Filtered water has become a staple in most homes nowadays. From generic, store-bought filters to a high-end water system, you can probably find one in each of your neighbor’s homes. A water treatment system is often looked at as an unaffordable expense. Why buy a whole system for an unattainable price, rather than buying a container and replacement filters for half of the cost? You’re probably wondering what the difference is. After all, it’s just drinking water! The water in your home plays an import role in you and your family’s everyday needs; from drinking to bathing. Here are some important reasons that a water system is the practical choice.
What’s a water filtration system anyway?
A whole-house water system has one method of filtration and is typically installed under a sink. It distributes filtered water throughout your home, not just your kitchen sink. Unlike other methods of purification, this type of filter will rid impurities such as rust and lime scale completely from your home, leaving only the minerals that your body deserves.
Cost effective
Are you constantly buying gallons of filtered water from the grocery store? How about paying monthly for water cooler replacement jugs? Studies show that in one year alone, consumers are purchasing over a $100 billion on bottled water. Think of that money being used for other necessaries in your home instead. When you purchase a home filtration system, you are more apt to take your own water bottle with you wherever you go and, in turn, save you hundreds of dollars per year.
Healthy Habits form healthy lives
If you use water to cook, shower and bathe, and drink, then you would like to have a water filter that cleans all of these household tasks, right? A water filtration system isn’t just to clean the water that you drink. Your filtration system cleans the water to your laundry unit and showering. Tap water contains harmful chemicals such as chlorine, fluoride, nitrates, hormones, and other allergy-causing bacteria. When you wash your clothes with tap water, these chemicals attach themselves to your clothing and can be the cause of common, yet overlooked skin irritants.
Store bought vs a whole system
From the naked (and uneducated) eye, one wouldn’t be able to taste or smell the difference unless a side-by-side comparison was performed. You may only be aware of the amount of filtration one has over the other, but let’s go over more than just the filtration of basic chemicals. Store bought filters are only made to purify the water which means they only clean select impurities. For example, a water purifier from the store might only filter iodine but not the chlorine that is often added as well. A water filtration system rids impurities through a physical, chemical, and biological barrier that are often missed from generic purification. Water filtration systems focus on the removal of even the tiniest bacteria or microbial cysts. Did you know that, besides the shower, the dishwasher releases more chlorine into the air than any other source in your home? Adding a filtration system in your home will eliminate the omission of harmful chemicals into the air.
The perks of having a water filtration system in your home are endless and contribute to the health and wellness of you and your family. When you’re ready to make the leap for a cleaner home, call the honest experts at The Plumbing Company. You can rest assured that your questions will be handled with utmost sincerity and professionalism as you make the transition.
