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People need home water filtration systems for a variety of reasons. Most talk about having cleaner drinking water, or water that tastes better so they can drink it instead of buying bottled water. Others are looking for water softeners, to eliminate some of the chemicals and minerals in ground water that interact with soaps to make them less effective, or that leave residue on your skin and dishes. With good water filtration, your water can be pure or at least soft, which in the long run will save you money and make you healthier.

The first thing most people think of in a filtration system is drinking water. You can get several different kinds of drinking water purifiers: a carbon filter, reverse osmosis filters, UV filters, and ceramic filters are the most common. Each works in a different way, but all clean microorganisms from your water, and most clean significantly more.

The lowest level of filtration, and the least expensive, is the carbon filter. This is the sort of water filtration system that screws onto your faucet, clearing water by forcing it through layers of activated charcoal. Impurities stick to the carbon, remaining behind while clean water goes through. These filters need to be changed fairly often, as they lose effectiveness fairly quickly. Ceramic filters are similar, but use a layer of silicon diatomaceous earth instead of carbon.

A UV filter is significantly different; these filtration systems do not remove anything from your water, but they act to destroy any biological contaminants. These systems are generally used industrially in hospitals to provide sterile water, and as part of a more complex water filter system where debris and heavy metals are filtered out via other means.

The most expensive, but most effective, filtration system is the reverse osmosis water filter. This remarkably effective water filtration system can remove salt from ocean water, and has no trouble removing almost every impurity from your tap water. Because the filtration system is slow, it uses a reservoir to store clean water under your sink. The best reverse osmosis systems include an activated carbon filter and a UV filter as well, ensuring you cleaner, better tasting drinking water than you’ll find in the best bottled water.

Besides drinking water filtration systems, you can get shower filters, which remove the chlorine from your shower water. Chlorine is more dangerous in your bathroom than you might expect, as it becomes the lung irritant chloroform gas in steamy showers, and it forces you to use more soap and shampoo than you otherwise would. Metallic filters are used in showers to filter impurities from hot water, and your water should be noticeably cleaner and softer when you use one of these filtration systems.

A complete home water filtration system uses all kinds of filters to eliminate every possible contaminant from your home’s water system, ensuring your family the purest and healthiest possible water, for use inside and out. These systems must be installed by a professional plumber, but they are worth the trouble.

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