In our old home, we had a water filtration system. But I honestly got so impatient waiting for the water to filter that I never bothered using it, and we didn't bring it to our new home. This post sent to me by a reader is making me reconsider using a water filtration system for our home.
Clean water as we know it is disappearing quickly. Water contamination is causing many places around the world to lose all access to their healthy water supply. Water is essential for our survival. We are bombarded with how important it is for us to drink water. But how clean or safe is the water we drink, even bottled water?
Most people know that drinking water is beneficial to us in many different ways. It keeps us healthy, helps our body digest food better, helps the intestines absorb nutrients from our food, keeps skin soft and supple, etc. The list goes on and on. Don’t take a risk by exposing our bodies and those around us to impure water, read more about the Brita water filter. With a little effort, it is possible to ensure that you have clean drinking water. Thanks to the increasingly lower prices of installing an under the sink filter, now more people can install it and enjoy the benefits of good and pure water.
Water systems for the home that are currently being made are of very high quality and tend to yield water that is either better or on a par with bottled water. With a good water filter system, you can enjoy water that is extremely pure and safe for consumption and for other purposes, without needing the constant expense of bottled water, as well as it being better for the environment.
Once you have decided to use a water filter system, do not rush and buy the first one you see. There are a number of good systems on the market; you want to make sure that you don’t end up with a machine that claims to purify water but only removes its minerals and other beneficial nutrients.
Good water filter systems are designed in such a way that they can produce pure water without having to remove all the good nutrients as well. Do not buy systems that use reverse osmosis or distillation at the point of use, since both methods are quite inefficient and sometimes not even as effective.
Unfortunately in many places we cannot trust that municipal water supplies are clean and safe; the only sure way to make sure our water is fine is with our own water filtration system.
The basics of domestic filtration
Water filtration works by using a physical and/or chemical barrier as a means to separate contaminants in water. When used in combination, as in the case of carbon filtration, submicron filtration, and ion exchange, the result is a drinking water that is not only clean but also has an excellent flavor.
Almost all filtration systems use carbon because it is a highly absorbent. Carbon is able to eliminate a wide range of very harmful pollutants, whether it's chemicals like chlorine, volatile organic compounds, or metals like lead and mercury. It also does an excellent job to eliminate bad taste and bad smell in the water.
Purification process
The purity of the water will depend on the amount of carbon in the filter and the time the water is in contact with the carbon. The best solution for these two factors is to use a solid block carbon filter. It uses a lot of carbon and slows down the water so it can really remove all the impurities.
Submicron filtration makes use of a filter that has pores less than 1 micron in diameter. In other words, extremely small! This guarantees that bacteria, viruses, parasites, and protozoa cannot pass. This is especially valuable to get rid of giardia and cryptosporidium. These small microorganisms cause disease and sometimes death, but they are not affected by chlorine.
The exchange of ions ensures that the water has an excellent flavor and that the essential minerals are not removed from the water.
Distillation and reverse osmosis are a huge waste of water and electricity. Filtration is by far the cheapest because it does not use electricity. It is also very low maintenance; only one filter changes every 6 months, depending on the system. Make no mistake about custom labeled bottled water; the only way you get a clean and safe source of water is by doing it yourself. So do it!
See my disclaimer.
Clean water as we know it is disappearing quickly. Water contamination is causing many places around the world to lose all access to their healthy water supply. Water is essential for our survival. We are bombarded with how important it is for us to drink water. But how clean or safe is the water we drink, even bottled water?
Most people know that drinking water is beneficial to us in many different ways. It keeps us healthy, helps our body digest food better, helps the intestines absorb nutrients from our food, keeps skin soft and supple, etc. The list goes on and on. Don’t take a risk by exposing our bodies and those around us to impure water, read more about the Brita water filter. With a little effort, it is possible to ensure that you have clean drinking water. Thanks to the increasingly lower prices of installing an under the sink filter, now more people can install it and enjoy the benefits of good and pure water.
Water systems for the home that are currently being made are of very high quality and tend to yield water that is either better or on a par with bottled water. With a good water filter system, you can enjoy water that is extremely pure and safe for consumption and for other purposes, without needing the constant expense of bottled water, as well as it being better for the environment.
Once you have decided to use a water filter system, do not rush and buy the first one you see. There are a number of good systems on the market; you want to make sure that you don’t end up with a machine that claims to purify water but only removes its minerals and other beneficial nutrients.
Good water filter systems are designed in such a way that they can produce pure water without having to remove all the good nutrients as well. Do not buy systems that use reverse osmosis or distillation at the point of use, since both methods are quite inefficient and sometimes not even as effective.
Unfortunately in many places we cannot trust that municipal water supplies are clean and safe; the only sure way to make sure our water is fine is with our own water filtration system.
The basics of domestic filtration
Water filtration works by using a physical and/or chemical barrier as a means to separate contaminants in water. When used in combination, as in the case of carbon filtration, submicron filtration, and ion exchange, the result is a drinking water that is not only clean but also has an excellent flavor.
Almost all filtration systems use carbon because it is a highly absorbent. Carbon is able to eliminate a wide range of very harmful pollutants, whether it's chemicals like chlorine, volatile organic compounds, or metals like lead and mercury. It also does an excellent job to eliminate bad taste and bad smell in the water.
Purification process
The purity of the water will depend on the amount of carbon in the filter and the time the water is in contact with the carbon. The best solution for these two factors is to use a solid block carbon filter. It uses a lot of carbon and slows down the water so it can really remove all the impurities.
Submicron filtration makes use of a filter that has pores less than 1 micron in diameter. In other words, extremely small! This guarantees that bacteria, viruses, parasites, and protozoa cannot pass. This is especially valuable to get rid of giardia and cryptosporidium. These small microorganisms cause disease and sometimes death, but they are not affected by chlorine.
The exchange of ions ensures that the water has an excellent flavor and that the essential minerals are not removed from the water.
Distillation and reverse osmosis are a huge waste of water and electricity. Filtration is by far the cheapest because it does not use electricity. It is also very low maintenance; only one filter changes every 6 months, depending on the system. Make no mistake about custom labeled bottled water; the only way you get a clean and safe source of water is by doing it yourself. So do it!
See my disclaimer.
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