Water Filtration

A water filter is an appliance that removes chemicals and bacteria by means of chemical processes. Water filters are used to clean and purify more than just drinking water. They are also used for cleaning of aquariums, irrigation, swimming pools and etc.

Water filters are a necessity for life now days, due to the bacteria floating around in our water systems. Water filters prevent the cloudiness and color that you may have in your tap water coming from your house plumbing. These days clean healthy water is hard to find and that is when water filters come in handy. Many researchers have found out that most tap water is not safe because of environmental and industrial pollution.

Even though many people think bottled water prevents bacteria and chemicals from entering our body, they are wrong. The plastic bottles leave plastic residue behind in our water which is just as unhealthy as regular tap water. Also, you will have to buy tons of purified bottled water to complete you daily chores (like cooking and washing counters) if you do not have a water filter.

If you are on the go a lot or a hiker there are small portable water filters. These are great to bring with you when you are on the go so that you can have clean healthy water to drink even when you are away from home.

With so many families always on the go the bottled water industry has exploded with many people enjoying the convenience of grabbing a bottle off water and off they go in the car.

If you have a baby you also understand the meaning of busy and when you have to leave it is so easy to grab a few bottles of sealed water from your local store and take that to mix their baby bottle formula.

Due to the bottle water not even being as healthy as we think because of all the chemicals it makes it even more important to consider having a water filter especially for your baby and his or her health. Even if you get a drinking water filter only just for the purpose of your baby, you will probably find yourself using it more and more also.

Bottled water is very expensive, but it is a booming industry that rakes in huge profits. These profits have a cost to the environment and your pocket book. One and a half million barrels of oil are consumed each your to produce those disposable plastic bottles that the water is packaged in. Most, if not all of these bottles are recyclable, but most end up pitched to the curb or end up filling the landfills. There is an alternative, though.

Water filters can be used to treat many sources of water to produce clean, odor-free and taste-free water. They remove chemicals such as chlorine, which in turns improved the taste. Sediments and other harmful particulates are also removed, resulting in pure, clean water. Some scientists theorize that drinking unfiltered water can be harmful to your health.

Many types of filters are available depending on the end users needs:

Whole House Filters: This type of filter attaches to the household water supply and filters the water before it is distributed through the home. Whole house units are more costly to purchase and install, but provide greater convenience since all the faucets in the home will dispense filtered water.

Faucet Filters: Faucet filters attach easily to your existing faucet, allowing you to have filtered water on demand. This is one of the most popular styles due to its ease of use and installation. Maintenance is as simple as sliding a new filter in when replacement is needed. The only disadvantage is that the room where the filter is installed is the only source for the filtered water in the home.

Filter Pitchers: This is the simplest form of water purification. It is a pitcher with a built in filter, unfiltered water goes in the top of the unit and gravity feeds into the pitcher. The pitcher can then be kept in the fridge to provide a quick and convenient drink of cold fresh tasting water. They are also great for campers or those who travel, but want the benefit of clean water where ever they are.

There are many other styles of water filters and purifiers available, choose what works best for you and your family. Not only will filtering your own water benefit you, it will also benefit the environment.

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There are many reasons one might consider a home water filter with the first being the ever-growing concern about the purity of our water supplies. Bottled water has been the choice for people world-wide for more than a decade, but it is an unregulated industry, and some may actually be no better than tap water. There are health, economic, and environmental concerns that one should also take into account before considering the use of bottled water.

Water filters provide clear, clean, and pure water. They are instrumental in the reduction or prevention of many diseases including cancer, learning disabilities in children and birth defects that can be linked to a contaminated water supply.

Filters remove sediment and dirt. They also remove bacteria, chlorine, cysts, and VOCs-volatile organic chemicals as well as lead. Most filters also retain valuable trace minerals like calcium, potassium, and magnesium.

Unfortunately, municipal water companies cannot always control the outbreak of dangerous bacteria in our water supply making filters almost a necessity. Filters can promote good health including proper growth and development of unborn babies and children. In addition, if you purify your water supply, there will also be a greater reduction in contaminants that could escape into the air which can adversely affect health as well.

The economic benefits of filters include less cost. Water filters more than pay for themselves because the savings can be as much as $700 dollars a year which is the average amount spent on bottled water.

Water filters also benefit the environment. Environmentally friendly filters reduce the amount of plastic bottles that need to be produced to accommodate the bottled water demand. A significant reduction in the amount of plastic going into our land fills can be directly related to the use of water filters.

The benefits of water filters easily outweigh the use of bottled water. Filtered water means better health and less expenditure. Even individual use filters have all the health and economic benefits as well as the added convenience of portability. So, when it comes to a choice between bottled and filtered water, the decision seems more than clear.

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Back-to-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum 

Many people around the world have become accustomed to the use of bottled water.

I must say it is very convenient, simple and easy. You do not have to worry about cleaning a plastic container over and over again and worry about it harboring bacteria if you cannot get it cleaned thoroughly.

This convenience has become used more and more everyday. If you think you do not need a filter because the bottled water is free from impurities you may be mistaken. Yes, bottled water may have some contaminants removed but may still contain some things that a water filter would remove completely. Also, some bottled water is called spring water and has a worse taste than drinking water from the faucet.

 I personally use water filtered through a system as my source for consumption source and most times will bring water in my own container that I have acquired through a drinking water filter when I have to leave the house.

Also consider that you are using up valuable Earth resources with all the plastic from the water bottles everyone is purchasing. If we all drank filtered water from home and used a specific container all the time and reused it we would save and conserve the earth.

Benefits from drinking water filters are many. A few of the benefits are:

• Recycle and save earth resources by not using plastic bottles
• Have clean contaminant free water to drink even when you are out
• Have good tasting water

I even fill about 6 bottles from by drinking water filter and leave in the refrigerator and instead of grabbing a store bought bottle of water I grab one of my own bottles with water acquired through my drinking water filter.

This way I conserve the Earth resources and have healthy water on the go.

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Ranking as one of the most bizarre ideas in water purification in recent years, consumers can now find New York City’s tap water in bottles.

Credit a company called TAP’D NY for the idea, which implements a reverse osmosis process to purify the water and filter out any potentially harmful agents. They then encourage everyone to reuse the plastic bottles the water comes in, and drink locally. The carbon footprint of drinking from other sources, they say, is getting too much for the earth to take.

Even though the idea sounds bizarre and even somewhat unappealing, TAP’D NY has an honest marketing strategy, which is a rarity when it comes to bottled water. They’re calling theirs “Truth in Hydration,” which is fair enough. Most other companies are quick to tell you that the water comes from a glacier, stream or other “natural” source, when all the while it might be runoff from an industrial plant. (And before you think no company would ever market something bad for your health, give the people at Phillip Morris a call.)

Is bottled water really worth it?

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This concise, and to-the-point article, originally published on Bottled Water Blues.com, for me ends the debate once in for all.

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