Question: where in your house is the safest place to keep your food #bacteria free?

If you answered, the refrigerator, you're right!!

So why then do some companies sell you on disinfection in the REFRIGERATED part of your water cooler while leaving the most contaminated part of the water cooler (the spigots) totally unprotected?  Doesn't it seem foolish to waste time, energy and money to sanitize water in a refrigerated reservoir only to have it pick up a heavy dose of #bacteria waiting at the tip of a contaminated spigot.

Answer: There is ONLY ONE automatic water cooler spigot sanitizer and they don't have one!

In keeping with our mission to keep your drinking water healthy, Pure1 will in the near future be introducing the ONLY Activated Oxygen Gun for use on existing water coolers.

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Poking around on the internet you can find the darndest things…a 2006 bulletin from an Insurance Company to its’ Golf Course Clients.

I can picture it now; you’re all dressed up in plaid and ready to have some fun with a friend chasing your balls into the woods. Before you make it to the T, you decide it’s a great time to hydrate a little bit. You see a bottled water cooler outside the golf cart pick up and decide to take a drink. Not so fast, from the bulletin I would gather that every now and again you might be getting more than just some water in your cup. Not sure about you, but a little stomach virus certainly wouldn’t help the handicap!

To read the short bulletin click here.

With the Pure1 EverFull bottle, no worries, all you do is drink! We use industry leading filtration and our dealers provide the very best in service.

If you know anyone with traditional bottled water ask them to read this, this same issue holds true for every water cooler out there. A Pure1 system would certainly be an upgrade.

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A home filtration system is going to offer your family the best drinking water available but what if you have other issues with your home’s water? The addition of a water softening system might be something you are interested in.

To understand why you would want a softening system, you should understand what “hard water” does. Hard water is water that has a high mineral content, such as magnesium and calcium.

Hard water is the culprit in leaving behind soap scum in your showers and tubs and is also responsible for the scale build-up on sinks and faucets. Because of the scale build-up, appliances have to worker harder and become less energy efficient over time. If the water is softened, there is less corrosion and the life of your dishwasher, washing machine and heaters can be prolonged while lowering your energy bills. This is a huge cost savings.

Tubs and toilets will no longer have rust stains making cleaning much more simple. Your clothes will no longer have that dingy look to them. They will come out of the laundry cleaner, brighter and softer.

When showering you will notice that your soap and shampoo is more effective and is able to form a nice rich lather. This allows your skin to get well cleaned and your hair to be more manageable.

A softening system used exclusively for drinking would be a Reverse Osmosis Purification System.

Because you use a lot less soap, shampoos and detergents, this is another great savings passed down from your water softener to your family!

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The National Park Service has approved a plan to eliminate the sales of bottled water inside the park within the next 30 days. Similar bans are already in effect at Zion National Park (Utah) and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

With the intent to reduce 20% of the park’s waste as well as degradation of the landscape, $290,000 was spent installing 10 “water stations” inside the park and park concessionaires chipped in with an additional 3 stations.  Park concessionaires can still sell other bottled beverages and outside bottles can be brought in and re-filled using the water stations.

This ban was proposed in late 2010 but was delayed. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility charged Coca-Cola Co. applied pressure to postpone the ban. The National Park Service denied the claim.

Read the full article here.

Get on board too, check out our "Water Stations": home water filters and office water coolers.

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I think a lot of us strive to live a little “greener” these days. Whether it’s turning off lights when not in a room or not letting the water run continuously while we brush our teeth.  Another very small thing to do is to use reusable shopping bags for our groceries. What a great idea, it gets lots and lots of those disposable plastic bags off the streets (literally too!). One dirty little secret is that those reusable bags can get awfully dirty….with bacteria.

Now, Pure1 doesn’t subscribe to the philosophy that bacteria are the anti-Christ. Realistically, there are bacteria EVERYWHERE and we have been living peacefully with them since the dawn of time and will continue to do so. In fact, we can't live without them, i.e. digestion. However, there are some bacteria such as E-Coli that can cause some problems if ingested.

A recent study by the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University shows that 97% of test subjects’ bags didn’t get washed on a regular basis and 75% use their bags for carrying both meat and produce. You can’t have it both ways and you will have to expend some energy and resources to wash your bags periodically. The good news is that the study found that simple soap and water does the trick.

You can learn a little more about this here.

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