Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Why You Need A Drinking Water Filter System

By Derek Reeve

If you are in the market to purchase a new water filtration system, you have to be careful about where you spend your money. There are a lot of brands that are very efficient and are very affordable. However, with that said there are just as many brands out there that ineffective and rather expensive.

The most expensive products include a reverse osmosis step. If your home is hooked up to a public water-line, you do not need reverse osmosis. You don't want it, either, because it reduces the natural mineral content, which affects the taste and the healthfulness of your water.

You do need a drinking water filter system that removes chlorine, cancer-causing chemicals, microscopic parasites and lead. The cheap systems that you see in department stores, on TV and in magazine ads will only remove some of those things. There are several products on the market that only reduce chlorine.

Reducing the chlorine is something that is essential for you to have when you get a water filtration system because when ever you have high levels of chlorine; this usually means that there is cancer causing chemicals in your water.

The safe standards set down by the Environmental Protection Agency were arrived at BEFORE researchers proved that the chemicals can be absorbed through your skin in the shower and that you inhale them, when they become airborne. The EPA standards assume that your only exposure is from drinking.

You have to be very careful in the water you drink these days and you must make sure that you have something to protect your shower as well. Something that everyone should know is that if you drink not only tap water, but bottled water as well can contain microscopic parasites, cryptosporidium, and giardia. So it is very important that you get a system that is right for you.

If you haven't heard about it there has been a case where the tap water in a portion of Milwaukee, Wisconsin had been contaminated and thousands suffered illness. How did this happen you ask? Well it is not uncommon for parasites and other micro organisms to get into the water supply that is set up for a town.

By the time the public was warned, it was too late. Facilities do not test for the parasites on a daily basis, so contamination can happen quickly without anyone being aware. The only way to be truly safe is to install a drinking water filter system that is certified to filter down to at least one micron.

You can also look for certified cyst removal. They use the term cyst to refer to the parasites stage of life. During this stage they are resistant to chlorine and other disinfection methods. They can only be removed through filtration.

Water filtration systems come with a lot different things, including guarantees and certifications. One of the certifications that you should look for when purchasing a new system is that it has an Underwriter's Laboratory Certification. The ultimate goal here is that you clean your water up, so that you and your family can feel safe drinking it. So go out there today and get yourself a new drinking water filtration system and be on your way to a healthier lifestyle.

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