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Distill Drinking Water for Safety
Unless you have a household well, you can rest assured that your tap water complies with strict standards from the Environmental Protection Agency for safe drinking water.
That doesn’t mean the tap water is completely free from contaminants, however. To celebrate National Water Quality month in August, find out how pure your tap water is.
To comply with the Safe Water Drinking Act, each water supplier is required to supply a yearly report to consumers, often called a consumer confidence report. The report details the source of the drinking water, the possibility of contamination, the level of any contaminant found and the potential health effect of that contaminant.
Water meeting the EPA’s standards is considered safe for a healthy person, but if a family member has a compromised immune system, or if you’re just looking for a little extra sanitation, consider a water filtration device.
Many people opt for pitcher or faucet attachments that filter water for taste, lead and other contaminants.
To kill nearly all microbes and contaminants, choose an electric water distiller. Distillers boil the water, then collect the water vapor in a condenser, killing microbes and filtering out contaminants.
Home devices range from one gallon to 15 gallons in size, and can be free-standing or connected to a faucet. Though the machines operate on electricity, the cost of the power is typically less per bottle than bottled water.
Chose a distiller that is certified by the American National Standards Institute and NSF International, which means the product meets standards verifying contamination reduction and other performance claims.
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