Under sink, under counter, or other point-of-use water filters that remove biological and chemical contaminants from water to be used for drinking or cooking are valuable enough in their own right. These improve the color, flavor and odor of water, not to mention that they help remove contaminants that can make you and your loved ones sick.
But, as valuable as they are, there are whole house water filter systems in which you can invest that will offer the benefits of an under sink water filter, and several others on top of those.
Here are some of the most valuable selling points of a whole house water filter system, enumerated. Some may surprise you!
Better Tasting, Smelling Water (for Drinking and Cooking)
Let’s start with a benefit that whole house water filter systems share with under sink water filters. If the filter in question removes scale-causing minerals, sediment, chlorine, chloramines, and other dissolved solids from your water supply, the water will be clearer, better smelling, and better tasting.
This makes a big difference not just when you grab a glass of water; it matters whenever you use water to prepare anything else. Your ice will taste and smell better, and you will be able to brew a better-tasting cup of coffee or tea.
The benefits don’t even end there. Better tasting water means better tasting food, when you cook. Your soups, broths, stews, sauces, brines – anything recipe at all in which water is an ingredient will taste better when it uses water that’s been appropriately filtered.
Water That’s Safer, Cleaner, and Freer of Both Biological and Chemical Contaminants
Just what a whole house water filter can remove from the water stream will depend on the type of filtration it uses. However, many use a combination of mechanical filtration, activated carbon filtration, and UV water purification to remove both chemical and biological contaminants.
This includes but is not limited to dissolved toxic chemicals like VOCs (volatile organic compounds), heavy metals like lead and cadmium (which are also toxic), and other potentially harmful minerals and chemicals.
They also remove biological contaminants in the form of bacteria, viruses, protozoans (like Giardia and Cryptosporidium) as well as parasitic cysts, all of which can cause illness in humans.
In a word, whole house water filters can improve the safety of your drinking and cooking water, not just the flavor, color and odor.
Better for Your Skin and Hair
Whole house water filters that use technology like ion exchange filtration to remove the minerals that cause hard water scale, like calcium and magnesium, will also confer benefits to your skin and hair.
Hard water makes it hard to get a good lather with soap and shampoo, and on top of that, leaves a residue once you rinse it off, which can dry out your skin and air. In some sensitive individuals, scale-forming minerals can also potentially irritate the skin.
On top of that, the chlorine in municipal water supplies is also harsh on your skin and hair, although this condition disproportionately affects sensitive individuals. Either way, a whole home water filter will remove these contaminants and be gentler on your hair and skin.
Better for Your Dishes and Laundry
Hard water scale will leave deposits on your dishes, silverware and glassware that can be difficult to near impossible to remove, not just because scale counteracts the efficacy of detergents, but because rinsing it off with more hard water adds more scale.
The same goes for laundry; both chlorine and hard water scale are deleterious to your linens and other textiles, as they can contribute to fading and will make colors appear dingier than they actually are.
Better for Your Appliances (They’ll Last Longer)
Any whole house water filter that removes calcium and magnesium from your water supply will also benefit any appliances that use water; this includes your fridge, your ice maker, coffee maker, and espresso machine, if you have one. It will also benefit your plumbing in general.
This is because hard water leaves scale deposits in the pipes and lines of the appliances and will accumulate until it diminishes the interior diameter of the lines until they no longer can be used and need to be replaced.
The long and short of it is, a whole house water filter that softens your water (removes scale) will extend the lifespan of any of your appliances that use water.
There May Even Be Benefits for Those with Respiratory Sensitivities
As a final note, some people may experience respiratory sensitivities that cause them to exhibit a mild allergic response when exposed to steam that contains chlorine or chloramines. This means hot showers are less enjoyable for these people, assuming they have chlorinated municipal water.
Of course, a water filter that removes chlorine and chloramines before the water even reaches your bathroom will handily solve this problem.
Explore the Additional Benefits of Whole House Water Filters Here
These are 6 of the biggest benefits of investing in a whole house water filter system. However, in order to ensure that you reap these benefits, you must understand the types and layers of filtration offered by your home’s system, as well as the specifications. Not all filters remove the same contaminants, even though many combine different types of filtration technology.
Explore our collection of whole home water filters and if you have any questions about their performance specifications, or what contaminants they remove, feel free to get in touch with our customer service team. We are happy to help;