The Importance of Home Water Filtration and Purification

When you run the faucet on your kitchen or bathroom sink, you expect clean, safe water to flow out. But even if the water appears clear, it could still be hiding toxic chemicals that are hazardous to your family’s health and well-being. A lot of people dislike the taste of polluted tap water and understand the risks of drinking it. That’s why half of all American homes use either a home water treatment system (32 percent) or bottled water (18 percent) to ensure they have clean drinking water on hand. 

If you want to safeguard your family’s well-being, you may first opt for trying the bottled water route. Unfortunately, this gets costly almost immediately. Plus, plastic water bottles that aren’t recycled end up damaging the world’s waterways, disrupting the environment and killing marine life. 

Installing a whole-house water filtration system is more practical and better for the environment than using so much bottled water. It may also supply healthier water more easily because you can get it straight from the tap. In addition, whole-house systems supply purified water to your showers, tubs and plumbing fixtures, enabling you to capitalize on the benefits anywhereyou use water in your home. 

Before installing a whole-house water filter, learn what’s in your water supply and how a Filtermax™ Superior Chemical Removal Filter can clear out harmful contaminants. Then, contact Norrell Service Experts to help you pick out and install the right water filter for you. 

What’s in Your Water Supply? 

Water quality may differ by location, but some of the most prevalent contaminants are: 

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

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

Try Installing a Filtermax Water Filtration System 

The Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter eliminates dirt, debris and dangerous chemicals from your faucets, providing you and your family with safe, healthy water to enjoy. Here are the benefits of this system: 

• Sediment filtration: Cloudiness is a common sign of contaminants in your drinking water. Comprised of silt, sand, rust or clay, sediment is naturally occurring and increases in the water main soon after severe storms. While generally harmless, sediment will make your drinking water appear 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. However, this disinfectant also adds dangerous chemical byproducts when it meets naturally occurring organic and inorganic materials in the water. Some DPBs, such as trihalomethanes (THMs), are known 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 goal of installing any water filtration system. Besides being safer for your family to drink, filtered water also smells, tastes and looks better. No more constant metallic or musty odors. No more earthy or chlorine flavor. No more muddy water swirling around your kitchen sink. Just clean-tasting, odorless, crystal-clear water. 
• Filtered water to every tap: Harmful chemicals don’t just threaten you when ingested—they also absorb into your skin when 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 increase your water bills with automatic backwashing and flushing. Filtermax demonstrates that clean water doesn’t have to bring bigger utility costs. 
• Flow-through distributor: Depending on your plumbing system’s setup, you could need an upflow or downflow water filter. The Filtermax™ flow-through distributor contains both designs to cater to 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 continue providing clean, quality drinking water for a long, long time. 

Install a Whole-House Water Filter in Your Home

At Norrell Service Experts, we install different types of water filtration systems from Excalibur, including the Filtermax Superior Chemical Removal Filter. Whether you’re looking to reduce water hardness, filter out bacteria or take care of dangerous chemicals, you’ll find the ideal solution for you from Excalibur. Installation is quick, simple and bolstered with 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.