Clean, Fresh Water : Your Secret Beauty Weapon

When you're shopping around and getting a quick education about water filtration, two common phrases you'll run into often during your research is "granular activated carbon" and "KDF media". Knowing how these two processes work and what they do will help you make the best choice for your individual needs of your household.

Clean water is a must for good health. Unfortunately, there are numerous contaminants in our municipal water supplies that when ingested over a long period of time, can harm our bodies. That's why the simply act of installing a water filtration unit in your home is so important. You wouldn't feed your family second-rate food or roll the dice buying food with expiration dates long since passed, there's no need to gamble on the quality of your drinking water either. Just because the water passed testing for being safe to drink does not mean it's actually good for you.

Before the mid-1940's heavy metals and bacteria were the most common threats in the public drinking supply. Improvements at water treatment facilities and the addition of chlorine to the water have largely wiped out the threat from these once common water contaminants.

Now we have an entirely new group of worries in our drinking water. Some of these water hazards include chlorinated hydrocarbons in various pesticides, herbicides and industrial solvents. Improper usage and more often, improper disposal of these various chemicals has allowed them to enter the water supply and traditional methods do not remove them. Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) has been proven to be an effective, economical way to remove these contaminants from drinking water.

GAC has a unique ability to both absorb and adsorb chlorine from water. Activated carbon granules have a great deal of surface area because of their irregular shape. Compounds which are products of reaction between chlorine and organic substances present in drinking water are also removed by activated carbon. GAC is a preferred method for protection of drinking water from trihalomethanes (THM's) and has been proven very effective in their removal.

Also, GAC not only cleans your water to a much healthier standard, it also improves the look and taste of your water while being very economical. Currently, experts disagree on how much pesticide or other contaminants can be considered unhealthy to ingest, but do you really want to wait around for a report? High concentrations of contaminants in the public water supply aren't common, however low levels of certain substances are allowed to pass and the water still be considered safe. Be smart and don't drink water that has or has the possibility of having any contaminants.

Cleaning with your drinking water by using granular activated carbon is just smart but our unit is a little different as the carbon is infused with silver which has been proven to inhibit bacteria growth. This type of water treatment is known as Bacteriostatic Water Treatment Unit.

For unrivaled performance in chlorine removal and bacterial control, you can't go wrong with patented KDF media. KDF is a bacteriostatic that works hand in hand with chlorine removal systems with GAC and the KDF strips the chlorine from the water before it comes into contact with the granulated carbon. The carbon no longer has the job of removing chlorine and will be perform water filtration at an even higher level without the use of any additional chemicals required.

Whether you need a whole house filtration unit or just under the sink for your drinking and cooking needs, you can't go wrong by removing the impurities from your drinking water before they have a chance to harm you or your family.