[A/S] Water - lifes most important item

["Thomas Dickieson" <drighten@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know about in the US, but here in Canada, we do not really 
know where bottled water comes from.  There are fewer regulations on 
water testing on bottled water than there are on our city tap 
water.  Our city in particular is really fond of chlorine, and so 
use any excuse whatever to add more.  Bottled water could feasibly 
come from the same source as my water in my house but not be 
treated.  Soooo, to end this tale, we filter our water with a 
British Imperial filter system which is portable, and we also take 
it with us on the road.  It may be seen at:

http://www.doulton.ca/sstrav.html

and the main URL for the site is:

http://www.doulton.ca/

Yes, these filter systems are brought to you by the same people who 
make fine china.  Ceramic makes good filters too, doncha know.  
Anyway, this URL and site are in Canada, but a google search gave me 
one in the US for anyone interested.

http://doultonusa.com/

The additional load of people and the cattle to feed them has raised 
the e-coli levels by seven or eight hundred times over what was here 
when our countries were colonized, and this stuff gets into the 
water table.  That is why we really cannot drink from streams and 
rivers anymore.  Even in the wilderness, the water has become less 
pure.  My son is an environmental engineer and this is one of his 
mainstays, the treatment of water.  Ontario has become the most 
regulated place on earth for water since our famed Walkerton 
disaster.  Between my son and Walkerton, I decided to be prudent and 
ergo, the filtering.  I even filter our tap water, but that is to 
get the chlorine out.  Okay, enough outta me, right?  Hope this info 
is of use to someone.

Tom
Canada

P.S.  Happy Hanukka and have a merry Merry Christmas Y'All