Water Filtration SystemsBYHYU 166
Last week we talked extensively about water softeners and conditioners.\xa0 Water softeners and conditioners help to alleviate many hard water problems, including limescale build-up in your plumbing. But water softeners and conditioners are ineffective in removing chemicals and contaminants that can cause less-healthy, bad tasting and foul-smelling water.\xa0 For those issues, you\u2019ll need a water filtration system.
Although city and county water systems typically\xa0do a good job of removing harmful quantities of contaminants from tap water, they leave behind small amounts of substances that most of us would rather not drink. Some tap water contains the residue of treated sewage, industrial waste, agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals, toxic metals like arsenic and mercury, plus fluoride, disinfectants, and storm runoff.\xa0
Other contaminants that might be found in tap water, or especially in well water, include illness-causing bacteria, viruses, and parasites, and pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, as well as Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs).
In this week\u2019s mini-lesson, we\u2019ll get into the different types of water filtration systems and what sort of certifications we should be looking for before you buy one.
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