Fluoride in water

Posted on: July 27th, 2012

There are many people who think fluoride is the best thing since sliced bread and there many people who think that fluoride is so toxic it will kill. Everyone agrees, however, that too much fluoride is definitely a very bad thing. The FDA has set a maximum contaminant level for fluoride in bottled water (the EPA has done the same thing for tap water) – that’s how concerned everyone is about getting too much of it. Here are a couple of interesting points. First, fluoride is a prescription drug that you cannot buy at the drug store unless prescribed by a doctor. That has always made us wonder why the local water authorities are able to put it into the tap water in the first place. There is fluoride in most toothpastes but the amount of fluoride in toothpaste has dropped by more than 85% during the last fifteen years. Why? Because people were getting too much of it. When you get

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Types of Water

Posted on: July 27th, 2012

Are you looking to understand why purified water is your best option in the DMV area? We have outlined the processes of the most common types of water available so that you can see why purified water from DrinkMore Water is your best option in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, DC. Contact us online to learn more about our purified water services.

Tap Water

In the Washington, DC area, our tap water comes from the Potomac or Patuxent Rivers. This water is process with basic filtration techniques like flocculation, which adds chemicals to the water to get particles to coagulate and float so that they can be removed; sand filtration, which filters out large pieces of debris; or chlorination, which adds chlorine to kill bacteria and microorganisms. D

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Why Drink Purified Water?

Posted on: July 27th, 2012

The Benefits of Our 12-Step Purification Process

When it comes to the kind of water you drink, there are a number of different options from which you can choose. You can drink it straight from the tap or buy it at the grocery store. You can put a filter on your faucet or in a pitcher, or order it in bottles. But with so many choices, how do you know which is best? Is there really a difference between all of these types of waters? When it comes to choosing the best kind of water, there’s a lot more that goes into it than you may think. As consumers, we’re told so many different things by various water companies that it can be difficult to decipher what true and what’s not. All too often, we’ll choose our water based on price or convenience. At DrinkMore Water, our goal is to provide you with valuable insight into each kind of water and to recommend the best an

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