flows from water

ESPECIALLY during
scorching summer
months, nothing
refreshes so much as an
icy glass of water.

But what exactly are you
drinking when you pour a tall,
cool one straight from the
tap?

A lack of clean drinking
water is one of the most seri-
ous problems affecting the
earth’s population. Some
believe that future conflicts
between nations are likely to
be over the rights to water.

Without it, we'll dic.

Although
clean water
scarcity is csso-
ciated with less
developed
countries than
our own, we’re
in trouble too.

The prob-
lem is not thar
there isn’t
enough water.
It is the poor
distribution of
usable water
that threatens
sustainable
population.

In wealthy
countries such
as Canada
investment cre-
ates enough water for indus-
try, farming and home use;
bur the quality of water pro-
vides both short and long
term threats to health.

Over the centuries, high
mortality rates and shortened
lifespan has been the result of
unclean water. Micro-organ-
isms that thrive in water pro-
duced diseases that decimated
populations and, even today,
can be a serious threat to
healthy living.

City supplied water is
partly filtered and chemicals
like chlorine and chloramine,
which are themselves poisons,
are used to kill off various life
forms and bacteria in city
water supplies.

These days we control
sewer water but the impact of
pollution from fertilizers,
industrial waste and fall out
trom air pollution contributes
to the potential for water to
be a serious long-term threat

Hot news

CANADIANS TYPICALLY
keep 65 items in their kitchen
Cupboards or their fridge and
while some of the top 10 on
the pantry hit parade include
common items such as
sugar, sait, flour and

Consumers are
already prepared
to pay for
bottled water,
delivered water
or, increasingly,
to treat the
water supply in
their own
homes

to health.

In the past few years
research has linked the pres-
ence of chemicals, including
disinfectants like chlorine,
PCBs and heavy metals to

ife-threatening
illnesses such as heart decease
and cancer.

Authorities simply cannot
afford to filter water
the level that challenges nor-
mal eyesight and the increas-
ing cost of cleaning the water
we use has caused water
authorities to consider the
introduction of water meters
in every home.

Even in North
Vancouver we
can look for-
ward to paying,
for every gallon
we use at
home.
Consumers are
already —_pre-
pared to pay
for bottled
water,  deliv-
ered water or,
increasingly, to
treat the water
supply in their
own homes,
Evidence sug-
gests that
because of the
technology
now available
home- based water filters are
the most economic and thor-
ough approach to the prob-
lem.

Here in North Vancouver
a local company, Eau Canada
Inc., has begun to use the
latest technology to manu-
facture Canadian-made
water filters from its new
location at 1394 Main
Street.

According to Arjun Rawla,
the manager at the new plant,
the newest water filter calls for
a finely tuned balance incor-
porating both granulated acti-
vated carbon and a resin made
from fine grains of zinc and
copper.

This, according to Arun,
provides long-life filters with
built-in protection against the
growth of bacteria.

The new plant is to pro-
vide domestic and commercial
water treatment systems for
Canada and for ex’

ketchup, other items indicate that Canadians want to spice
up their menus by adding cinnamon, nutmeg and chili
powder

For most Canadian families who come rushing home on
weeknights wondering what they wili make for dinner, “A
well-stocked paniry eliminates a host of frustrations.” says
Lucy Waverman, a Toronto-based food writer and cooking
expert.

Seasonings and condiments such as Tabasco pepper
sauce. soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and Dijon mus-

tard are common household staples that can add flavor to
| even the inost basic recipes.”

EWS phoio Terry Peters
increasingly concerned
about what is in their drinking water are now turning
to different filtering methods.

CONSUMERS becoming

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