Why Buy a Home Water Filter?

Cutting out the contamination

As water travels from a reservoir to your home, it is exposed to hundreds of harmful contaminants. Then, more chemicals are added to "clean" your water which then travels through corroding metal pipes into your home.

This is the water we bathe in, wash our clothes with and worst of all, drink! There has to be a better way, right?

 Forget about bottled water. That water is less regulated than standard municipal water. The only way to be sure about the water you use is to install a home water filtration system. The most effective water filters are drinking water filters and whole house filtration systems.

There's what in the water?

The most harmful contaminant found in tap water is lead. There is a small lead concentration due to corrosion of copper pipes within the home and is usually a bigger problem the older a home gets.

Lead has been known to significantly lower childrens' IQ's and cause learning disabilities, hyperactivity and other mental and physical problems. Chlorine, similarly, is known to cause three types of cancer and the concentration in drinking water has also been linked to cases of bladder, rectal and breast cancer.

Here is a list of other contaminants found in tap water:

Cryptosporidium and Giardia

Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs)

Disinfectants and Trihalomethanes

Pesticide Runoff

This is the same water that comes into our homes!

Options and styles

Drinking water filters come in a number of forms. The cheapest, though most ineffective are pitchers with pour in filters. The carbon filters, while better than nothing, still let through a number of contaminants. Also in this category are add-on faucet filters.

Better options are built-in, point-of-use systems like a reverse osmosis filtration system. These systems can cost anywhere from $150 to $1,500 but the health and quality difference are worth the price tag.

Even if drinking water filters are used, the body is still highly vulnerable to contaminants every other place it has contact with water. Dishwashers and washing machines bring dangerous contaminants, such as chlorine, into the air and showers soak the body in these elements. Chlorine is especially harmful to the outer body. It robs hair and skin of natural oils and will hasten the aging process.

While a person can't put a water filter everywhere, whole house water filters provide a far more comprehensive filtration of the home's water supply. Whole house filters, though pricy, are installed at the water supply's point-of-entry and provides the house with clean, purified water for all purposes.

A whole house water filter system, because they remove dangerous contaminants before they enter the home, yields cleaner air to breath and does less damage to clothes, as well as the home's plumbing.

Like drinking water filters, whole house water filters come in a variety of styles, the most popular, being reverse osmosis and water softener systems. These filtration systems are quite large due to the tank and waste water drainage system they require.

Home water filters are big, visual eye-sores and a sucker-punch to the bank account. However, having a home water filtration system can be your ticket to better health, fitness and peace of mind.

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