Drinking Water Safety - For Home and Office

Tap Water Purifiers - Which one filters out the most contaminants?
There are many types of tap water purifiers on the market, which one works best?

You need to know some facts about tap water before deciding on which water purifier or filter model you should decide on buying.

Most people notice a funny smell in their tap water, that is chlorine or chloramin used to disinfect water. There are over 140 of the unwanted “extras” that NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) found when they examined the drinking water of major American cities)
Just to lit a few: there are bacteria, viruses, cysts,lead, mercury, other heavy metal, gasoline additive MTBE, rocket fuel, arsenic, germs, pesticides….

With that many contaminants in your tap, what do you want out, what do you want to leave behind?Now is time to decide on which tap water purifier to meet your expectation.
If you only care about taste, then an inexpensive pitcher type or faucet mount type filter will do. Most of these type of filter do a good job of filtering out most of the chlorine in tap water thus improving the taste and odor. Like a Brita Grand Digital Counter Pitcher may filter out some lead, copper, mercury but has no claims about destroying bacteria or viruses. Slow Flow Rate.

With a Pur 3-Stage Faucet Mount,will improve taste and odor and reduce about 28 potential health-effect contaminants: heavy metals, chlorination by-products, agricultural and industrial pollutant. Will leave in the beneficial fluoride found in water. No claims made for destroying bacteria and viruses. Good flow rate.

The Hydrotech 4-Stage Reverse Osmosis will improve taste and odor and clarity. It reduces heavy metals, radium, fluoride, calcium, magnesium, chlorine, scales, sys ts….. The official listing shows 18 inorganic and 32 organic compounds reduced or effectively removed. Seem like a decent unit to treat your tap with two problems: 1) be aware of losing your body’s minerals if drinking it long term; 2)it wastes about 75% of the water in the purifying process. Filtered water stores in storage tank. Slow and inefficient.

The eSpring 2-stage filter/cartridge of activated pressed carbon block with ultraviolet light will improve taste, odor and clarity. It effectively removes 140 potential health-effect contaminants, from lead, mercury to VOCs, MTBE, and numerous of pesticides. It claims to destroy 99.95% of bacteria, viruses, and cysts. It retains the beneficial mineral such as calcium, magnesium and fluoride. Flow rate is almost 1 gallon/minute. Purifies water fresh from the tap. It meets 3 of the NSF International Standards 42, 53 & 55B while most other only meet 2 NSF standards.

OK, so now you have a general idea of some different types of tap water purifiers available to choose from. Deciding which one fits your need depends on how you value the quality of water that goes into your body.

Your often heard the term “you are what you eat”. You also “are what you drink” because water plays such a significant role in our body therefore affecting our health. If living a healthy life is what you are going after, then invest in improving the quality of your drinking and cooking water with a tap water purifier.

My choice, if you ask: the eSpring Water Purifier.