The Importance of Home Water Filtration and Purification

When you turn the faucet on your kitchen or bathroom sink, you’re expecting clean, healthy water to flow out. But even if the water appears clear, it might still carry toxic chemicals that pose a threat to your family’s health and safety. Many people don’t like the taste of tainted tap water and understand the risks of drinking it. That’s why half of all American households have either a home water treatment system (32 percent) or bottled water (18 percent) to make sure they have healthy drinking water on hand. 

If you want to ensure your family’s health, you might first opt for continuing the bottled water plan. Unfortunately, this gets expensive fast. Plus, plastic water bottles that aren’t recycled end up contaminating the world’s waterways, causing harm to the environment and hurting marine life. 

Having a whole-house water filtration system is more practical and healthier for the environment than using so much bottled water. It will also provide healthier water much more easily because you can get it right from the tap. In addition, whole-house systems send purified water to your showers, tubs and plumbing appliances, allowing you to capitalize on the benefits everywhereyou use water at home. 

Before putting in a whole-house water filtration system, learn about what’s in your water supply and how a Filtermax™ Superior Chemical Removal Filter can eliminate harmful contaminants. Then, get in touch with Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing to help you pick out and install the best water filter for you. 

What’s in Your Drinking Water? 

Water quality fluctuates by location, but some of the most likely contaminants are: 

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

Learn what’s in your water supply by entering your ZIP Code into the Environmental Working Group’s drinking water quality database. EWG data shows that over 80 percent of utility water supplies in North America have tested positive for carcinogenic chemicals, illustrating that lawful water quality levels aren’t necessarily safe. 

Consider Installing a Filtermax Water Filtration System 

The Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter eliminates dirt, debris and dangerous chemicals from your tap water, providing you and your family with safe, clean water to enjoy. Here are the perks of this system: 

• Sediment filtration: Cloudiness is a frequent sign of sediment in your drinking water. Composed of silt, sand, rust or clay, sediment is abundant and increases in the water main soon after heavy rainfall. While generally harmless, sediment makes your drinking water appear and taste unpleasant. Filtermax includes sediment filtration to clear out solids from your drinking water. 
• Chlorine removal: Chlorine is crucial to clean drinking water in urban environments like cities. Unfortunately, this disinfectant creates hazardous chemical byproducts when it meets naturally occurring organic and inorganic compounds in the water. A few DPBs, such as trihalomethanes (THMs), are found to cause cancer. Filtermax gets rid of these carcinogens to keep your family healthy. 

• Safer, cleaner, better-tasting water: Guaranteeing safe tap water is the goal of installing any water filtration system. Besides being cleaner for your family to drink, filtered water also smells, tastes and looks better. No more lasting metallic or musty smells. No more earthy or chlorine taste. No more muddy water swirling around your kitchen sink. Just clean-tasting, odorless, crystal-clear water. 
• Filtered water to every tap: Hazardous chemicals don’t just affect you when ingested—they also absorb into your skin during a shower and cling to your clothing and dishes when you clean them. That’s why a whole-house filtration system is so beneficial because it provides clean water from every tap. 
• No operating costs or wasted water: Some whole-house filtration systems increase your electric bills. Others add to your water bills with automatic backwashing and flushing. Filtermax illustrates that healthy water doesn’t have to include bigger utility costs. 
• Flow-through distributor: Depending on your plumbing system’s structure, you may need an upflow or downflow water filter. The Filtermax™ flow-through distributor features both designs to satisfy your needs. 
• 20-year manufacturer warranty: This is one of the best warranties in the water treatment equipment industry! With this coverage, you know your investment will keep 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 different types of water filtration systems from Excalibur, including the Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter. Whether you’re looking to scale back water hardness, clear out bacteria or remove dangerous chemicals, you’ll find the ideal solution for you from Excalibur. Installation is quick, easy and supported by our 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. Contact your local Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing office for help finding a water filtration system that matches your needs and budget.