Shower Water filtration system has become a must for us nowadays. The continuous deterioration in the quality of water we take and use daily warrants our serious attention if we were to bring back good, healthy water to our families.
Treated water supplied by municipalities may still not be safe for drinking, either because of the substances present in source water or added to it during water treatment, or because of contamination that may occur on its way from water treatment plant to our home.
While it is vital to disinfection during water treatment, chlorine itself is potentially harmful to our health as it can bond with naturally occurring organic matter to form potentially harmful substances, such as chloroform.
Old or poorly maintained distribution pipes are another contributor to drinking water contamination. Rust, sediment and even lead can find their ways into our drinking water on its way to our home.
Home water filtration systems are categorized into two types: Point-of-Entry (POE) systems and Point-of-Use (POU) systems.
POE System
As its name suggests, POE system is installed where the water line comes into our home. This whole house filter will reduce rust and sediment picked up from the pipes that deliver water to our home from our well or municipal water system.
This first cleaning of incoming water will protect your appliances (e.g., water heater, clothes washer, dishwasher, humidifier, toilets, and showers) from the wear caused by rust and sediment in the water. POE system may also remove much of the chlorine that can cause itchy skin and damage to your clothing.
POU System
POU system, on the other hand, is installed where water is used for cooking, drinking or showering. This system removes contaminants and provides clean, safe, great tasting water on demand. The effectiveness of this system in doing its job varies, however, from the filter to filter.
The article here concentrates on water filtration technologies of POU systems.
There are three basic approaches to home water filtration and purification:
- filtration
- reverse osmosis
- distillation
Filtration
Filtration involves forcing water through a material that acts as a sieve to strain out particles in the water. The material through which water passes is called the filtration media. Common filtration media include carbon block, granular activated carbon, and some metallic substances. Some better media can absorb odors and tastes in addition to just acting like a sieve.
Carbon block and granular carbon filtration media have been used for decades to remove chlorine, certain solid materials, sediments, and metals. Carbon filter media has a capacity for filtering out synthetic organic chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, and solvents.
Granular activated carbon (GAC) is significantly more effective than carbon block for removing synthetic organic chemicals and radon. It is recognized by the U.S Environment Protection Agency (EPA) as the best available technology for the removal of organic chemicals like herbicides, pesticides and industrial chemicals.
Granular activated carbon can become "exhausted" ineffectiveness in a relatively short time and must be replaced regularly. "Exhausted" carbon filter is a good "growth medium" for bacteria.
Please note that activated carbon filtration does not remove some organic chemicals if present in quantities above the EPA Health Advisory Level. You want to know more about what activated carbon filters will and will not remove, we recommend you follow this link.
Other filtration media other than carbon include activated alumina. This medium is made by treating aluminum ore so that it becomes porous and highly absorptive. Activated alumina will remove a variety of contaminants, including excessive fluoride, arsenic, and selenium. It requires periodic cleaning with an appropriate regenerates such as alum or acid to remain effective.
Reverse osmosis
Reverse osmosis is a water filtration technology that involves using pressure to force water through a semi-permeable membrane, where ion exclusion occurs. With ion exclusion, water molecules form a barrier that allows other water molecules to pass through while excluding most contaminants.
Activated carbon filters are usually used together with reverse osmosis to provide added treatment for the volatile organic compounds not treated by the membrane itself.
Click here to find out more about this common and effective water treatment technology.
Distillation
Distillation produces high quality, treated water by heating the raw water until it turns to steam. The steam travels through a condensation coil where it is cooled and condensed back into liquid form in a separate section. Contaminants remain in the boiler section and the water condensed in the separate section is substantially free of contaminants.
While it is effective to treat a broad range of health contaminants, distillation is typically not effective for treating contaminants such as benzene and radon, which evaporate out of the water at a temperature lower than the boiling point and move through the system with the steam. As such, activated carbon filtration is incorporated in the distillation system to control such contaminants.
The removal of all minerals by distillation will leave the water tasting 'flat' or somewhat bitter. Distilled water is also considered to be 'hungry' for minerals, wanting to become re-mineralized. Because of this, many people who exclusively drink distilled water have been found, over time, to become trace mineral or electrolyte deficient, which can cause numerous health problems.
Maintenance of distillation system usually involves cleaning out the built-up contaminants on the boiler side.
A Combination of Water Treatment Technologies for Better Results
We have seen that there are many effective technologies used to provide water treatment solutions. No single technology is effective for treating all of the possible contaminants. A specific technology or combination of technologies is usually applied to treat the specific problem at hand.
One of the biggest criticisms for reverse osmosis and distillation perhaps is the removal of minerals from the water. There is an ongoing debate over the healthfulness of de-mineralized water vs. filtered water with minerals. Drinking naturally balanced water with minerals simply makes more sense.
From a non-scientific perspective, the fact that nowhere on this planet do we find naturally occurring de-mineralized water should tell us that we were not meant to have it.
Living Water
More attention is now given to treated water that resembles natural, healthy water which is pure, fresh, energized and full of life-giving properties. As you will find out on this site about living water, it makes sense to use a water filtration system that is capable of producing such water.
This is done by incorporating into the system a special energization filter cartridge, EC3000. This cartridge contains bio-ceramic beads made of many mineral oxides that emit Far Infrared Rays (FIR). These energy-converting beads activate water's life force where water regains healthful energy and is enriched with oxygen and restructured into small hexagonal clusters.
Yes, healthy, living water is found to have small hexagonal molecular clusters. This cluster structure matches the clustered water found inside and around our body cells.
Small clusters are perfectly designed to interact with other molecules, to communicate using energetic vibrations, and to slip easily through cellular membranes, carrying nutrients in and lifting toxic waste out of our cells to keep them young and vibrantly healthy.
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