Water Filtration Systems

Water filtration systems can be simple or complex. It can be as simple as a faucet filter which will filter out solids at they exit the faucet. Or it can consist of a "whole-house" system which filters water from every water outlet in the home, from the laundry to the kitchen.

All types of water filtration systems exist in the marketplace. So how do you decide which ones to buy? The first thing you should do is to have your water tested so that you know exactly what is in your water that you might want a filter to take out. You should also contact your local water utility company and ask for a copy of their water quality report. These days, if your town has a website, you can often find the report on there as well. The report will give you a clue as to how well your water is being filtered. But you should still have it tested. The report only shows the quality of the water when it leaves their purification system. But what is the quality of the water after it has traveled through the city's pipes and through your home's pipes? You can only tell by testing a sample of the water that directly comes from your tap.

1) Home water filtration systems may seem expensive to you. But if you want pure water, in the long run it's probably your least expensive choice. For example, bottled water can be expensive, especially if you drink it extensively. However, if you install a home water filtration system, you could go a long ways towards completely recouping your costs in less than two years.

2) Water from house water filtration systems can also be safer than bottle water. There's been an abundance of evidence showing that plastic bottles leach carcinogenic substances (specifically PET or polyethylene terephthalate) into the water as they age or are exposed to heat sources - such as the sun.

3) In addition to being overpriced, bottled water is often not as advertised.  Many "exposes" have now conclusively proven that, ironically, as much as 1/4 of all bottled water is actually water straight from the faucet. Even though bottled water is "regulated" by the FDA, that water may well be coming from your very own municipal water supply.

4) If you're care about the environment you have to be concerned with the 4 out of every 5 plastic water bottles that end up cluttering the landfills. These bottles can take up to a thousand years to biodegrade. Conversely, a water filtration system is as eco-friendly as you can get.

5) And finally, a water filtration system just makes getting pure water so easy and automatic.

The quality of our water is getting worse every day. Manufacturing plants around the world dump thousands of tons of pollutants into the air every day. These pollutants gradually fall to the ground or directly into our water supplies making much of what we drink unsafe. Ultimately, what a water filtration system does is to make potentially polluted and chemical laced water safe to drink.

Clean water is a critical component in keeping out bodies healthy. Our bodies are over 60% water. Water has so many functions in the human body that it would be impossible for us to live without it. Water helps us to keep our body temperature within acceptable levels, it helps us in flushing toxins out of the system, lubricates our joints, and many more functions. A large part of our water we get from eating foods. But we get the majority of water from drinking it directly or in liquids like coffee, tea, and juices. If the water we drink is contaminated with viruses, chemicals, metals, pesticides, and so on - it can have negative consequences for our health.

Much of the water we come across in our daily lives is safe. But safe to use and safe to drink are not the same thing. Safe to use water is defined as water that is safe to use for bathing, washing clothes, cleaning, etc. Potable water is water that is safe to do all of these things but, in addition, it is safe to drink.