What’s Your Best Bet?
If you haven’t read the papers much of late, then you should. And take special note of the more than one story about very powerful chemicals and toxins found in your water.
Yes, your drinking, that’s right. You might not realize but these very potent contaminants are wading their way to your home right to your very water tap. Sure they told you they’ve been doing all they can to address the issue and well, they made some effort for water treatments. But given the scope and complexity of such gargantuan task, you are left with no choice but to filter your own water. That is why a countertop water filter has become a necessity.
What about Bottled Water?
That’s a good and valid question. You’re thinking of an easy way out (or so you think) Again, you haven’t been reading much. Bottled water definite has its own issues. How would you even know it didn’t just come straight from the tap, too? Maybe they are filtered, but since they are unregulated, you couldn’t be sure that they follow a certain standard for filtering.
So now it’s blatantly obvious that you just have to fend for yourself and buy a countertop water filter that you can control and you can regulate, and set your own standards to. Now the question: What will you buy? Okay, are you ready to talk about it?
First, you have to get familiar with the four main methods of filtering water, which are: reverse osmosis, ultraviolet light, distillation and carbon or ceramic filters. Except for distillation, countertop water filters can use all of these methods. So which should you go for? Decision, decision. All three methods have, of course, their own pluses and minuses, so why don’t we take a closer look at each?
Reverse Osmosis
This is the process of forcing the water through permeable membranes. The water molecules go through; the impurities get filtered by the membranes. Simple enough, right? Countertop water filters are capable of filtering by reverse osmosis. There’s just one big problem – and this is common to all filters that use this method. It wastes a lot of water. You only get one gallon of pure water for every two. The rest goes down the drain.
Ultraviolet Light
Ultraviolet light filters are only effective on living impurities. They don’t have much effect on inorganic matters so you have to separate that stuff. If you have to do this to get your purified water, you are better off getting another type of countertop filter.
Carbon/Ceramic Filters
This type of countertop filter uses filter cartridges made of carbon or ceramics. It filters the water by pushing it through these cartridges. If you take into perspective the cost, ease of use and performance, this could be your type and best bet.