Is it ok to drink water from your tap or faucet if you have a water filter on it to purify the water?
Monday, October 26th, 2009 at
8:59 pm
or is it better to buy bottled water?
How many impurities do water filters remove and what’s a good kind of water filter to buy?
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In the UK ALL water supplied by the water companies is some of the freshest and best in the world.
Bottled water could have been bottled for months and been breeding bacteria…
Regarding water filters; have your water analysed professionally (eg Public Analyst) then take further professional advice (not from a company or person selling filters) as to whether you need a water filter and if so what type, RO, carbon etc.
Using the word "faucet" suggests that you may be in the USA where things may be different…
actually, i wouldnt drink from the faucet, there are a lot of micro organisms and bacteria and what not in there….well i have a water dispenser…its awesome (waterboy)
Sure, I think it’ll be fine If you have a water filter, I don’t see any problem at all. I drink water from the tap all the time. I’m not a big water drinker, but I take my meds with a few swallows of tap water. If I’m going to drink water as a beverage, I sip bottled water. I like the convenience of a bottle, especially one of those with the little sipper-stopper, as opposed to a glass of water. Personally, I don’t see what the big deal is about drinking tap water. It won’t kill you or make you sick. In restaurants, aren’t you served tap water – iced, and from a pitcher?
Bottoms up! and Cheers!
What Chemicals do Filtration Processes Remove/Reduce?
Single media filters, typically constituting carbon or sand, absorb impurities from water, through both physical and chemical processes, as the water passes through the filter cartridge. Single media filters will generally remove undesirable tastes, colors, and odors from water as well as such chemicals as hydrogen sulfide, radon, chlorine, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, and benzene (Ramstorp, 2003). Drinking water filters will also remove lead and other chemicals transferred from plumbing systems to water. Filtration is the only water purification process that will remove chlorine and chlorine byproducts from water. It is also the only water purification process that reliably and completely removes harmful pesticides from water. Single media filters will not remove mineral compounds from water.
The true power of the filtration process lies in multimedia filtration technology. By using multimedia filters, select minerals can be retained in water while more harmful or useless minerals and chemicals can be removed. The magic of multimedia filters lies in their use of chemical processes, as well as physical processes for the removal of undesirable ground and surface water contents. As more media elements are added to the filter cartridge, the filter is able to remove more of the dangerous mineral contents. Multimedia filter cartridges can remove such harmful mineral deposits and chemical additives as arsenic and fluoride from drinking water. Though arsenic levels are generally low in most ground and surface water, the mineral can be deadly. Fluoride, while useful in maintaining healthy teeth, is a reactive and dangerous chemical that should be taken with care.With a filter or not I think drinking water from the tap is safe. I don’t like bottled water.For sure you don’t know how safe it is. It’s just a pricey thing about so called health that the world has bought into.This industry can sell ice to eskimos. And filter say what they remove. Have you ever thought maybe your water doesn’t have these impuritys. Maybe be cheaper to have water checked for impurities.