So you’ve changed your eating habits to be more healthy. You’ve started exercising more and have increased the amount of water you are drinking. You’re the epitome of a healthy body, right?

Not if you’re drinking unfiltered water. Now that you’ve increased your water intake, you’ve also increased the amount of harmful chemicals that are in your body that are found in almost every water supply around the country. Chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, chlorine and benzene are all present in non-filtered drinking water as well as radon, lead and other heavy metals.

These undesired additives are not only present coming from your unfiltered tap water, but then make their way into anything you make with that water. Coffee, tea, foods that call for water and even your ice supply remain loaded with these chemicals if you do not have a quality water filtration system in place.

Many people simply don’t realize the threat that comes from drinking unfiltered tap water. There is always a lot of hype surrounding the quality of tap water, whether bottled water is better, and if our drinking water is safe. It can be hard for a person to determine what is the truth and what is a lie to try and get people to buy a certain product.

The fact of the matter is, most of the bad things you hear about your drinking water are true, and though bottled water companies try to drive home the point that their water is better for you, most of them use poor quality water filtration systems that really aren’t doing much to improve the quality of your drinking water. Additionally, purchasing bottled water will get extremely expensive over time. Having a home water filter that will filter your tap water and provide you with clean, quality drinking water will help save you a great deal of money.

If you feel your tap water is safe, try having it tested by a certified lab that will provide you with concise results about what contaminants are in your drinking water. This will either give you the peace of mind that your water is indeed safe, or the warning that you need that a quality water filtration system is needed because there are in fact contaminants present.

Chances are, whether you get your water from a well or from a water processing plant, your water has toxins present. The ground water that supplies us with most of our water is loaded with chemicals from landfills, septic tank leaching, use of herbicides and pesticides from farming and even emissions from naturally occurring deposits.

If having your water tested is too expensive for you, you can check how well your water processing plant is processing your drinking water by reading the annual Consumer Confidence Report for your area. This report is required by the Environmental Protection Agency, and will provide you with information about the quality of water in your area compared to the EPA’s drinking water health standards. Keep in mind however, that the quality of water coming out of your tap can be quite different from the quality of water tested from the processing plant.

As you can see, it is extremely important to have a quality water filtration system in place to help protect you and your family. Consuming the many chemicals that are found in the water supply can lead to cancer, organ damage, circulatory problems, skin conditions and many other health ailments. These conditions are particularly harmful to infants, children and the elderly who may compromised immune systems.