Water Purifier
By Carlos Manso
When selecting the proper water purification system for your home, it is better to choose any water purifier rather than not choosing at all. Indeed, there are some differences among water purifiers. Some water purifiers work better or are more efficient than others. It is important to realize that the difference in price does not translate into a difference in quality. We are providing you here with some important information that can help you when searching for the appropriate water system for your home.
Health and safety are the primary considerations for water purification. Public treatment facilities try to protect our health in a number of ways. First and foremost, to them, is disinfection.
If you do not have a water treatment facility in your area, then you should seriously consider the source of your water before you decide on a water purifier. There are usually a number of pollutants in water that need to be dealt with and consequently there are various steps that need to be taken to accomplish that purpose. Public treatment facilities use various steps to disinfect the water and you may end up using more than one water purifier depending on the source of your water.
For instance, in the rare occasion that your water is obtained from a river or lake you need a thorough lake or river-water purification. In that case, the total process may include the following water purification systems: reverse osmosis, selective filtration and distillation. This is so because each water purification system focuses on specific contaminants and fails to eliminate others. Just look at the following analysis:
A reverse osmosis water purifier removes inorganic contaminants that are larger molecularly than water's. Unless your source is a lake or river, you probably do not need this step. If you are serviced by the public's water purification program, this step or something similar has already been performed. Reverse osmosis water purifiers do not remove herbicides, pesticides, VOCs, THMs or bacterial contaminants.
Water purifiers that use distillation are needed to kill bacteria, but if you boil the water you can get the same effective results. When your water comes from a treatment facility, disinfection has already been done, and usually E. coli and other bacteria are not present, except in the case of a massive storm or similar event. But bacteria might still be present in the spore step of evolvement.
Careful water purification systems use thorough filtration or a various filtering media to get rid of the majority of contaminants. You need to check about the quality and steps used by the water purifier before you buy it, since these elements will affect the outcome regarding the removal of contaminants and the operation of the system.
Let's look at one of the best multi-stages water purifiers on the market. First, activated carbon granules remove chlorine, disinfection by products and other chemicals. Then a multi-media block traps gaseous contaminants, such as THMs. The sub-micron sized pores of the block remove bacterial cysts that cannot be removed by public water purification methods. Finally, the water passes through and ion exchange stage.
The ion exchange step removes lead and other metallic contaminants by exchanging the ions of the contaminants for potassium and sodium. Through the addition of this last step, the final outcome is an improved taste and healthfulness due an improved mineral content and balancing of the pH level.
For most homes selective filtration water purifiers are all that is necessary, but in cases of floods or even heavy rains, E. coli bacteria may be present. Typically, the public water purification facility will make efforts to inform homeowners when that is the case. If that happened, you would want to filter first and then boil. Drink safely.
Health and safety are the primary considerations for water purification. Public treatment facilities try to protect our health in a number of ways. First and foremost, to them, is disinfection.
If you do not have a water treatment facility in your area, then you should seriously consider the source of your water before you decide on a water purifier. There are usually a number of pollutants in water that need to be dealt with and consequently there are various steps that need to be taken to accomplish that purpose. Public treatment facilities use various steps to disinfect the water and you may end up using more than one water purifier depending on the source of your water.
For instance, in the rare occasion that your water is obtained from a river or lake you need a thorough lake or river-water purification. In that case, the total process may include the following water purification systems: reverse osmosis, selective filtration and distillation. This is so because each water purification system focuses on specific contaminants and fails to eliminate others. Just look at the following analysis:
A reverse osmosis water purifier removes inorganic contaminants that are larger molecularly than water's. Unless your source is a lake or river, you probably do not need this step. If you are serviced by the public's water purification program, this step or something similar has already been performed. Reverse osmosis water purifiers do not remove herbicides, pesticides, VOCs, THMs or bacterial contaminants.
Water purifiers that use distillation are needed to kill bacteria, but if you boil the water you can get the same effective results. When your water comes from a treatment facility, disinfection has already been done, and usually E. coli and other bacteria are not present, except in the case of a massive storm or similar event. But bacteria might still be present in the spore step of evolvement.
Careful water purification systems use thorough filtration or a various filtering media to get rid of the majority of contaminants. You need to check about the quality and steps used by the water purifier before you buy it, since these elements will affect the outcome regarding the removal of contaminants and the operation of the system.
Let's look at one of the best multi-stages water purifiers on the market. First, activated carbon granules remove chlorine, disinfection by products and other chemicals. Then a multi-media block traps gaseous contaminants, such as THMs. The sub-micron sized pores of the block remove bacterial cysts that cannot be removed by public water purification methods. Finally, the water passes through and ion exchange stage.
The ion exchange step removes lead and other metallic contaminants by exchanging the ions of the contaminants for potassium and sodium. Through the addition of this last step, the final outcome is an improved taste and healthfulness due an improved mineral content and balancing of the pH level.
For most homes selective filtration water purifiers are all that is necessary, but in cases of floods or even heavy rains, E. coli bacteria may be present. Typically, the public water purification facility will make efforts to inform homeowners when that is the case. If that happened, you would want to filter first and then boil. Drink safely.
About the Author:
About The Author: Thomas Manso is very passionate about the necessity of using and drinking clean filtered water. For more information about water filtration systems and the benefit of a water filter system for your home for the benefit of your family.
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