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Tap water – How good is it and why would you need it to be filtered?
This is a great debate and will depend on your viewpoint.
All
the water in Australia will contain Chlorine, Pesticides and herbicides
including Atrazine which is heavy linked to cancer and banned in
several countries and contain some heavy metals. Is it safe to Drink,
probably, although the issue of pesticides and herbicides is a worry? Is
it pure?. NO
WATER FILTER PRODUCTS
If selling one of our
products it is important that you are aware of what different water
filters will remove and what they will not remove. There are a plethora
of filters products out there and several claims that are simply not
true and are misleading to the consumer. Here are some short notes on
the different type f filter products on the market and what they can and
can not remove, and what they do and do not do. It should be added that
several products now use combination of methodologies to improve water
quality. Please note in this water softeners has also been added as
people will say I have a water softener. These are not filters in fact
can do more harm to your health than good.
WATER SOFTENERS- A
water softener does not clean water as some people suggested. It is an
ion exchange device desingned to remove minerals such as Calcium and
Magnesium from the water and replace them with Sodium. Their use is to
reduce the build up of lime scale in hot water systems improving the
ability of soaps and shampoos etc. Of course the downside is it
increases sodium in the water and sodium usage should be minimised not
increased in people diets who suffer from heart disease or high blood
pressure. It also decreases entirely the calcium and magnesium in the
water that are important for many metabolic processes and in fact to
your hydration levels. In other words great for your appliances but not
so great for your body. NOTE: water softeners do not remove Chlorine or
other impurities from the water. They are an opportunity for us to sell
to not a deterrent.
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ACTIVATED CARBON FILTERS
& CARBON BLOCK FILTERS – Activated Carbon is positively charged
carbon utilised to remove contaminants such as Pesticides, Herbicides,
heavy metals, sediment and other volatile organic components from the
water. The effectiveness of the filter depends on how tightly the carbon
is compacted and how much exposure the water has to the medium, the
slower the flow of water the more effective. Highly compressed carbon
filters can remove Giaria, Cryptosporidium and some other bacteria. The
effectiveness of these filters is dictated by the amount of times they
are charged as they use catalytic reduction and adsorption to remove the
particles and once the carbon is saturated it will no longer remove
contaminants. In other words mandatory filter changes are required.