I guess we live in a pretty decent neighbourhood. It had at one time in the past been farmland. I'd never thought to look into the possibility that the groundwater might be contaminated with farming-related pollutants.

Things appeared to be too good here for environmental hazards like that - that is until I heard the bad news. Apparently, there was a great deal of groundwater contamination in the area from a variety of fertilizers, pesticides, and other pollutants. I wanted to protect myself and my family so I bought a drinking water filter.

I must admit that I was expecting that drinking water filters would be mind-bogglingly difficult to set up. Given what I knew they were supposed to do, I was expecting some giant box containing lots of scientific gizmos. When I actually saw how small this thing actually was, I was pretty gobsmacked.

I actually thought I might've been sold a pup. I mean, was that all there was? Was I missing some parts here? Was this tiny device really going to protect myself and my family? Would it really manage to get rid of all of the nasties present in my home's tap water?

It turns out that the drinking water filters available today are better than I thought. I did some research on it, and I found out that with proper maintenance most drinking water filters are at least 80% effective, if not more. This isn't bad when you consider what they actually have to accomplish.

I must admit that even given these facts, using just one drinking water filter just didn't seem to cut it for me. I instinctively knew that nothing was going to be 100% effective. But I still wanted better than 80%. I put together a double drinking water filter system that I figured could remove 80% of the remaining nasty chemicals thereby giving me 96% protection.

Now, I don't know about you, but I don't think that's a bad outcome. I understand that provided I make sure that the drinking water filters are maintained and changed regularly then my family are going to be protected from dangerous levels of chemical pollutants in their drinking water. Knowing this is certainly helping to give me less sleepless nights.