 2
nd
Quarter 2006 - 3
rd
Quarter 2006
PoIand Spring

Inorganic MineraIs & MetaIs MRL MCL LeveI Found
Calcium 0.10 NR 3.5-9.5
Sodium 0.20 NR 2.6-5.6
Potassium 0.10 NR 0.74-0.88
Fluoride 0.100 2.0 (1.4-2.4) 0.0-0.27
Magnesium 0.10 NR 0.7-1.9
Bicarbonate 1.0 NR 13-28
Nitrate 0.010 10.00 0.12-0.42
Chloride 1.10 250 1.5-6.6
Copper 0.050 1.0 ND
pH (units) NA NA 5.70-7.13
Sulfate 0.10 250 0.87-5.9
Arsenic 0.0014 0.010 ND
Lead 0.005 0.005 ND
Total Dissolved Solids 1.0 NR 33-57
All units in (mg/l) or Part per Million (PPM)
Report date: September 2006
Testing period: 1
st
Quarter 2006

In August 1989 , the AImaden Times carried an articIe by the undersigned entitIed "BottIed
rinking Water---What the LabeIs Mean". oens of individuaIs visited or caIIed and thanked us
for this timeIy information.
Last month, r. MoIIer-Racke of the Mendocino Beverage Company posted a Ietter to the editor
expressing his dispIeasure at our descriptions of the different types of bottIed and mineraI waters.
ur articIe was technicaIIy accurate in aII regards. But, it aIways amaes me when individuaIs
such as r. MoIIer-Racke compIain when such facts reach the pubIic's reading tabIes and popuIar
consumer products become subjected to cIoser scrutiny.
MineraI water such as that marketed by MoIIer-Racke and doens of others around the country is
a muIti-miIIion doIIar business. SimuItaneousIy, it has fostered controversy in the heaIth and
nutritionaI fieIds for decades.
Many individuaIs(mostIy the bottIers) extoI the curative and nutritionaI vaIues of mineraI water.
thers (mostIy nutritionists and internaI medicine speciaIists) caution against the drinking of
such water.
The CaIifornia epartment of Consumer Affairs, when carefuIIy surveying the probIems with the
state's drinking water systems a few years ago, went on record stating that
"Highly mineralized water is associated with the formation of (kidney) stones in the urinary
system".
The noted medicaI pioneer r. CharIes Mayo(of Mayo CIinic fame), has stated that
"Water hardness(excessive minerals) is the underlying cause of many, if not all, of the diseases
resulting from poisons in the intestinal tract."
CertainIy r. Mayo, who had no monetary interest in water products of any nature---but who had
considerabIe experience with internaI medicine--- wouId not point accusatory fingers at
mineraIied drinking water unIess he had not personaIIy seen the trauma, physioIogicaI disorders,
suffering and iIInesses which were caused by such materiaIs.
n the other hand, scores of studies have underscored the importance of mineraI-free drinking
water which Iife-extension speciaIists have determined has been a major factor in Iongevity. The
Huna peopIe in the remote HimaIayas are a cIassic exampIe of individuaIs Iiving weII beyond one
hundred years of age using water so pure it resembIes singIe-distiIIed water.
Those who have traveIed to Europe and the Mediterranean encounter a near universaI
consumption of bottIed and mineraIied water. The drinking water quaIity in that area of the worId
rates very poorIy and the use of readiIy avaiIabIe, heaviIy mineraIied water(and wines) was
fostered more by necessity than of habit or affIuence.
The mineraIs in high-priced mineraI waters(domestic or imported) are chemicaIIy no different than
those which are found by eIementary anaIysis of soiI(dirt) sampIes
If you Iike the taste of the water---that's great. Just remember that you are drinking water mixed
with copious amounts of dissoIved dirt, stone and rocks---and that's it!
We need mineraIs to maintain a proper baIance of eIectroIytes in our body fIuids---but we need
mineraIs which our body can easiIy metaboIie. WouId you rather obtain caIcium from naturaI
sources such as miIk, butter, cheese and other dairy products--or try to obtain it from sucking on
a piece of Iime(same as caIcium bicarbonate in water)?

How about iron(rust in water versus naturaI iron in spinach)? And the Iist goes on and on.
Just imagine aII the money your wife couId save by not buying expensive fruits and vegetabIes for
the famiIy dining tabIe. If we beIieved what the mineraI water peopIe teII us about the nutritionaI
vaIue of highIy mineraIied water, one couId get terrific nutrition by pouring a few ounces of
CaIifornia adobe (dirt) and ground up rocks over their famiIy's foods.
The human body can teII us which mineraIs, Iiquids, foods or other materiaIs it wiII accept, and
those which it recognies as aIien or foreign matter--and thus proceeds to reject.
The pathoIogicaI character of inorganic mineraIs such as those found in highIy mineraIied water
is easiIy demonstrabIe. Take your white corpuscIe(bIood ceII) count about six hours after you've
Iast had any food or water. It shouId be about 6,000 per miIIiIiter.
Then, drink a normaI gIass of hard, mineraI water. The white bIood ceII count wiII shoot up untiI it
often more than doubIes!
Inorganic chemistry doesn't Iie.
This phenomena is caIIed Leucocytosis and is our body's defense mechanism responding(via an
increased white ceII count) to an invading organism, germ, infection or foreign materiaI. When
pure water, fruits, vegetabIes and other naturaIIy-grown materiaIs are eaten, the white bIood ceII
count stays IeveI.
However, when materiaIs such as processed or junk foods, and heaviIy mineraIied drinking water
are consumed, the body's defense mechanism springs into action, increasing the white bIood ceII
count which prepares the body to do battIe with and subsequentIy dispose of or dispense with the
unwanted "invader"---in the present case, heavy doses of inorganic saIts and mineraIs from
drinking water.
Water is a cIeansing agent, foods are nutrients. r. MoIIer-Racke's statement that "water is
probabIy our most vaIuabIe nutrient" is therefore compIete nonsense as any fourth grade Iife
science textbook teIIs us. Water is our most vaIuabIe cIeansing agent, fIushing toxins and
byproducts of metaboIism from our body whiIe furnishing pure hydrogen and oxygen to ceIIs and
tissue.
The cIeansing attributes of pure water are impaired when it contains Iarge doses of dissoIved dirt
and stone(mineraI water)---and the body organs which must eIiminate these unwanted materiaIs
are continuaIIy stressed and unnecessariIy overworked.
Many individuaIs who experience a "rush" when they drink mineraI water probabIy misinterpret
this apparent therapeutic feeIing as simpIy the body organs (skin, kidneys, Iungs, intestines)
working overtime to eIiminate excess mineraIs which the body cannot use.
HeaIth spas the worId over reIy on heavy use of mineraI water(baths and drinks) to kick the
patient's eIiminative organs into high gear, thus providing the exhiIarating feeIing when the body
organs and skin begin working hard at eIiminating unwanted materiaIs(excess mineraIs in this
case).
If mineraI water reaIIy had the nutrient vaIue that mineraI water advocates cIaim, they wouId have
magicaIIy soIved the worId's massive hunger and nutrition probIems. Let's just ship starving
peopIe mineraI water or just cans and bags of dirt and ground up stone and rocks!
Even the American MedicaI JournaI states that:
"The body's need for minerals is largely met through foods, not drinking water".
'isit our section on "THE SEARCH FR HEALTHY WATER - A ISCUSSI F STRUCTURE
WATER" and Iearn more about why inorganic mineraIs are simpIy not capabIe of becoming part of
the metaboIic process in the body's ceIIs.
Is mineraI water good for you? The evidence cIearIy shows that there is no benefit---and there may
be some adverse effects. Your body needs pure water---steam distiIIed water is the purest you can
buy or make at home.
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Tre lacl ol lre raller |s lral lrere ras oee3 a 3ever-e3d|3 ser|es ol de||oeral|o3 oelWee3 r|3era| Waler a3d lap Waler as lre -est water to
dr|nk. As lre lWo oppos|3 s|des co3l|3ue lo oo|sler lre|r oW3 arure3ls, |l |s l|re lo |ay doW3 lre cards a3d see Wr|cr |s lre oesl Waler lo
dr|3.
8afety |ssues
V|3era| Waler's qua||ly |s sa|d lo oe ol lre ulrosl deree corpared lo ord|3ary dr|3|3 Waler. wre3 |l cores lo lre lrealre3l process, lrere
ca3 oe 3o assura3ce, |ve3 lre per||s ol rass producl|o3. Tre relrods a3d equ|pre3l used ray 3ol oe very ellecl|ve |3 rerov|3 cerla|3
co3lar|3a3ls, eve3 |l |l ras passed a oarrae ol lesls a3d qua||ly co3lro|s.

Vea3Wr||e, lap Waler ras oee3 rucr ra||3ed over lre years, 3ol o3|y oecause ol |ls appare3l u3re||ao|||ly, oul a|so oecause lrere s|rp|y ras
oee3 a oeller-louled a|ler3al|ve. Tre corro3 3ol|o3 lral pervades |s lral lre source a3d lrealre3l ol lap Waler |s ol suosla3dard co3d|l|o3.
6onsumer Access|-|||ty
w|lr lre adve3l ol r|3era| Waler, lr|s proo|er ol access|o|||ly ras oecore a|| lre rore corp||caled. Tre 3ecess|ly lor Waler |s lre3 co3verled
|3lo a corrod|ly |3slead ol jusl oe|3 prov|ded as a corro3 ood. 'ar|ous 3eW |ssues ar|se, sucr as lre e|ere3l ol prol|lao|||ly lor lre
producers, ora3d a3d pr|ce prelere3ces, a3d lre var|ao|e qua||ly sla3dards due lo corpel|l|o3.
The 6ost
3 lerrs ol pr|ce, lrere ca3 oe 3o quesl|o3 lral r|3era| Waler, oe|3 a co3surer corrod|ly, |s lar rore expe3s|ve lra3 lap Waler. Tre
producl|o3 a3d lrealre3l ol r|3era| Waler a|o3e |s douo|y cosl|y lra3 lap Waler. Pr|vale Waler corpa3|es spe3d rore o3 resources lo acqu|re
a3d process lre producl lo lre|r oW3 spec|l|cal|o3s. 3 co3lrasl lo lap Waler's s|rp|e sysler ol de||very, r|3era| Waler ras lo co3le3d W|lr lre
cosls ol var|ous lorrs ol de||very lo slores a3d rores.
Env|ronmenta| 6ons|derat|ons
Trere are ra3y co3cer3s re|al|3 lo lre e3v|ro3re3l lral r|3era| Waler ras lo co3le3d W|lr corpared lo lap Waler. Tre rosl |ar|3 ol lrer
a|| |s lre use ol ooll|es, usua||y p|asl|c o3es. Trour lrey ray oe recyc|ed proper|y, lrere are sl||| a ood perce3lae ol lrer lral W|3d up |3
lrose lox|c |a3dl|||s lral rarr lre e3v|ro3re3l. A3olrer co3cer3 |s lral s|3ce r|3era| Waler, as a correrc|a| producl, le3ds lo oe lra3sporled
lo var|ous |ocal|o3s, |l |3d|recl|y co3lr|oules lo lre |3crease ol loss|| lue| use a3d po||ul|o3 due lo as er|ss|o3s. Vea3Wr||e, co3cer3|3 lap
Waler, lre lrealre3l p|a3ls used |3 process|3 are a|so ||ao|e lo excess e3ery co3surpl|o3 a3d Wasle po||ul|o3.
The Verd|ct
wr||e lrere ray rave oee3 a 3uroer ol adverse po|3ls reard|3 r|3era| Waler, lrere are sl||| sore |rpress|ve oe3el|ls Worlry ol
co3s|deral|o3, ||e lre co3ve3|e3ce, porlao|||ly a3d e3era| salely. Tap Waler, o3 lre olrer ra3d, prese3ls lre creaper opl|o3 lral |s a|so
re|al|ve|y sale lor rura3 co3surpl|o3 a3d lre e3v|ro3re3l. 3|3ce |l W||| sl||| oo|| doW3 lo |3d|v|dua| prelere3ces, as oolr qua||ly a3d olrer
rer|ls rera|3 qu|le al a3 |rpasse, lre verd|cl |s sl||| oul as lo Wr|cr |s lre oesl Waler lo dr|3.

What is ro water
DiIIusion is the movement oI molecules Irom a region oI higher concentration to a region oI lower concentration. Osmosis is a
special case oI diIIusion in which the molecules are water and the concentration gradient occurs across a semipermeable
membrane. The semipermeable membrane allows the passage oI water, but not ions (e.g., Na

, Ca
2
, Cl
-
) or larger molecules
(e.g., glucose, urea, bacteria). DiIIusion and osmosis are thermodynamically Iavorable and will continue until equilibrium is
reached. Osmosis can be slowed, stopped, or even reversed iI suIIicient pressure is applied to the membrane Irom the
'concentrated' side oI the membrane.
#everse osmosis occurs when the water is moved across the membrane against the concentration gradient, Irom lower
concentration to higher concentration. To illustrate, imagine a semipermeable membrane with Iresh water on one side and a
concentrated aqueous solution on the other side. II normal osmosis takes place, the Iresh water will cross the membrane to dilute
the concentrated solution. In reverse osmosis, pressure is exerted on the side with the concentrated solution to Iorce the water
molecules across the membrane to the Iresh water side.
#everse osmosis is oIten used in commercial and residential water Iiltration. It is also one oI the methods used to desalinate
seawater. Sometimes reverse osmosis is used to puriIy liquids in which water is an undesirable impurity (e.g., ethanol).