| Reverse osmosis equipment is often advertised in | | | | filters in addition to the carbon filter, and these are |
| print media and on the internet as the answer to a | | | | generally not present on the household R.O. system. |
| person's household water filtration needs. | | | | You need this extra protection to guarantee your |
| More and more people all the time are becoming | | | | family's health. |
| concerned with the safety and quality of our | | | | Reverse osmosis equipment is designed to remove |
| groundwater system, and you have every reason to | | | | sediment from water, and that process has already |
| be worried. What you hear about the quality of our | | | | been taken care of by your municipal water |
| drinking water supply is not exaggerated in the least. | | | | treatment facility. |
| There is any number of what are literally tens of | | | | Why would you pay an exorbitant price for a piece |
| thousands of chemical agents that could be present | | | | of equipment that offers only partial protection from |
| in the drinking water entering your home at any | | | | contaminants, and that performs a redundant |
| given time. | | | | function? It is simply a waste of your money to |
| Testing has shown that in some regions it is not | | | | have such a system installed in your home. |
| unusual for a household to have as many as five to | | | | You can buy a high quality countertop filter that |
| nine individual chemical agents in each glass of water | | | | offers full protection from the wide range of |
| drawn from an unfiltered tap. You may have more or | | | | contaminants in your water for as little as $99. |
| less chemicals per glass depending on where you live, | | | | This filter will feature sub micron filtration and ion |
| but there will be at least one present. | | | | exchange to eliminate the threat of disinfectant |
| The chemical agents suspected of doing the most | | | | resistant cysts, and toxic heavy metals in addition to |
| harm to our health are those used to eliminate | | | | chemical and pharmaceutical removal. |
| parasites and bacteria in the water. | | | | This multifunction filter will remove up to 99.99% of |
| Chlorine and chloramines are known respiratory | | | | the pollutants in your water. |
| irritants, and cancer causing agents. There is an | | | | The best thing you can do to protect yourself is |
| activated granular carbon filter present on most | | | | combine countertop protection with showerhead |
| reverse osmosis equipment, and it will eliminate the | | | | filters. A good showerhead filter will run you about |
| threat that these disinfectant chemicals pose. | | | | $70 to $85, and will remove up to 90% of the |
| That is about all the protection these systems will | | | | chlorine, VOCs, and THMs from your shower water. |
| give you however. | | | | By using point of entry filters to remove |
| There are many chemicals and other potentially | | | | contaminants from your water you will be getting |
| harmful impurities that an activated granular carbon | | | | superior coverage at a lower cost than you would |
| filter will not remove. | | | | get from reverse osmosis equipment. |
| The system you are using to filter the water | | | | Reverse osmosis equipment is not the answer for |
| entering your home requires the use of two other | | | | safeguarding your home. |