http://wateringplace.com All about Water - filtered, spring, tap & bottled Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:16:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why drinking water is important to maintain a healthy body Drinking water to maintain good health Drinking water is hugely important to our quality of health. Our bodies are made up of 70 - 80% water and it is therefore vitally important that we replenish the water we use through breathing, sweating ... http://wateringplace.com/drinking-water/drinking-water-information/ Drinking water provides our bodies with many healthy benefits... Health Benefits of Drinking Water Water makes up two thirds of our body's weight. Our blood is 83% water, our muscles 75% water and our brain 74%. It is obvious then what water does - ensuring the smooth functioning of our body's systems. ... http://wateringplace.com/benefits-of-water/benefits-of-water/ Here we look at what our options are. 'Processed' water is available in different grades depending on the end use. For instance, water to be used for sanitation does not need to be treated to the highest standards and would be regarded as Utility Water, whereas for everyday use, our water ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/types-of-water/ What is Spring Water? Spring water is defined as water which naturally flows from an underground source to our planet's surface, traveling through cracks and underground caves in the rock formation. Artesian spring water wells are those where the water is forced to the surface because the sources are higher than the ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/springwater/spring-water/ Clarissa Dickson Wright, the celebrity chef who has promoted Lakeland Willow Spring Water as a cure for eczema and psoriasis has found herself in trouble with the consumer safety authority. The spring water from an ancient underground well in the Lake District in Great Britain even has supporters claiming that ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/springwater/miracle-cure-spring-water/ Saltwater or seawater. Can we drink it and what can we do to make it fresh, pure and safe to drink? Seawater contains large amounts of salts in the form of dissolved ions of sodium chloride. Roughly 3.5% of our ocean's water is salt - a ratio which doesn't sound a ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/salt-water/salt-water/ What is Purified Water and is it good to drink? There are many ways to purify water including reverse osmosis, filtration, UV and electrodialysis but the most common way is by distillation and deionizing the water. Whereas mineral content and impurities are regularly measured by parts per million in every day ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/purified-water/purified-water/ The process of Reverse Osmosis and what are the benefits to us? Simply put, the Reverse Osmosis (RO) solution is an extremely successful way of demineralizing water by moving it through a fine 'RO membrane' under pressure, leaving the impurities and contaminants on one side and the 'purified' water on the ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/reverse-osmosis/reverse-osmosis/ What is mineral water and is it any good for us? Mineral water, as the name suggests is any water which contains dissolved minerals, either naturally occurring at source or added during the processing stage of production. This includes sparkling, carbonated or effervescent water which again occurs naturally as well as ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/mineral-water/mineral-water/ What is tap or faucet water and is it any good? Tap or faucet water, depending on which continent you reside, has been commonplace since the middle of the 20th century but was in fact available during the latter part of the 19th. Although a huge infrastructure is required to process ... http://wateringplace.com/types-of-water/faucet-tap-water/faucet-tap-water/