Fortunately, you can use some relatively simple methods to ensure both the water you drink and bathe in is pure. The following steps detail what you can do to protect you and your family:

1. Test your tap water with an inexpensive, "do it yourself" water test kit or have your tap water tested by a professional. The results enable you to make an educated decision on how you should direct your efforts to provide your family with safe water.

2. Purchase and install a whole house water filter as well as extra point of contact filters for your drinking and bathing water. With proper operation and maintenance, the whole house filter ensures all water flowing through your home for faucets, showers, toilets, and dishwashers will be filtered from chemicals, toxins, and heavy metals. The extra point of contact filters will ensure you are filtering out chlorine contaminants for your drinking and bathing water.

This combination is the most expensive solution, but it is all inclusive and the most effective way to minimize you and your families contact with the harmful chemicals, bacteria, heavy metals, and microorganisms found in your tap water.


3. If a whole house filter falls outside of your price range, purchasing point of contact filters for your sinks and showers is a good investment. These filters range from relatively inexpensive screw on models to expensive, under the counter reverse osmosis systems. Be sure to change out the filter cartridges per the manufacturers suggested schedule to keep your filters effective.