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How Do You Find The Best Whole House Water Filtration Systems?
Sat 16 Jun 2007 - 11:38
How Do You Find The Best Whole House Water Filtration Systems?
By Martin Spencer
People who live in areas with hard water know that whole house water filtration systems make for cleaner clothes, softer hair, and better tasting water. What many people don't know is that even in soft water areas, the resource flowing from their pipes often contains chemicals, antibiotics, runoff from farms, and microorganisms. All of these contaminants can have a serious negative effect on your health.
Whole home water filtration systems offer so many benefits. The first benefit is quite obvious: safer water. Treatment facilities in America by and large use old, outdated methods of filtration. In general, most of these facilities run water through a sieve of sand to strain out particles, then add chlorine to kill off germs.
However, chlorine is used simply because it is the cheapest sanitizer, not because it is the best method of killing microorganisms, and chlorine can cause many health problems, including cancer. Water treatment facilities cannot remove chemicals from water, and many of these substances end up in our drinking glasses. In certain areas of the country, the lead content of treated water is very high.
Unpurified tap water is not as safe as it could be to drink, and many health officials warn people that it is causing all sorts of health problems. But whole house water filtration systems give you H20 that is not only good to drink but better for other activities. Fish enthusiasts know that tap water can quickly kill off a prized goldfish because of the chlorine content. The same goes for delicate household plants that react to ordinary tap water. Filtered water also is better for bathing, washing dishes, and cleaning clothes because it prevents contact with harmful chemicals and makes better suds.
Because all of these activities such as drinking, cooking, and bathing consume gallons of water a day, whole home filtration systems are the best way to treat all the water your family needs on a daily basis. In fact, a home system is better than just a sink or a kitchen system because the EPA has announced that all homes in America which have indoor plumbing contain an elevated level of chlorine gas, produced from vaporized chlorinated tap water. Clearly it is in your best interest to filter out chlorine and other contaminants from your entire house.
Whole house filtration systems connect from your main water valve to your water tank, thus filtering every drop of water that enters your house. Some systems exist in the form of distillation or reverse osmosis. Distillation passes water over a heating coil, thus vaporizing it and burning away impurities, then returning it to liquid. Reverse osmosis forces water through a very fine membrane which traps unwanted elements. However, both systems are expensive and have a low output of water, usually not producing enough for a typical family's needs. Their most serious fault is that neither is extremely efficient at stopping all chemicals and other compounds from ending up in the water supply. Carbon-based filtration systems are much better than distillation or reverse osmosis.
The best whole home filtration system contains a multi-step process in which the water passes over several filters that strain out and block various elements. Carbon is the number-one substance used in purifier systems, valued for its ability to absorb odors and unwanted compounds, but purifier systems usually contain a sediment filter and other additional elements which remove all impurities from the water.
The best whole house filtration systems have several qualities. They should be multi-step and pass the water through several stages in order to ensure that it is the very highest quality. They should be able to work quickly enough to produce enough water for your family's daily needs. They should be relatively easy to maintain and not too expensive, costing roughly 50 cents a day to operate, as opposed to 50 cents per gallon which is what a reverse osmosis system can cost.
If you want your family to drink and bathe in safe, clean water, whole house filtration systems offer you a way to pipe purified tap water throughout your entire house. Your hair and health will benefit and you can rest assured that you are protecting your household from any contaminants that are lurking in the faucet.
Martin Spencer is a health researcher who has been studying water filtration for over 25 years. He is a regular contributor to Water Filtration Guide, a site dedicated to various methods of treating and purifying water. Learn about high quality whole home water filtration systems on our site.
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