Can Water Coolers Protect Children From Bacteria and Other Hidden Dangers in the Water Supply?
When you get a water cooler you not just getting a convenience, you’re performing a service for your family. Most of the water you bring into your home for drinking will be filtered and in sterilized jugs. If you just use the water coming out of your tap you have no control over what happens to it before you or your kids drink it. Will you leave yourself open to this risk? First think about what happens at the water treatment plant. They do the best they can to filter this water. But that means they will dump large amounts of chlorine into the water to try and kill off any bacteria. This bacteria could come from any source, including bird droppings or any other animal feces that contaminates the water heading for the treatment plant. Treatment plants are also unable to remove drugs that get into the water supply. Typically when people stop using a medication or it expires they will dump it down the toilet. That water (and anything else in it) will eventually end up in the waterways tha
