Living Water — A Complete Guide to Understanding, Testing, and Treating Your Water

Is the water you drink everyday truly safe?

“Treated” and “clean” are not the same thing. Municipal water meets legal minimums, not health optimums — and documented contaminants like PFAS, chloramines, microplastics, heavy metals, and pharmaceutical residues remain in tap water across the country. If you’re on a well, no treatment plant is watching your back at all.

Living Water is the complete, no-nonsense guide to understanding, testing, and treating your water — from city tap to private well to wilderness stream. This book sells nothing. It teaches you how filtration actually works, layer by layer, so you can build a personalized water plan with confidence.

• The real gap between ‘EPA approved’ and genuinely healthy water
• Plain-language breakdowns of carbon, reverse osmosis, KDF, ceramic, and UV
• A complete filtration stack for city water, well water, and off-grid emergencies
• How to spot filtration gimmicks before they spot your wallet
• A step-by-step framework to build your own personalized water plan

D.S. White writes to help families cut through marketing noise and understand the water they depend on every day — no chemistry degree required, just clear information and a practical plan.