The Importance of Home Water Filtration and Purification

When you run the faucet on your kitchen or bathroom sink, you anticipate clean, safe water to flow out. But even if your water looks clear, it might still carry toxic chemicals that present a risk to your family’s health and safety. Many people do not like the taste of tainted tap water and recognize the risks of drinking it. That’s why half of all American homes keep either a home water treatment system (32 percent) or bottled water (18 percent) to make sure they have clean drinking water nearby. 

If you want to protect your family’s health, you might first consider continuing the bottled water route. But of course, this gets expensive soon. Plus, plastic water bottles that don’t get recycled end up damaging the world’s waterways, disrupting the environment and hurting marine life. 

Having a whole-house water filtration system is more cost-efficient and better for the environment than using so much bottled water. It can also provide healthier water much more easily because you can get it straight from the tap. In addition, whole-house systems send purified water to your showers, tubs and plumbing fixtures, helping you to maximize the benefits anywhereyou use water in your home. 

Before putting in a whole-house water filtration system, find out what’s in your water and how a Filtermax™ Superior Chemical Removal Filter can eliminate hazardous contaminants. Then, contact Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing to help you choose and install the right water filter for you. 

What’s in Your Water Supply? 

Water quality may differ by location, but some of the most common contaminants are: 

• Heavy metals 
• Chlorine 
• Lead 
• Industrial chemicals 
• Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) 

Learn what may be in your water supply by entering your ZIP Code into the Environmental Working Group’s drinking water quality database. EWG records show that above 80 percent of utility water supplies in North America at one point tested positive for carcinogenic chemicals, demonstrating that regulated water quality levels are not necessarily safe. 

Try Installing a Filtermax Water Filtration System 

The Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter traps dirt, debris and dangerous chemicals from your faucets, furnishing you and your family with safe, healthy water to enjoy. Here are the advantages of this system: 

• Sediment filtration: Cloudiness is a sure sign of sediment in your drinking water. Consisting of silt, sand, rust or clay, sediment is abundant and increases in the water main after heavy rainfall. While generally harmless, sediment makes your drinking water look and taste unpleasant. Filtermax offers sediment filtration to filter out solids from your drinking water. 
• Chlorine removal: Chlorine is the key to clean drinking water in urban environments like cities. However, this disinfectant also adds harmful chemical byproducts when it reacts with naturally occurring organic and inorganic substances in the water. Some DPBs, like trihalomethanes (THMs), are known to cause cancer. Filtermax gets rid of these carcinogens to protect your family. 

• Safer, cleaner, better-tasting water: Providing safe tap water is the goal of installing any water filtration equipment. Besides being cleaner for your family to drink, filtered water also smells, tastes and looks better. No more lingering metallic or musty smells. No more earthy or chlorine taste. No more cloudy water swirling around your cup. Just clean-tasting, odorless, crystal-clear water. 
• Filtered water for every tap: Hazardous chemicals don’t just affect you when ingested—they also absorb into your skin during a shower and stick to your clothing and dishes when you clean them. That’s why a whole-house filtration system is so beneficial because it guarantees clean water from every tap. 
• No operating costs or squandered water: Some whole-house filtration systems add to your electric bills. Others increase your water bills with automatic backwashing and flushing. Filtermax proves that clean water doesn’t have to include higher utility costs. 
• Flow-through distributor: Based on your plumbing system’s configuration, you might need an upflow or downflow water filter. The Filtermax™ flow-through distributor includes both designs to satisfy your needs. 
• 20-year manufacturer warranty: This is the best warranty in the water treatment equipment industry! With this coverage, you know your investment will carry on providing clean, quality drinking water for a long, long time. 

Install a Whole-House Water Filter in Your Home

At Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing, we install several types of water filtration systems from Excalibur, such as the Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter. Whether you’re hoping to reduce water hardness, eliminate bacteria or take care of dangerous chemicals, you’ll find the right product for you from Excalibur. Installation is quick, straightforward and bolstered with our 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. Get in contact with your local Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing office for help picking out a water filtration system that matches your needs and budget.