The water we drink has been around for hundreds of millions of years. It travels in a continuous cycle between the oceans, the air, the earth’s surface and underground storage (acquifiers), undergoing natural cleansing as it makes this journey, but also potentially becoming contaminated. Water vapour condenses to form clouds, which release water as rain, hail or snow when conditions are suitable.
As the water falls to earth it either moves into the soil or runs into rivers and the ocean. Surface water in lakes, streams and oceans evaporates, returning moisture to the atmosphere. Plants also return water to the atmosphere by taking water from the ground through their roots and releasing it from their leaves in a process known as transpiration.
Our drinking water comes mainly from two sources: surface water (rainfall and its runoff into streams and rivers) and groundwater (water that has collected in underground stores or aquifers).
Surface water can come from a river, lake or artificial dam. Groundwater is accessed through a bore. Across Australia, water suppliers access this water, treat it and distribute it to consumers. The quality of our drinking water should be of very real concern to all of us and it is generally recommended that all tap water should be at the very least filtered.
However, to receive the essential health benefits that water should provide, these days we need to treat the water ourselves in our homes before we drink it. We live in a very very different biochemical environment than we did 30, 40, 50 years ago.
Living water, which cleanses, hydrates, nourishes and energises us, is filtered, rebalanced, remineralised and restructured.
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