If your home is plagued with poor water quality, a whole-home filtration system can offer a solution. There are three main technologies used today to improve water quality: a chemical process, UV light or a filtering medium. These methods are effective at addressing specific issues such as hard water, excessive sediment, bacteria and other biological contaminants, or chemical additives like chlorine.
Owning a Water Filtration System Offers Numerous Benefits
A big benefit of installing this kind of system is that it ensures better quality water in every area of your home. The unit is installed on the main water line where it enters the building, so the incoming supply gets sent through it before flowing along to your fixtures, faucets and appliances.
When you have a whole-home system in place, you'll reap other benefits too, including:
Safer water with no unpleasant smell or taste: When bacteria, viruses and other biological contaminants are killed, and added chemicals like chlorine removed, you'll have a clean, healthy water supply that smells and tastes good.
Extended life for your plumbing system and appliances: Eliminating minerals that cause scale buildup lengthens the service life of your water-using appliances and plumbing system and preserves good water pressure.
A hedge against municipal supply problems: You can rest easy knowing you have safe, clean water when a municipal supply contamination, broken main or other such problem occurs.
Choosing the Right System is Essential
Before you decide on a type of system, get your water tested to pinpoint the exact quality issues you need to address. Then, talk to an experienced professional plumber who can recommend the right solution to match your needs.
To clear out sediment, a reverse osmosis system is best.
For softening hard water, you need an ion exchange unit.
A UV light is used to kill bacteria, viruses and other biological contaminants.
To eliminate odors and improve taste, activated-carbon or oxidizing units are recommended.
For multiple issues, there are multi-stage systems that combine different technologies.
For expert advice about installing a water filtration system in your Broken Arrow home, contact us at Air Assurance today.
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