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| use old, outdated methods of filtration.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