Water has the ability to dissolve almost anything with which it comes in contact. Hence, all natural waters contain elements other than hydrogen and oxygen, but these dissolved substances are generally invisible, tasteless, and odorless. Water is considered "contaminated" when it contains harmful or objectionable substances, whether these substances are dissolved, suspended, or biological.

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 Water pollution and contamination: These issues have been ignored, examined, analyzed, and debated to varying degrees since the beginning of America's industrial revolution. They gained impetus and significant public concern immediately following World War II with the advent of a chemical revolution in which the production and use of synthetic chemical compounds multiplied a thousandfold. 

In our efforts to improve our way of life, we have inadvertently created hundreds of previously unknown chemical compounds that over the years have found their way into our precious water supplies, most significantly into our drinking water. The EPA has set maximum containment levels (MCLs) for many substances and are adding more each year. Contamination above these levels is considered unsafe for human consumption. Most of these we cannot see, taste, or smell!

A study by Cornell University found that 63% of rural household water supplies serving more than 13 million households, or an estimated 39 million people, are considered unsafe under the standards established by the Federal Safe Drinking Water  Act. The General Accounting Office (GAO) of the U.S. Government  reports that about 20% of the nation's 65,000 community water systems do not meet these same standards. The EPA has determined that approximately 20% of all public ground water supplies contain some man- made pollution. U.S. News and World Report in at least two issues examined the national water contamination problem, headlining one article "Warning: Your Drinking Water May Be Dangerous." In these articles, certain contaminants were described as well as the hazards they pose to our health. Chemicals such as cadmium, chromium, and lead can cause anything from severe headaches to birth defects. Other chemicals, such as dioxin, are known causes of cancer. Given the impact of these and other published findings, it would appear to be a wise decision to purify any water you drink!

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 Every day nature is turning salty sea water into fresh rain water through a process of evaporation and precipitation. This is the basis of the distillation process- water is boiled thus killing the microbiological contaminants. The steam rises leaving behind virtually all of the contaminants in the water. The steam is separated and condensed to form high- purity distilled water. The purified water is ideal for drinking, cooking, and a host of other commercial and institutional uses! Distillation provides the absolute best drinking water around- it's contaminant free, inexpensive, little waste, and is 100% pure water!