Today we have to be so careful about water that it’s hard to imagine that water quality used to be even more of an issue than it is now. In the days before people realized their out houses leached into the ground water system, and that doing laundry at the river — particularly dirty diapers — added toxins to the otherwise clean water, water quality was something of a mystery.

Now we’re concerned about industrial pollutants and farm chemical run-off getting into the water supply. So it’s no wonder that bottled water has grown into a multi-million dollar market. Time was when you could only find distilled water at the local grocery store. Now it takes up most of one aisle even in the smaller stores, and a significant amount of space in the cooler section.

A cost effective alternative to bottled water is to schedule a water system installation. Check out the alternatives. You may be pleasantly surprised at current selections and costs.