Water Purification or Water FiltrationIt is common to see the terms ‘Water Filtration’ and ‘Water Purification’ used interchangeably. The truth is that they really are two separate, but closly related things. Each has a role to play in providing your family with healthy and tasty water for your family, and each is available in a variety of forms. Put simply, a filter removes particulates and other impurities from your families home water supply. It does so by trapping these particles in the filter cartridge using varies media such as carbon blocks, Ultrafiltration membranes, GAC or KDF. A water filter also gets rid of protozoa and parasites, even bacteria, but it does not remove viruses. Water purification systems, on the other hand, use a filtering process that removes impurities and adds the extra step of disinfecting the water by eliminating viruses. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set standards that require water purifiication systems to eliminate 99.9% of all viruses. In general, if your families water supply comes from a municipal water supply you really only need a water filtration system to remove the chlorine and other impurities that may be present in the water. If your families water supply depends on a well, a stream, lake, or maybe comes from rainwater harvesting should consider one of the many effective water purification systems. How can I Disinfect my Families Water Supply? Disinfection is accomplished both by filtering out harmful microbes and adding disinfectant chemicals or using other methods in the last step in purifying drinking water.
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