The Importance of Home Water Filtration and Purification

When you turn the faucet on your kitchen or bathroom sink, you anticipate clean, healthy water to flow out. But even if your water appears clear, it might still contain toxic chemicals that pose a threat to your family’s health and safety. Plenty of people dislike the taste of contaminated tap water and grasp the risks of drinking it. That’s why half of all American families have either a home water treatment system (32 percent) or bottled water (18 percent) to ensure they have healthy drinking water on hand. 

If you want to protect your family’s well-being, you might first opt for continuing the bottled water route. Sadly, this gets pricey soon. Additionally, plastic water bottles that aren’t recycled end up polluting the world’s waterways, harming the environment and hurting marine life. 

Setting up a whole-house water filtration system is more cost-effective and healthier for the environment than buying bottled water. It can also provide healthier water more conveniently because you can get it straight from the tap. In addition, whole-house systems send purified water to your showers, tubs and plumbing appliances, enabling you to make the most of the benefits whereveryou use water at home. 

Before installing a whole-house water filtration system, find out what’s in your water and how a Filtermax™ Superior Chemical Removal Filter can eliminate harmful contaminants. Then, choose Norrell Service Experts to help you find and install the ideal water filter for you. 

What’s in Your Water Supply? 

Water quality fluctuates by location, but some of the most likely contaminants are: 

• Heavy metals 
• Chlorine 
• Lead 
• Industrial chemicals 
• Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) 

Learn what may be in your home’s tap water by entering your ZIP Code into the Environmental Working Group’s drinking water quality database. EWG records show that above 80 percent of utility water supplies in North America at one point tested positive for carcinogenic chemicals, illustrating that lawful water quality levels aren’t necessarily safe. 

Think About Installing a Filtermax Water Filtration System 

The Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter eliminates dirt, debris and hazardous chemicals from your faucets, supplying you and your family with safe, healthy water to drink. Here are the advantages of this system: 

• Sediment filtration: Cloudiness is a common sign of sediment in your drinking water. Composed of silt, sand, rust or clay, sediment is abundant and can accumulate in the water main following severe storms. While generally harmless, sediment will make your drinking water look and taste unpleasant. Filtermax includes sediment filtration to clear out solids from your drinking water. 
• Chlorine removal: Chlorine is the key to clean drinking water in dense cities. Sadly, this disinfectant can generate dangerous chemical byproducts when it mixes with naturally occurring organic and inorganic materials in the water. A few DPBs, like trihalomethanes (THMs), are shown to cause cancer. Filtermax gets rid of these carcinogens to keep your family healthy. 

• Safer, cleaner, better-tasting water: Providing safe tap water is the objective of adding putting in any water filtration system. Besides being cleaner for your family to drink, filtered water also smells, tastes and looks better. No more lasting metallic or musty smells. No more earthy or chlorine taste. No more muddy water swirling around your cup. Just clean-tasting, odorless, crystal-clear water. 
• Filtered water for every tap: Toxic chemicals don’t just impact you when ingested—they also absorb into your skin as you shower and cling to your clothing and dishes as you wash them. That’s why a whole-house filtration system is so helpful because it provides clean water from every tap. 
• No operating expenses or wasted water: Some whole-house filtration systems add to your electric bills. Others raise your water bills with automatic backwashing and flushing. Filtermax illustrates that healthy water doesn’t have to bring higher utility costs. 
• Flow-through distributor: Depending on your plumbing system’s configuration, you may need an upflow or downflow water filter. The Filtermax™ flow-through distributor features both designs to accommodate your needs. 
• 20-year manufacturer warranty: This is the best warranty in the water treatment equipment industry! With this coverage, you know your investment will keep providing clean, quality drinking water for a very long time. 

Install a Whole-House Water Filter in Your Home

At Norrell Service Experts, we install multiple types of water filtration systems from Excalibur, like the Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter. Whether you’re trying to reduce water hardness, clear out bacteria or remove dangerous chemicals, you’ll find the best system for you from Excalibur. Installation is fast, simple and backed by our 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. Contact your local Norrell Service Experts office for help finding a water filtration system that matches your needs and budget.