Setting Up for Success: How Clean Water Supports Your Family’s Back-to-School Routine

We all want to set our family up for success in the new school year, and it’s not too late to lay the foundation for better overall health, with cleaner water. Contaminant-free, filtered water helps lead your family to a healthier, happier school year through appropriate hydration, safer food preparation, and better hygiene.

Hydration

Water is vital to ensuring we all function at our best. It plays a key role in many of our body’s functions, including bringing nutrients to cells, getting rid of wastes, protecting joints and organs, and maintaining body temperature. It is essential that your family is well hydrated throughout their busy days at school so they can operate at their best. 

We are fortunate that today’s schools have leaned in to the benefits of well-hydrated staff and pupils by encouraging reusable water bottles, installing bottle-filling stations, and facilitating good hydration throughout the day. Some of us may be old enough to remember the main water source during the school day as a low-pressure drinking fountain out in the hall. There will always be a place for that water fountain, but we are very appreciative of school leadership’s encouragement of hydration sources beyond a quick sip as you walk by.

Inadequate hydration can lead to headaches, nausea, poor concentration, and more, so once school is in session, it is as important as ever to encourage your children (and yourselves) to stay hydrated.

It is important to look at the quality of water you consume when you increase your intake. Although we can’t control the quality of water outside of our homes, we can ensure our families leave for their day with fresh, contaminant-free water in their reusable bottles.

The best way to ensure safe, clean drinking water that will not introduce additional toxins and contaminants into your body is to utilize a whole-home water filtration system. Water filtration systems allow clean, mineral and contaminant-free water to run through your home faucets, making it easier to stay hydrated and healthy.

Safer Meals

Clean water is not just important for hydration; it also plays a key role in the food we prepare. Water used for cooking can affect the taste and quality of your meals. Contaminants in water, such as chlorine or fluoride, can interfere with flavors and even disrupt the cooking process. For example, chlorinated water can react with certain ingredients, affecting both flavor and texture.

As school ramps up, lunch and dinner can get complicated. New routines, practices, and schedules can impact your children’s preferences, and ensuring the food they eat is high-quality and healthy is even more important.

With filtered water, you’ll get purer ingredients, allowing your food to taste better and be free from unwanted chemicals. Whether you’re brewing a cup of coffee, cooking pasta, or making soup, the quality of the water you use directly impacts the final product.

Better Hygiene

Roughly 54% of children are reported by their caregivers to have sensitive or very sensitive skin, according to a recent study. One of the top skin issues reported is dryness. Skin dryness can be exacerbated by inadequate hydration and hard water. Sensitive skin can be easily irritated by contaminants, and filtered water can help prevent and reduce skin problems. Hard water has higher detected levels of minerals, including calcium, magnesium, and chlorine. Water with high levels of particulates can also strip the skin of its natural oils, leading to irritation and dryness. Over time, this can cause or exacerbate conditions like eczema or dandruff. 

Softened filtered water allows your skin cleansing and hydration products to work as intended because it reduces mineral buildup on your skin. If your family’s skin is coated with minerals due to hard water, your products cannot work as intended. 

Although mineral buildup may not be visible, it can increase dryness and act as a conduit for a slew of other skin issues, including irritation, acne, inflammation, wrinkles, and premature aging. Using filtered water throughout your home, including in your sink, bath, and shower, can help protect your family’s skin from these negative effects.

Water filtration is not at the top of many school supply lists, but if you ask us, it should be. Utilizing clean, filtered water throughout your day optimizes the body’s processes, reduces contaminant consumption, and leads to less irritated skin. You may not realize the negative effects your hard water is inflicting until you experience truly clean water. 

Request a free water analysis HERE to determine if installing a whole home water filter is the right step for your family’s new school year.