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Best Water Filters Last Six Months Or Longer
By James J Dixon
For even the savviest of shoppers, buying a water filter
in today’s marketplace can be confusing. Hopefully,
we can assist you in making the right choice when purchasing
a new filtration system for your home or business.
When it comes to water purification, you can review
a few options as there are a few different technologies
to choose from, such as loose carbon, distillation,
ultraviolet light, reverse osmosis and carbon blocks.
Let’s take a look at what are the best water filters
available today and how each of them works.
The first step is to decide what you want to accomplish
with a water filtration; do you want to reduce chlorine,
stop bacterial growth and cysts, or would you like to
deal with a wide range of organic and chemical contaminants
all at the same time?
Loose Carbon Filters
The best water filters can do all of these things at
one time. You should also consider whether or not you
want to remove the healthy minerals from your water,
such as calcium and magnesium.
If you take a look at loose carbon filters, you will
discover that they are actually bacteria factories.
They allow oxygen to exist within the filter, which
encourages and enhances the growth of bacteria. Although
this type of filter is very cheap to purchase, it is
expensive in the long run, since the filters must be
replaced frequently.
Distillation is effective when filtering bacteria,
solids, sediments and organic or chemical contaminants
that will not evaporate. There are some chemical contaminants,
such as MTBE, that will evaporate, so distillation is
not effective in filtering that.
Killing Bacteria With UV Light
Ultraviolet (UV) light is sometimes used in conjunction
with other filters to kill bacteria, and has been found
to be a very effective tool. The light affects an organism’s
DNA, so it cannot replicate. If it cannot replicate,
it is harmless.
Reverse osmosis (RO) is a filter which reduces fluoride,
radium and numerous other contaminants to a very high
degree, although it does have its limitations.
Reverse Osmosis In Conjunction With Other Filters
There are a large number of contaminants found in water
that will easily pass through an RO filter. Reverse
osmosis is also used in conjunction with other filters
to be very effective, though the process does remove
the healthy minerals as well.
RO by itself is capable of reducing contaminants such
as radium, arsenic, barium lead, nitrates and nitrites,
as well as giardia and selenium that are found in tap
water.
Look For A Filter Lasting Six Months Or Longer
The best water filters tend to have a long life capacity,
and that is what saves money. Be on the lookout for
a water filter that has a capacity rating of six months
or longer, and understand that this number is an estimate.
The actual lifespan of the filter depends on the quality
of your water. If your water has a lot of contaminants
to filter, then your unit will clog sooner.
About the Author:
James J Dixon has written a number of articles on Water Filtration, Recycling, Renewable Resources including
UV Water Filter,
Water Filter System,
Filtered Water,
Environmental Jobs,
Waste Water,
Disposal Of Plastics.
Look out for new articles as they become available on this site.
Little Known Water Filtration Facts.....
Modern conveniences are great. It was a big deal twenty
years ago to be able to buy bottled water. Many older
generations were appalled at the thought though. Who
would pay for a bottle of water when it was free from
the tap?
But that was before people began to worry about the
contaminants in their water such as lead and zinc. Things
that modern water filtration systems now remove. People
truly wanted to be drinking healthier water and so these
filtration systems became popular as the reality of
what plastic does to landfills sank in.
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