While most individuals think that all water filters are the same, nothing could be further from the truth, and that great-looking water filter that the smooth salesman sold you may not be keeping your family safe.
Beverage companies have amassed a fortune over the past few decades by selling “pure,†“pristine,†and “vitamin-enriched†bottled water, ostensibly sourced from underground resources that makes it healthier than tap water. Unfortunately many of these companies are nothing more than fly by night chancers who are selling nothing more than ordinary tap water that they have bottled and given a fancy name.
This has led to a huge waste of money and created massive amounts of landfill waste, environmental degradation and human rights abuses.
Are All Water Filters the Same?
A much better option for ensuring that the water you drink is pure and toxin-free is to invest in a good water filter. Using a water filter is far cheaper and less environmentally damaging than drinking litres and litres of bottled water.
While drinking water in the UK is basically very safe, and is regulated by various regulations, there are still various contaminants that can be found in the water, such as contaminants from old infrastructure such as rust and other metals, fluoride, and traces of pharmaceutical and other drugs.
In order to ensure that you buy the correct type of water filter for your particular circumstances, there are a few steps that you should follow:
Assess Your Tap Water: Not every type of filter will eliminate every contaminant, so it is important to assess the type of contaminant that you need to filter out.
Find the Best Type: There is a plethora of water filters out there, from tap and under-the-sink filters to jug filters, to built-in refrigerator filters to whole-house filter systems that combine various media types and treat all the water in your house. If you are looking for a filter that will remove chlorine and its by-products, an adsorption filter is the best. Catalytic carbon filters are the best for removing chloramine, and if your water has serious safety issues, consider a multi-stage whole-house or sink filter that can tackle a variety of contaminants.
Look at the Labels: The labels on most filters will tell you exactly what type of contaminants the filter will remove.
No water filters are absolutely perfect, but purchasing the water filter best suited to your water and your particular needs, and a water filter will save you tons of money and will save the planet as it will eliminate the billions of water bottles ending up in landfills.
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