Healthy, Filtered Water

Thursday January 20th
Water Filtration System – Discover How To Select The Most Effective Filters To Protect Your Health
It is sad today that a water filtration system is fast becoming a necessity as the quality of what we are now provided with falls short. This article will tell you about the different systems and how to find the right one.

There are basically 3 main types of water filtration system: the kitchen jug, reverse osmosis and carbon block filter. Let's look briefly at each one.

Kitchen jug

Whilst these are convenient, they are actually the least effective and most expensive in the long run! When you consider the extra cost of those replacement filters and the fact that they only remove some of the chlorine, they are best avoided.

Reverse osmosis

These types of water filtration system have been around a long time and are based on out-dated technology. They were designed for the photographic industry which needed lots of demineralized water, and here's part of the problem.

Demineralized basically means that the important trace minerals are removed. These should be left in your water as they are vital to your long term health.

Even though these systems tend to be aggressively sold, do not fall for it. They are not able to remove the harmful synthetic chemicals like pesticides that are so common today in our drinking water.

They also waste a huge amount of water, up to 85% (which cannot be recycled), require electricity to run and also need extensive maintenance. All of this and they cost many times more than the most effective filters!

Carbon block filter

These are the latest filters and the only ones that are able to remove 99% of all the main contaminants including chlorine, lead, pesticides, VOCs and THMs.

They can physically and chemically remove them, enabling them to deal efficiently with the tiny synthetic ones and yet still leave in the essential trace minerals like potassium and calcium for your health.

The water filtration system I use has a dual cartridge process with ion exchange and sub micron filtering. The company provides a Performance Data Sheet to show exactly what their systems remove.

By choosing a system online, you often get a much better price and much more information to help you make a more informed choice. Check that the products are certified and achieve favourable consumer reviews.

I use an Aquasana water filtration system and they have been voted best buy by the Consumer Digest magazine for the last 6 years, achieving a 99% removal rate for all the main contaminants.

Now you know how to select the best systems, you can soon look forward to enjoying great tasting and healthy water, as it should be.

Visit the Aquasana website to discover the purest and healthiest water available.

To your good health,

Ray Hamilton