Whole House Water Filters

If you are going to invest your hard earned money in buying a countertop water filter system then you must ensure that you only buy a quality product. The good news is that this need not necessarily mean that you will end up paying an arm and a leg for getting the right quality countertop [...]

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With tropical diseases such as Typhoid, Cholera and Dysentery looming over people’s heads especially in the tropical countries, there is a need to come up with proper preventive measures. The pathogens that cause the above diseases are usually found in unsafe drinking waters. Boiling water before you drink it does kill the germs, but your body in that case does not benefit from the soluble minerals that are found in the water when it’s distilled. There are many ways in which water can be purified and made fit for consumption. That’s why water filtration is getting to be a much favorable solution to this problem.

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The water filter industry is thriving. And just so you can make an informed decision when you buy a water purification system, we’ve put together the top water filter questions to guide you along the way.

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When I was a child, my grandmother tied several layers of cloth over her kitchen water faucet to filter out sediments. That was our water filter, a home made water purifier, and thinking back, it’s a wonder that we never were sickened by the spring water supply she used in her home, which was often [...]

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A home made water purifier can be as simple as cloth tied around a water faucet, or as complex as a series of chemical filters put together for a large quantity of water to be run through them. Historically, the cloth was a typical solution, and even today in Africa, some tribeswomen are taught to pour fresh-drawn water through layers of cloth before using it to remove contaminants. The water at the end looks cleaner, and it does prevent some water-borne contaminants, like amoeba, it is very far from a good solution.

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A reverse osmosis water filter works by allowing water to pass through a thin membrane that does not allow other materials to pass. This means you wind up with clean, pure water on the using side of the membrane, while heavy metals, biological contaminants, and even chlorine remain on the other side of the membrane, filtering out and eventually flushed from the water filter’s system. A reverse osmosis water filter eliminates almost all of several contaminants from your drinking water: arsenic, chlorine, fluoride, heavy metals, nitrates, sediments, iron, bacteria, viruses, bad tastes and odors, and some of your hydrogen sulfide and VOCs (an example: pesticides).

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