WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS

YESTERDAY I GOT TO THINKING HOW I MYSELF NEED TO BE BUYING WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS. MY OWN WELL WATER IS TAINTED, I HAD IT TESTED AND TALKED TO THE DOCTOR, AND I MYSELF NEED PURIFICATION TABLETS FOR THE WATER THAT COMES OUT OF MY OWN HOME FAUCET.

THAT IS THE REASON FOR YEARS NOW I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF THE "KETTLE ROCK" IDEA, WHERE YOU PUT A LIMESTONE ROCK IN YOUR TEAKETTLE TO BOIL YOUR DRINKING WATER WITH TO PURIFY, MY WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM FOSTER GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS HAD ONE IN HER TEAKETTLE AND SHE LIVED TO BE ONE WEEK SHY OF 98 YEARS OLD, AND THAT IS INCLUDING BEING BIT BY REALLY POISONOUS SNAKES TWICE AND NEVER GOING TO THE DOCTOR ABOUT. SHE TREATED THE WOUNDS HERSELF WITH LAMP OIL, SHE KEPT A JUG UNDER HER KITCHEN SINK.

SO BACK TO THESE TABLETS, IT IS SNOWING HERE NOW AND I AM DOWN TO MY LAST JUG OF SPRING WATER. SO I WILL BE HAVING TO BOIL SOME WATER FROM MY FAUCET FOR MYSELF SOME DRINKING WATER. A FRIEND SAID TO ME ON THE PHONE YESTERDAY "WHY DON'T YOU BUY SOME WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS", AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTER I HUNG UP. I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT WHY HAVEN'T I BOUGHT ANY. YOU KNOW I DO NOT KNOW WHY I HAVEN'T. SO I LOOKED IT UP THIS MORNING, AND RIGHT NOW ON WALMART WEBSITE, THEY ARE SHOWING THESE TABLETS ARE $8.42 FOR THIS PACKAGE.

SO THEN LATER, I GOT TO WONDERING ABOUT PEOPLE AND LOW INCOME, SO I LOGGED BACK ON AND CHECKED AND NO THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASING WITH FOOD STAMPS. IT MADE ME STOP AND WONDER WHY NOT, AND WHY HAS NO ONE BROUGHT THIS UP. WITHOUT CLEAN WATER TO DRINK AND COOK WITH, YOUR HEALTH IS AFFECTED. TAINTED WATER IS NOT GOOD, IT AFFECTS LIFE, HEALTH. THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND THAT TOPIC, IT ALSO AFFECTS THE THINGS IN YOUR WATER SUPPLY, LIKE FRESHWATER LAKES, THE FISH, THE AQUA LIFE WORLD.

SO LET'S ASK OUR GOVERNMENT WHY IS WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS NOT COVERED ON FOOD STAMPS? THERE IS NO EBT SYMBOL BELOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, LIKE ON GROCERIES. I THINK THIS IS AN OVERSIGHT THAT MANY MAY SEE AS SMALL POTATOES, OR NOT THAT RELEVANT, BUT THE LONGER AN ISSUE GOES ON THE MORE RELEVANT IT GETS AND GROWS.

DO WE NEED TO WAIT TILL THE WATER IS SO BAD THAT EVERY HOME NEEDS PURIFICATION TABLETS? HOW MANY HOMES ALREADY DO NEED THESE, LIKE ME, BEEN TOLD NOT TO DRINK OR COOK WITH MY WATER SUPPLY, BUT THAT ALL ELSE IS FINE, WASHING LAUNDRY, DISHES, TAKING SHOWERS, AND BRUSHING MY TEETH, THE DOCTOR SAID THAT IT IS OK FOR THAT. THAT'S BECAUSE I AM NOT INGESTING THIS WATER WHEN DOING THOSE THINGS. NOW, THIS WAS/IS MY OWN DOCTORS WORDS, AND LIKE I SAID I HAVE WELL WATER AND IT WAS TESTED. MY WATER SUPPLY IS TAINTED WITH FROM BEING SURROUNDED BY FIELDS THAT ARE FARMED/ANIMALS, IT IS THE COUNTRYSIDE. DECADES OF FERTILIZER AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ALL GOING INTO THE GROUND, AND SEEPING DOWN, IT AFFECTS WELLS AND SPRINGS TOO, NOT JUST LAKES AND RIVERS.

ALL OUR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS NEED ADDRESSING ON THIS ISSUE AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE ADDRESSING IT, BUT WHY NOT APPEAL TO GET THESE TABLETS ALSO APPROVED FOR PURCHASE WITH FOOD STAMPS? MANY PEOPLE IN THIS STATE ARE RURAL, AND OTHER STATES TOO I RECKON, THEIR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS ARE WELLS AND SPRINGS. ANOTHER THING, THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY IS THE LAKE HERE, IT IS THE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. NOW WHERE I LIVE THERE IS NOT EVEN AN OPTION FOR CITY WATER.

FOOD STAMPS AND WATER PURIFICATION, SHOULD GO HAND IN HAND, DON'T YOU ALL AGREE?

I AM GETTING READY TO GET SOME FOR MYSELF, WHAT A HEADACHE IT WOULD SOLVE WHEN I RUN OUT OF SPRING WATER AND FOR WHATEVER REASON CAN'T GO GET NONE RIGHT THEN, LIKE DUE TO WEATHER, OR TRANSPORTATION, OR WHATEVER REASON.

ALL NEED CLEAN DRINKING AND COOKING WATER!

SINCERELY,

DEBORAH KIM KENNEDY

01/17/2022