Stylish Countertop Water Cooler: Experiencing Water

How do we experience water? For many of us, drinking water has become a dull experience. We open the dust-covered water bottle that was sitting on the floor or in the back of our refrigerator, twist the annoyingly well-attached cap, and guzzle our stale water while we try to ignore the slight plastic aftertaste.

Do you remember the last time you really enjoyed your water. Maybe it was when you cupped your hands under a small waterfall, or maybe it was served our of a crystal vase in a small restaurant in some exotic EU nation.

The point is: enjoying water is all about the total experience. Water should look good, it should come out of something stylish and unique, and then finally, it should taste pure.

Clean, fresh, elegantly delivered water is what a Pureez designer water dispenser provides. Of course it is a countertop water cooler, so it is compact and easy to use. But, more than that, it looks like no other bottleless water cooler on the market. It isn't just utilitarian - it has style. Not to mention that at the end of it all you get water that has been filtered to perfection using UV, and carbon filters to remove any impurities. Pureez water coolers are the best water coolers because of how they make you feel.

Pureez filters out Chloramine, and More

Though I would share with you this article in The Vermonter about chloramine in the tap water drinking supply. Here's a fun quote:

PCAC, however, asserts that there are a number of reasons why chloramine should not be used. “Among the many concerns we have about chloramine, there are eight key points,” says Rebecca Reno, a PCAC member. “One is that there has been no adequate testing on the skin or respiratory effects of chloramine on human beings.”

That, in a water chestnut shell, is why tap water ain't all that great. The government can easily put whatever new, as yet untested substance it wants into your drinking water supply. You might never even hear about it and only experience it once it's running through your tap. Pure and simple, the water might have things in it you don't know about and don't want.

Bottleless water coolers like Pureez eliminate that problem, because they take everything out, leaving you with water that is as pure as possible. Would you want to add chloramine to that?

Drinking Unknown Water

Chlorine and Chloramine contaminants in tap water

Chlorine:


The experimental use of chlorine began in the 1890's to combat water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. It quickly gained wide acceptance because of low cost and high efficiency in killing just about everything hazardous in the water. Chlorine allowed population centers to spring up and thrive without any epidemic outbreaks.

The problem with chlorine is that it is a known poison and the safety of drinking this poison over the longterm (i.e. your lifetime) is highly uncertain. Also, chlorine reacts with water-borne decaying organic matter like leaves, bark, sediment, etc. to create a family of chemicals called trihalomethanes and other highly toxic substances. Trihalomethanes, or THM's, include chemicals such as chloroform, bromoform and dichlorobromethane, all of which are extremely carcinogenic even in minute amounts.

Chloramine:
Chloramine is another substance used now in many larger municipalities (i.e. Los Angeles). In systems where the level of chlorine is at the highest acceptable level but need still more disinfection, the utility will then add a chlorine/ammonia compound. Chloramine is represented as totally safe but with the Disclaimer to not give chloramine-treated water to your animals or use it in your fish tanks (it kills fish)!