Drinking water: sustains us, refreshes us and keeps us alive. Many people take the quality of tap water for granted. But the quality of public water supplies is slowly deteriorating around the world. Your tap water is probably much higher than you think in toxins and contaminants, and can even carry infectious diseases. The best way to ensure that the water you drink is clean, fresh and pure is to use a purification system. But there are many types of drinking water filters out there. Which one should you choose?
Some purification systems are very expensive, high-tech and ‘state of the art’. Other drinking water filters are more reasonably priced and rely on simple filtration to remove contaminants. Should you choose the most expensive purification system money can buy? Or maybe it’s all overkill and you need to buy a moderately priced drinking water filter system. If you want to choose the best drinking water filter system, you need to know how they work.
It turns out that there are two main ways to purify drinking water. First, if you want to spend a lot of money, you can buy a “state of the art” distillation or reverse osmosis system, neither of which is a true filtration system. Unfortunately, these systems remove more than just impurities – they remove everything, including trace minerals found naturally in fresh water around the world. It turns out that humans need these minerals for our health and well-being. And, to some extent, minerals improve the taste of water. So while these systems claim to be high-tech, and come with a high price tag to prove it, they’re not particularly good at what they claim to do.
Carbon and ceramic water filters are a simpler and more effective way to remove contaminants and ensure the safety of your drinking water. As the water moves through the filter, particles are trapped in the fine mesh and voila, the water that comes out is pure and free of contaminants. Of the two types of water filters, ceramic is more expensive than carbon. It turns out that it is much cheaper to make carbon filters from coconut shells than to refine and fire a ceramic drinking water filter. Carbon-based filters also work better than ceramic filters to neutralize off-flavors in water.
Drinking water filters are also very easy to use. Many brands simply screw into your kitchen faucet, providing your entire home with clean, safe water. With use, filters become clogged with contaminants and must be replaced. Regular filter replacement is important to ensure that your water remains natural and pure. Plus, there’s something very satisfying about throwing out an old filter and realizing that the gunk it’s clogged with is in the trash instead of you and your family.
So the results are in. Don’t waste your money or your health on water purification that removes all essential minerals from drinking water. Drinking water filters are the best and most cost-effective way to provide your home with pure, great-tasting drinking water!