Majority of the population is concerned about the purity and quality of the tap water they are using everyday. Many people have these questions in their mind when they are going to buy a water filter, What are the different types of water filter? How effective they are? Are they necessary? Here I am sharing some thoughts with you.. All Most every countries water authorities have to meet specified safety standards, and also most water authorities do tests for taste and colour, but this is absolutely depends up on which country you are living and how effective their safety systems are. So technically it should be done . But sadly many are failing to do this regularly. Putting too much chlorine While doing emergency repairs to the piping will increasing the chance of people consuming too much chlorine through their drinking water. Also the water may contaminated by certain hormones, pesticides, organic solvents and nitrates . All these matters are telling us the use of water filters for better quality water. In the market there are lots of different types of water filters available, it may confuse the consumer as which filter suitable the most. Most filters use carbon to remove pesticides, organic solvents and hormones. The filters with carbon block will work for you the most compare to other filters because the particles are very small so there is more surface area for the water to come into contact with. Some of the available water filters are described below: (1)Activated Carbon (AC) Water Filters Activated carbon (AC) is a very effective filtration technology made from bituminous coal, lignite, wood and crushed coconut shell. And then treated with steam and pressure to make a surface with an enormous number of porous sites in to it for chlorine reduction and removal of some harmful contaminants and organic compounds from water. It will also remove taste and odour from the water. (2)Ultraviolet (UV) Water Filters As you know UV rays are very powerful rays which will almost kill all bacteria and viruses in the water which passes through them. But this water filter system is ineffective to treat chemical pollutants. (3)Water Distillers Water Distillation is heating the water to boiling point and condensing the steam. Distillation will remove from water almost anything, even heavy metals, poisons, bacteria and viruses. But most of the people complaining about the cost and time of the process. (4)Reverse Osmosis This water filtration process works by using pressure to force water through a semi-permeable membrane, that membrane, retaining the solute on one side and allowing the pure solvent to pass to the other side. This is a very effective though time consuming water filter process. (5)Sand Filters Very effective water filters to treat water for a large community. So as far as my concern and knowledge water filters are very effective and useful to treat water to a very high standard.
Water Filters: How effective they are?
