Unfortunately, all sources of drinking water, including municipal water systems, wells, lakes, rivers, and even glaciers, contain some level of contamination. These range from naturally occurring minerals to man-made chemicals and by-products to biological agents such as bacteria, viruses, and cysts.
While most contaminants are found at levels low enough not to cause immediate severe health consequences, it is well documented in scientific journals that even low-level exposure to many common chemicals can cause severe illness including liver damage, cancer, and other serious ailments which risks are further increased by long term use due to a build up of these levels of chemicals in your body. Even some of the chemicals commonly used to treat municipal water supplies such as chlorine and fluoride are known to have significant adverse effects on the human body.
Disinfection by chlorination can be problematic, in some circumstances. Chlorine can react with naturally occurring organic compounds found in the water supply to produce a dangerous compound, known as disinfection byproducts (DBPs). The most common DBPs are trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids.
Due to the carcinogenic potential of these compounds, federal regulations in the United States of America require regular monitoring of the concentration of these compounds in the distribution systems of municipal h2o systems.
The water coming out of your faucet may not be as clean as it should be. Some filters aim to produce clearer, better-tasting water, while others work to remove chemicals in your water that could affect your health. It is therefore good to be informed of all the different type of contaminants we are faced with in this day and age. We have compiled a list these various contaminants to give you an idea of what you are dealing with when drinking unfiltered h20.
A reverse osmosis or RO membrane purifier will filter out between 95 and 100 percent off all chemicals and substances from your drinking h2o to give you the purest h2o | aqua.
Purifiers using reverse osmosis water purification membranes filters purify the water to give you the purest possible and best quality h2o | aqua | water possible. The resulting h2o from our reverse osmosis RO purifiers using GE, Filmtec, Aspring RO membranes is of a higher quality then filter water.
For more information on reverse osmosis purified h2o, reverse osmosis membrane purifiers and h2o filters ro membranes visit our facts page on reverse osmosis purification and filter purifiers.
