Different Types of Home Water Filters
Unsafe substances cause a lot of health risks, so getting them out of the water you use is important.
Apart from that, filters also improve the taste and take out the unpleasant odor from some water sources.
Home water filters come in many types.
Some can be installed to filter the whole home water system while others can be placed individually on any indoor plumbing conduit.
The most popular types of home filters include microporous ceramic models, carbon block resins, metallic alloy types, granular activated carbon filters, ultra-filtration membranes, distillers and reverse osmosis filters.
Microporous ceramic models use the benefits of ultra-small ceramic pores to catch unwanted substances in water.
When the pores clog up, you simply have to run water on reverse to unclog the ceramic pores.
Granular carbon filters pass water through a special type of carbon that removes impurities without changing the acidity of water.
Carbon filters have to be replaced regularly and they are easy to buy at any home depot outlet.
A better way of filtration is to use distillers which work by boiling water, then catching and condensing steam back into cleaner forms.
This results to totally pure water and although you're sure the impurities have been removed, unluckily it also takes out necessary minerals.
Reverse osmosis filters work so much like the distiller type but uses pressure rather than steam.
It also results to pure water and takes out the minerals in the same way.
Reverse osmosis was originally invented to create drinking water from sources that had salt in them.
Water filtration takes away common harmful substances such as lead, chlorine, bacteria, toxins and harmful metals and makes drinking water taste a lot better.
Cooked food also tastes better with filtered water.
It's a cheaper alternative to bottled water and doesn't require a lot of storage space.
You save more time and effort, too with having filtered water accessible at your home at all times.