| In this day and age of pollutants contaminating the | | | | filters work best when used together with other |
| water it is imperative that we invest in pure water | | | | types of filtration such as carbon filtration. This is due |
| filters. The basic idea behind filters is to remove the | | | | to ion exchange filters not having the capability to |
| contaminants from the water supply, for example | | | | remove many of the microorganisms found. |
| tap water filters would be considered point of usage | | | | Carbon absorption pure water filters get rid of |
| filters. These would be filters that had to do the | | | | unpleasant tastes, smells, chlorine, gases, and many |
| most work if your pipes are older and leaching more | | | | chemicals. Carbon absorption can also remove |
| contaminants into your supply. | | | | microorganisms. Carbon absorption filters will not have |
| Ion exchange filters force to pass through bead-like | | | | an effect on hardness of water, heavy metals and |
| spherical resin materials. The water ions are | | | | solids absorbed in water. The water collected after |
| exchanged with the ions attached to the beads. This | | | | carbon absorption filtration can be improved by |
| method is usually used for de-ionization and softening | | | | combining it with ion exchange. Carbon absorption |
| of water. Ion exchange filters cannot remove chlorine | | | | pure water filters also do not remove necessary |
| or other chemicals from the we drink, therefore it | | | | minerals that can be found in our water that keep it |
| needs to be supplemented with another type of | | | | tasting good and providing us with our necessary |
| water filtration that does so. Ion exchange pure | | | | trace minerals. |