It is a piece of equipment that is used to produce high-quality water through the process of Distillation.
Distillation is the process of removing contaminants such as heavy metals and salts that boiling water leaves behind. In this process, the water is heated up to its boiling point and the steam is collected. The steam will then be converted back into its liquid form leaving all the contaminants behind and making the water pure.
There are a lot of water distillers available in the market with different sizes to choose from that will fit your countertop. All of them will remove approximately of the contaminants found in your water. Having water distillers will save you a lot compared to bottled water purchases. Individual bottled waters usually costs a dollar or more when purchased unlike having a water distiller. A gallon of water when distilled at home averages 25 cents, and the initial purchase of a distiller will cost you between 400 to 650 dollars, but it will surely pay for itself quickly. You no longer have to buy bottled waters and spend hundreds of dollars every year on the wasteful product when there are healthier alternatives.
The Importance of Having Clean Water
Water that has been distilled offers extraordinary benefits to the human body. The quality and quantity of the water you drink is linked to the quality of your tissues, how they perform, as well as their resistance to injuries and diseases. Water acts as a magnet. It picks up rejected, unusable, discarded inorganic minerals and eliminates them from the body. The body now no longer has to process any inorganic wastes that are sometimes found in tap water and can perform efficiently without having to filter out and remove any unwanted and useless waste. This results in better absorption of key vitamins and minerals within the body.
History of Water Distiller
Distillation is as old as the earth. The distillation phenomenon happens in nature called “Hydrologic Cycle”. This natural distillation method is where the water found on the surface of the earth is heated by the sun. Once heated water reaches evaporation point, it becomes steam – water’s third physical form without any contaminants, to form clouds. When atmospheric temperatures drop, clouds – vaporized water cools and water returns back into its natural state which is liquid droplets aka rain. The water droplets drop to the earth’s surface, as snow or rain (precipitation) and the cycle repeats again. This cycle is also known as Nature’s Air Purification system because the water that falls in the form of rain or snow collect from the air dirt and air pollutant particles bringing them to the ground – cleaning the air.
When did humans start understanding and using distillation?
In ancient Greece, a form of distillation was used by sailors. They used to hang sponges over pots of boiling sea (salt) water. They collect water by squeezing out the sponges. The sailors found out that the water squeezed out from the sponges was not salty and was drinkable. That’s why they did it.
Today, water distillers are simply man-made forms that replicate nature’s “Hydrologic Cycle” method of producing pure water. Distillation is considered to be an effective broad spectrum water treatment method and can remove several kinds of contaminants including biological contaminants such as viruses and bacteria.