The Importance of Home Water Filtration and Purification

When you turn the faucet on your kitchen or bathroom sink, you expect clean, safe water to flow out. But even if your water looks clear, it may still contain toxic chemicals that pose a threat to your family’s health and safety. Many people dislike the taste of contaminated tap water and understand the risks of drinking it. That’s why half of all American households use either a home water treatment system (32 percent) or bottled water (18 percent) to ensure they have clean drinking water at home. 

If you want to ensure your family’s health, you may first consider going the bottled water route. Unfortunately, this gets expensive fast. Plus, plastic water bottles that don’t get recycled end up polluting the world’s waterways, harming the environment and killing marine life. 

Installing a whole-house water filtration system is more cost-effective and better for the environment than buying bottled water. It may also supply healthier water more conveniently because you can get it straight from the tap. In addition, whole-house systems send purified water to your showers, tubs and plumbing appliances, allowing you to maximize the benefits everywhereyou use water in your home. 

Before installing a whole-house water filter, learn what’s in your water and how a Filtermax™ Superior Chemical Removal Filter can eliminate harmful contaminants. Then, choose Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing to help you find and install the right water filter for you. 

What’s in Your Water Supply? 

Water quality varies by location, but some of the most common contaminants include: 

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

Learn what’s in your drinking water by entering your ZIP Code into the Environmental Working Group’s drinking water quality database. EWG records show that over 80 percent of utility water supplies in North America have tested positive for carcinogenic chemicals, demonstrating that legal water quality levels are not 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 drink. Here are the benefits of this system: 

• Sediment filtration: Cloudiness is a sure sign of sediment in your drinking water. Comprised of silt, sand, rust or clay, sediment is naturally occurring and increases in the water main after heavy rainfall. While generally harmless, sediment makes your drinking water look and taste unpleasant. Filtermax provides sediment filtration to remove solids from your drinking water. 
• Chlorine removal: Chlorine is the key to clean drinking water in urban settings. Unfortunately, this disinfectant creates dangerous chemical byproducts when it reacts with naturally occurring organic and inorganic substances in the water. Some DPBs, including trihalomethanes (THMs), are known to cause cancer. Filtermax removes these carcinogens to keep your family safe. 

• Safer, cleaner, better-tasting water: Ensuring safe tap water is the goal of adding putting in any water filtration system. Besides being safer for your family to drink, filtered water also smells, tastes and looks better. No more lingering metallic or musty odors. No more earthy or chlorine flavor. No more cloudy water swirling around your glass. Just clean-tasting, odorless, crystal-clear water. 
• Filtered water to every tap: Harmful chemicals don’t just affect you when ingested—they also absorb into your skin when you shower and cling to your clothing and dishes when you wash them. That’s why a whole-house filtration system is so beneficial because it ensures clean water from every tap. 
• No operating costs or wasted water: Some whole-house filtration systems increase your electric bills. Others raise your water bills with automatic backwashing and flushing. Filtermax proves that clean water doesn’t have to come with higher utility costs. 
• Flow-through distributor: Depending on your plumbing system’s setup, you may need an upflow or downflow water filter. The Filtermax™ flow-through distributor features both designs to accommodate your needs. 
• 20-year manufacturer warranty: This is the best warranty in the water treatment equipment industry! With this coverage, you know your investment will continue providing clean, quality drinking water for many years to come. 

Install a Whole-House Water Filter in Your Home

At Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing, we install several types of water filtration systems from Excalibur, including the Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter. Whether you’re looking to reduce water hardness, filter out bacteria or remove dangerous chemicals, you’ll find the right product for you from Excalibur. Installation is fast, simple and backed by our 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. Contact your local Service Experts Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing office for help choosing a water filtration system that fits your needs and budget.