Water Education Articles

Take a tour with us as we travel through hundreds of informative articles on water, including water and health, drinking water contamination.

 

Water & Health Directory

From Acne to Weight Loss. Everything you ever wanted to know about water

Water Contaminants Directory

Understand what the different contaminants are and how they effect your health

Directory of Water Filtration Products

Your list of the many solutions to your water problems

 

Water & Health Directory

• Acne:
  Home Water Purifiers…Give Acne the Flick!

• Allergies:
  Allergy Sufferers Benefit From Whole House Water Purification Systems
  Guidance for people with severely weakened immune systems
  Arthritis and Joint Pain
  A Home Water Filter Can Help To Relieve Arthritic Pain!

• Asthma
  Reduce your chances of Asthma by installing a filter on your shower head!
  Asthma Now Hits One in 10 Children, study says.
  The Connection Between Chlorine and Asthma
  Allergies and Asthma
  Asthma Prevention

• Benefits
  Benefits of Drinking Water
  Drink water like your life depended on it – because it does
  Heal with Water
  Prevent Cancer
  Health and Water

• Bottled Water
  Scary statistics on bottled water
  Bottled water…Safe Drinking Water?
  The truth about bottled water
  Plastic hurting the environment
  Study: Bottled water no better than tap water
  Bottled Water Conflicts
  Ruining Our Environment & Communities
  Do not Keep Bottled Water in the Car
  Bottled Water: Is it Hip or Hype?
  Is the bottled water fad slowly sinking?
  Bottled Water Is Not Always As Clean As Advertised
  Things that you are probably not using your bottled water for.
  From the Tap to the Bottle and Back Again
  Don’t freeze the bottles

• Cancer
  SChlorinated water found to increase risk of bladder cancer
  Cancer can be prevented

• Children
  Home Water Filter Systems – Crucial To A Child’s Wellbeing!
  Pollution Exposure Linked to Childhood Cancer
  Unborn Children at Risk

• Constipation
  Say Goodbye to Constipation, A Drinking Water Filtration System Will Help You to Drink More Water!

• Chronic Bronchitis
  Chlorine Removal Systems Spell Relief for Bronchitis Sufferers

• Dehydration
  Dehydrated?Install a Home water treatment System and Drink More Water

• Detoxing
  Detoxing with Pure Water Filters

• Good Health
  Faucet Water Purifiers For Good Health
  Water – The Foundation To A Healthy Body
  Drinking Water Health Advisories
  Health and Water
  Healing With Water

• Pregnancy
  A Water Filter or Purifier…A Must During Pregnancy!
  Dirty tap water puts pregnant women at risk

• Skin
  A Water Purification System System, The Pathway To Beautiful Skin
  Treat & Prevent Eczema & Other Skin Disorders

• Sport
  ASport and Portable Water Filters

• TAP WATER
  Forget it. Go HERE for info on tap water.
  Click HERE to read the real facts on municipal treated tap water.

• Treatment
  The History of Drinking Water Treatment
  Pages taken from the “City of Ottawa” water treatment plant web site.

• Weight loss
  Want to Lose Weight? Install a Drinking Water Filter!
  Drink water like your life depended on it – because it does
  Health and Water
  Dieting – Weight Loss

• • Well Water
    Get Acquainted with Your Well – Know Your Well
    Pathogens and Your Well Water
    How to disinfect your well

 

 

Water Contaminants Directory

• Aluminium
  Aluminium – Why a Concern in Drinking Water?
  ALUMINUM’S DEADLY PROPERTIES

• Asbestos
  Asbestos is one of the most potent carcinogens known to man.

• Arsenic
  Whole House Water Purification Systems Can Eliminate Arsenic and Other Harmful Contaminants From Your Entire Household Water Supply!

Boil Water Alerts

• Chlorine
  Chlorinated Tap Water – Friend or Foe?
  How to filter chlorine from your water
  Chlorine, cancer and heart disease
  Chlorinated water found to increase risk of bladder cancer

• Cryptosporidium
  Cysts – Real Pests in our Drinking Water
  Cryptosporidium, “Beaver Fever”, Giardia Lambia
  Cryptosporidium and Drinking Water Treatment Systems
  Water Filters for Home Use- Which One Will Remove Cryptosporidium?

• Drugs
  Research Shows Anthrax May Survive Standard Disinfection Processes
  A vast array of pharmaceuticals have been found in the drinking water supplies
  Want Safe, Pure, Drug-Free Water? Household Filtration Systems are the Answer
  Drugs, In Our Drinking Water
  Pharmaceuticals in drinking water

• E.coli
  Explanation found for high E.coli counts in rivers
  What is E. coli and where does it come from?
  147 million gallons of raw sewage dumped into the Great Lakes
  Reports on E.coli in Ottawa river

• Fluoride
  The Absurdities of Water Fluoridation
  Fluoride: Commie Plot or Capitalist Ploy
  Water Treatment Filters Which Remove Fluoride from Your Tap Water
  Calling For End To To Fluoridation
  How do I reduce my fluoride exposure?

• Giardia
  A Drinking Water System to Protect Against Giardia
  Which Drinking Water filtration or Purification Will Give Me Quality Water and Protect Against Giardia?

• Hard Water
  Home Water Softeners Solve the Problems of Hard Water
  Hard Water Treatment

• Heavy Metals
  Aluminum
  Lead
  Mercury

• Herbicides
  Home Water Purification Systems Will Remove Herbicides from Your Household Water Supply
  EPA

• Industrial Solvents
  Public Health and Drinking Water News Briefs
  bisphenol A products
  trichlorethelene

• Lead
  Lead In Drinking Water
  Lead Poisoning: What You Should Know
  Lead Poisoning: Statistics and Prevention

• Nitrate
  Nitrates in Drinking Water
  Water Well Filtration Systems Safeguard You and Your Family Against Nitrate Poisoning!

• Pesticides
  A Carbon Filter Will Eliminate Pesticides From Your Household Water Supply
  How Do Carbon Water Filter Systems Remove Pesticides?

• PPCP’s
  Water, Water Everywhere–Do We Dare Drink It?

• Radon gas
  Exposure to Radon Causes Lung Cancer In Non-smokers and Smokers Alike

• Tannin
  Discolored Clothing, Brown Baths, Bitter Drinking Water? Remove Tannin With aWhole House Water Filter System!

• US Water Contamination
  The Health Effects Of Drinking Water Contamination
  Drinking Water Treatment…An Absolute Necessity for Every Family to Guard Against US Water Contamination
  Which is the Best Home Water Treatment System Protect My Family Against Water Contamination?
  North American Water Contamination – The Need for a Whole House Water Purifier – Part 1
  North American Water Contamination – The Need for Water Treatment Installation – – Part 2
  American Water Contamination – The Need for a Whole House Water Filtration or Purification System – Part 3
  American Water Contamination – Looking for the Best Whole House Water Treatment to Suit Your Needs – Part 4

• VOCs
  Complete list of Volatile Organic Contaminants
  Filtered Water & VOCs

Directory of Water Filtration Products

• Backpacking and Backpacking Water Filters
  Backpacking Water Filters

• Camping Water Filters
  Camping Water Purifiers
  Different Types of Camping Water Filters

• Carbon Filters
  Carbon Filters – How do they Work?
  Carbon Water Filters/GAC’s
  Looking at Carbon Block Water Filters
  Activated Carbon For Drinking Water Filtration

• Ceramic Filters
  How Do Ceramic Filters Work?
  Ceramics, a natural water filter

Commercial and Industrial Filtration

• Countertop Filters
  BelKraft Counter Top Water Purifiers

• Drinking Water Filters
  Hiking Water Purifiers
  In Line Water Filters
  More about our In-Line Carbon Water Filter

• Multi-filtration
  Cartridges for VOC’s, Heavy Metal and Lead, Nitrates, Arsenic and Fluoride
  6 Stage Alkaline RO system

• Replacement Cartidges
  Specialty Cartridges
  The Doulton 4 Stage Ceramic Cartridge
  Ceramic Maintenance

• Reverse Osmosis
  BelKraft Alkaline Reverse Osmosis Systems

• Shower Filters
  Beware of the gimmicks
  Shower Filter Facts
  Buyers’ Guide to Buying the Best Shower Filter
  Shower water filters offer fantastic health and cosmetic benefits to users
  Protect yourself from the harsh toxic effects of chlorine

• Stainless Steel Filters
  BelKraft has four sizes of surgical steel housings

• Under sink
  BelKraft Under Counter Water Purifiers

• Utraviolet Lights
  Ultraviolet Ultimate Series
  Under Counter Ultraviolet Module

• Water Filter Systems
  The Full BelKraft collection of Water Purifiers
  A Buyers Guide to the Best Process of Water Filtration

• Water Softeners
  BelKraft (no salt) water softener
  Sulphur and Iron Filters (pdf)

• Whole House Water Filters
  Have You Ever Thought of Installing A Whole House Water Filter?
  THE BIG BLUE WHOLE HOUSE SYSTEM
  The BelKraft6000 Whole House System

• Wholesale
  We have a distributor program where we can offer units at an even lower price