Benefits of a Whole-House Water Filter
To have purified water delivered from every water dispenser throughout your home – faucets, baths, showers, toilets, kitchen, laundry – you can install a whole house water filter, also known as point-of-entry filter, which connects to the main water line coming into your house.
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Do I need a whole-house water filter?
It depends on your water source and what type of contaminants are in it. For instance, chlorine and other chemicals, sediment and hardness minerals are the typical contaminants found in the municipal city water supply. If you get your water from a private well, iron, sediment and hardness minerals are the most common contaminants, but some well water supplies can contain harmful or toxic contaminants as well.
A whole house water filtration system has a fast flow rate and rarely clogs; it’s hands down the best type of filters for stopping sediment, dirt, rust and scale at the door.
As shower filters and whole-house water filter systems extract the same contaminants, you will no longer need a shower filter once you install a whole-house water filtration system. There are, however, still some benefits to using a drinking water filter in conjunction with a whole-house water filter, as lead and other contaminants from the home’s plumbing can sometimes leach into the water AFTER it has passed through the whole-house water filter.
Whole-House Water Filter System Review
The water filter rated best by the Allergy Buyers Club is the Aquasana Rhino whole-house water filter. For only pennies a day, bottled-water quality water is delivered throughout you house by it’s 4 stage filtration process.
Every faucet, every water source in your home, is supplied with healthy, purified water with the Aquasana Rhino EQ-300. This point-of-entry filtration system works to extract chlorine and chlorine-resistant parasite before they can enter your home’s water pipes.
By removing the treat of chloroform gas, the Aquasana Rhino EQ-300 even contributes to better overall household air quality.
Due to the use of chlorinated water, the EPA has determined that there are elevated levels of chloroform gas in the air inside every American home. As a matter of fact, with every load of dishes or clothes that you wash, with every shower you take or toilet that’s flushed, chloroform gas is released into the air. Serious respiratory problems can result from exposure and inhalation of this highly dangerous chemical. It is simply not possible to remove chloroform gas with a drinking water filter.
The Aquasana Rhino EQ-300 whole-house water filter guarantees that the maximum amount of water contaminants will be removed by its patented four-stage filtration process.
You might be wondering if there is actually any benefit to washing dishes or laundry when you have a point-of-entry water filter system.
Indeed there is – compared to using unfiltered water to wash your clothes, the EQ-300 will reduce any VOCs or chlorine that may be embedded in clothing. Furthermore, washing with dechlorinated water will keep your clothes will looking newer longer as the colors won’t be bleached out. Except for taking a shower, nothing causes the release of more VOCs and chloroform into your indoor air than when you run the dishwasher. The Aquasana Rhino EQ-300 keeps this toxic gas from poisoning your air. Additionally, film and soap scum on dishes will be a thing of the past when you start washing with filtered water. You will also save money on detergent as you will need to use less in each cycle when you clean with filtered water, this goes for both dishwashing and laundry.
Will the Aquasana Rhino EQ-300 soften my water?
Although the primarily purpose is the reduction of chlorine, industrial solvents, heavy metals, herbicides, pesticides, and sediment, the Rhino EQ-300 will soften hard water to a small degree. However, you can easily install and operate a water softener along side a point-of-entry water filtration system
What exactly is the difference between a water softening unit and a whole house water filtration system.
In much the same way insulin pushes sugar out of blood, water softeners push minerals like iron and calcium out of the water through the use of salt. On the other hand, the Rhino EQ-300 whole-house water filter is designed to retain vital, healthy minerals, while extracting harmful chemicals and heavy metals. Calcium and iron can be reduced down to 5 microns with the Aquasana Rhino EQ-300 mechanical filtration system.
Are point-of-entry filtration systems better than counter top water filters?
As many water contaminants, especially lead and vinyl chloride, actually come from the plumbing system inside your home, the best way to ensure the premium quality drinking water is by using a counter top filtration system. By installing a system that filters the water at the point-of-use, you eliminate any chance of re-contamination since contaminants are being filtered out just prior to consumption. The benefits of whole-house water filtration systems are enormous, providing filtered water to all of your appliances as well as your showers and bathtubs. Furthermore, not only is will a point-of-entry system improve the health quality of your water, but it raises the quality of your indoor air too. Chlorine and other chemicals that can vaporize, contaminating the air in your home, are eliminate through whole-home filtration.
Water Filtration Systems vs. Water Softening Units
What water softening systems can do is reduce that amount of calcium and magnesium (which cause hardness) in your water through the use of ion exchange technology for ion or chemical removal – they are also units available that can reduce iron and manganese, heavy metals, arsenic, nitrates, chromium, selenium, sulfate and some radioactivity. What they can not do is protect you against bacteria, viruses or protozoa commonly found in water.
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