SAFE, CLEAN, AND ECONOMICAL WATER
City dwellers often take for granted a safe, dependable water supply. In many suburban and rural areas, however, homeowners and farmers still face real challenges in finding and maintaining an adequate supply of safe water. Where a municipal water supply doesn’t exist, or where water rate surcharges often drive up the cost of service in outlying areas, natural water sources pose the only alternative.

NATURAL WATER SOURCES
  Homeowners not served by public water systems generally turn first to ground water or drilled wells as a potential source of household water. In many cases, however, wells are expensive to drill, the quantity of water may be inadequate for household needs, and the water can be contaminated by iron, sulphur; or chemicals.
   Where drilled wells are not feasible, surface water provides a good alternative. Surface water sources typically include ponds, lakes, springs and cisterns. When properly filtered and disinfected, surface water can provide a source of clean, safe, and inexpensive water for household uses, livestock, lawn and garden, swimming pools or any other home or farm purpose.