Do you need a water filter? How to avoid buying too much?
August 23, 2025 at 1:42 am,
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Do you need water purification?
Let's say you are going to live in a new house or already live there and you have
doubts about the quality of tap water. It doesn't matter where the water comes from
- from your own well, tap, well or central water supply.
The quality of tap water can vary. From completely clean drinking water,
which is unfortunately rare for various reasons.
Or there are signs of contamination in the water. In this case, of course,
you need to have the water analyzed in an independent laboratory.
How important are these pollutants to your needs?
But everyone has different goals:
Some people need drinking water from every tap in the house,
others need water for irrigation and it doesn't matter what's in it: hardness,
hydrogen sulfide, iron, nitrates... the main thing is that there is no iron, for example..
It should be understood that there are three types of water pollution: organoleptic,
toxic and microbiological.
It is easier to judge by organoleptics (determined by the senses)
- they are perceived (odor, turbidity, deposits, dry skin, etc.)
Toxic substances are pollutants that do not manifest themselves in water.
Nitrites, arsenic, radon, heavy metals and various organic substances.
They are not dangerous for household water, but drinking water simply must be clean!
Therefore, we recommend using a filter for drinking water
Reverse osmosis to remove toxic impurities. It deeply purifies the water and makes it
absolutely clean, no matter what it was originally
Microbiological pollution. There are various bacteria, viruses, fungi - they are in any water,
but sometimes their concentration becomes dangerous for people and especially children,
because children take into their mouths and swallow any water - from a bath, a pond,
a pool. ... without thinking about the danger.
Not all bacteria are dangerous, but there are cases when coliform and thermotolerant bacteria
get into the water from sewage or old communications. In this case,
the water must be purified using
UV disinfection, strong oxidizer or reverse osmosis.
The presence of microorganisms is determined by bacteriological analysis of water,
which is not carried out in every laboratory.