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EPA ON WATER PURIFICATION GUIDELINES, which are voluntary. EPA acknowledges that today, the vast majority (63-67%) of surface water plants still use chlorine. This is an incomplete (no biological methods) but valuable summary. http://lnkd.in/d46ur_y View in LinkedIn

REMOVAL of chlorine, chloramine and volatile organics from your water is possible by a variety if methods according to the desired use of the water. The following few entries gives some useful resources on how to do this. View in LinkedIn

ALTERNATIVE WATER PURIFICATION METHODS. This is a thorough review of the pros and cons of most of the various alternative water purification methods available today. http://lnkd.in/dccvzXh View in LinkedIn

STEAM ROOMS as a source of inhaled water purification byproducts should be added to the list of things to consider when weighing a healthy life. Curiously there is very little literature on this subject, but extrapolating from that on shower steam, the answer is obvious. View in LinkedIn

ALTERNATIVES TO CHLORINATED DRINKING WATER are presented in thIs report, which include costs of converting from traditional treatments to a new or combination process. Some are in the eccentric side, at the very least. http://www.waterandhealth.org/drinkingwater/wp.html View in LinkedIn

SHOWER EXPOSURE to volatile organic compounds. "The chloroform dose to an individual from showering was determined based on exhaled breath analysis. The postexposure chloroform breath concentration ranged from 6.0-21 μg/m-3 while all corresponding background breath concentrations were less than 0.86 μg/m-3." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1990.tb00542.x/abstract View in LinkedIn

WATER SYSTEM MANAGERS have the discretionary power to make complicated decisions about the public water supply in their district without consultations with the stakeholders, nor regulatory agencies. This is a rather remarkable situation. View in LinkedIn

SHOWER EXPOSURE TO TOXINS. "Traditional risk assessments for water often only consider ingestion exposure to toxic chemicals, even though showering has been shown to increase the body burden of certain chemicals due to inhalation exposure and dermal absorption." Strong peer reviewed references supporting chlorinated water's steam toxicity. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1469238/ View in LinkedIn

"WHILE ALTERNATIVE DISINFECTANTS (including chlorine dioxide, ozone, and ultraviolet radiation) are available, all disinfection methods have unique benefits, limitations, and costs. Water system managers must consider these factors, and design a disinfection approach to match each system's characteristics and source water quality." http://www.waterandhealth.org/drinkingwater/wp.html View in LinkedIn

BIOFILTRATION HELPS. "Although pre-ozonation may increase the formation of trihaloacetaldehydes or selected HNMs during post-chlorination or chloramination, biofiltration may reduce the formation potential of these by-products." http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/367/1904/4077.full View in LinkedIn