About 30 years ago I started work with a local government here in Queensland working at a water treatment plant. It was a very interesting job.  I trained for around 3 years studying chemistry and treatment techniques.  We produced over 1,000,000 litres of water a day.

According to the training I had, we considered that water to be safe and drinkable.  We regularly checked water quality around town and the state government also collected and checked the water quality. 

You may not realize this, but Australia, and Queensland in particular, has some of the worlds most stringent standards for drinking water quality and has the least incidence of health issues.  The water here is the safest drinking water on Earth.

While following this career and later in Ambulance and Nursing I also developed a healthy distrust of plastic containers and what the chemicals in thos plastics do to water.  By the time I finally started studying Nutrition at university I was one of those who told everyone not to waste their time buying a water filter or buying bottled water.  

I still say that in Australia, in most locations, bottled water is a crazy waste of money.  

There are many issues to do with plastics.  I will go into them later in detail. 

But suffice it to say, that I do agree with the plastics industry, plastic is safe, if used in the right way. 

But nobody does.  

• Do you keep plastic containers in a cool dark place away from sunlight.
• Do you rinse them before use.
• Do you never heat food in them.
• Do you replace the water after 12 hours.
• Etc ETC.

So my answer to people still is, Do not buy or drink PET bottled water or softdrink. Glass or cans only. Mind you cans are normally lined with plastic anyway.

As far as most water filters are concerned, most only change the taste slightly and have little effect on the quality of water.  It does make it likely that you will drink a  little more and that will help but what do you do if you really want access to good quality, healthy and safe water.

Strangely enough the answer may come from Eastern Asia.  I have come across 2 systems that seem to have a different philosophy on water.  Both of these systems started life looking at the question; What is the best quality of water that it is possible for us to drink?  And they really went to town looking at the research from all over the world on water and water quality.  They looked at magnetics and European spas.  They studied the works of Masaru Emoto and they looked at the research in Korea and Japan.  They come to some startling conclusions.

1. Water that does not make us ill is not always the best quality water available.
2. There are issues that western technology ignores.
3. Homeopathic theories have an impact on water quality.
4. Water has a molecular memory.
5. Even drinking enough of the wrong kind of water may leave us dehydrated.

Now with my background this was like waving a red flag at a bull. Obviously this was pseudo science at its worst. Sales and marketing under the guise of health information. So I started researching them.  

After around 6 months, I too came to some startling conclusions.  They are right. There are issues that we in the west have little or no understanding of.  There are things about water quality that we do not take into account.

So what is my stance now?

I still recommend that you do not buy or drink water or softdrink in plastic containers. I still suggest that you buy a special container if you want to carry a water bottle, (and I suggest that you do carry a water bottle). Drinking water out of your tap is safer and cheaper than plastic bottled water or softdrink.

However if you want to do something to drink safer healthier water look at a ZAZEN or NIKKEN water system.

As far as I can see they are two of the best systems on the market.

More to come! and Have a great day!