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Mineral content in tap water will vary quite a bit from place to place around the country, and it may even vary in the same general area, depending on its source. In this article we will look at where minerals come from, how they affect your drinking water, and what you can to do to improve its quality.

Drinking water drawn from surface water such as a river, lake or stream, will likely have far fewer minerals than if it came from ground water, from a well or a spring. And, a healthy balance of minerals and chemicals in our water is a very good thing. After all, our bodies contain sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphate, sulfates and many more. And, our bodies need to be replacing these ingredients constantly.

Let’s look closely at one of these minerals, a very vital one to good health, and see how it gets in our water. All the others come about in much the same way.

A very common element of earth’s rocks is limestone. Limestone is composed largely of calcium carbonate, the stuff of oyster shells, which is insoluble in water, but very reactive to acids. We all know the problems with acid rain and marble statues, and limestone buildings.

On a rainy day, water vapor in the clouds will combine with carbon dioxide in the air and produce carbonic acid. This causes the water vapors to become slightly acidic, and when these vapors condense into rain, the water falls, percolates down through the various layers of the earth, dissolves limestone deposits, and releases calcium bicarbonate, a water soluble form of calcium, into the water.

While approximately 70 percent of our body is water, the next largest component is calcium. Calcium is very good for you. Obviously, we need it for strong bones and teeth. But, your body also requires calcium to insure the integrity of cell membranes, regulate nerve and muscle action, maintain muscle contraction, assure proper cardiac rhythm and aid in blood coagulation. It even makes coffee, tea and beverages taster better.

But, too much calcium in the water, anything over 50 parts per million, is considered to be hard water and that can be a problem. Minerals like calcium and magnesium cause hard scale buildup in water pipes, water heaters and other fixtures. If you have ever taken a bath in hard water you know how difficult it is to get suds from the soap.

Other minerals you may have in your water are sulfur, iron, copper, magnesium, potassium, and lead, or their water soluble derivatives.

Lead is a very toxic metal, and the EPA has deemed that any amount of lead in drinking water is unsafe. Lead usually gets into your tap water as it leaches out of solder and pipe fittings.

But, most of these minerals are okay in small, healthy quantities, just not in large doses. If your water comes from a municipal supplier, you can ask them for a report about the minerals in the water. If not, you can have your water tested at a water lab.

There are filter systems that will clean up the chemicals from the water, if they are a problem, only be careful not to use a system that cleans too well. Pure water, without these natural trace minerals, is not healthy and many doctors feel it is even dangerous. Be sure the system you use will maintain a healthy balance of minerals in your drinking water.

I use, and I highly recommend you use, a multi-stage, selective water to remove the contaminants from your water. Order one today and give your family good, clean water right away!

David Eastham is a passionate advocate of good, safe water and a researcher of home water filters. Visit his site now at http://www.Good-Safe-Water.com to discover which brand of drinking water filters David recommends after extensive comparison.