Many people have heard the term distilled water, or a water distiller. But they don’t know what it is or what it does.  The process of distillation makes what is known as “pure water”, or in layman’s terms, it takes all the dissolved and no so dissolved ‘chunks’ out of the water.

The distillation process is simple. You heat water until it reaches it’s boiling point – 100 degrees Celsius. Then you collect the steam and cool it, forming water. When water is heated, only the water vapor is produced, leaving everything else in the water behind.  This produces water that has benefits as well as shortcomings, which I’ve listed below.

Distilled Water Benefits:

• Removes impurities in the water that are difficult or impossible to remove with other means
• Good for home owners with wells that may be contaminated with dissolved impurities, like the arsenic and uranium that are common in some areas of the U.S. midwest and Canadian Prairie Provinces
• Easy to operate, very little consumable parts that need to be replaced
• Small models can fit on counter tops and be moved around.

Distilled Water Drawbacks:

• Very energy intensive process – heating water takes a lot of electricity
• Ultra pure water is slightly acidic and an aggressive solvent of just about any mineral or other
• Distillation machines typically only produce small amounts of water at a time
• Commonly purchased to treat municipal tap water when other less aggressive and less expensive methods of home water treatment are available

The bottom line is that unless you are convinced and have proof that there is some sort of dissolved contaminant in your well or surface water supply that is in sufficient quantities to do harm, a water distiller is overkill. If, however, you have known issues in your water, a distiller is a very convenient way to make that water safe in your home.

Click here to see an example of a good quality home counter top distiller with auto shut off.

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