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Simple Steps to Better Drinking Water at Home with PUR Filters
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Looking for some straightforward advice to enhance the taste and reduce unwanted substances in your drinking water? Here are a few ideas for you to consider:
Flush your pipes, and use the cold tap for drinking and cooking.
Heavy metals such as lead and mercury can get into your water from the plumbing throughout your home. The health effects of excessive exposure to these heavy metals can be serious, especially for the physical and mental development of babies and young children. Adults also may potentially be impacted by heavy metals with the onset of kidney problems and high blood pressure when exposed over time to levels above the EPA maximum.
If your drinking water supply hasn't been used in the past six hours, run water from the cold tap until it is at its coldest point. The longer it has been sitting in your home's pipes, the more lead it may contain. Whenever you or a member of the household will be consuming the water, including for use in baby formula, turn on only the cold water line. The hot tap is likely to contain higher levels of lead.
Become informed.
Learn about the contaminants that may be in your drinking water. Beginning in 1999, community water supply systems must provide an annual report describing the quality of their drinking water to consumers. Officially called "Consumer Confidence Reports," municipal supplies serving over ten thousand people must mail these reports to bill-paying customers. Renters can find the reports in the newspaper or on the internet, among other public venues. You can also request the report directly from your local water supplier, especially if you live in a community where less than ten thousand are receiving water service.
If you have a private water source (well, spring, or surface water), you are completely responsible for the safety of your home's water supply. Arm yourself and your household with the knowledge that comes from a home test kit submitted for laboratory analysis. Treat the water with a filtration system as needed, and practice good maintenance of the well, pump and pipes.
Analyze your situation.
Local groundwater conditions, the age of your house and your specific individual health concerns are all unique. Do not assume water is safe to drink just because it is reasonably clear and tastes okay. Most contaminants have no color, taste or odor. The most reliable method for ensuring that your water is safe is to review any public reports for your area and to consider further results from independent laboratory testing of water samples you submit. The water quality report and/or a home test kit should tell you what tests have been done, what levels of contaminants have been detected, and whether the levels detected violate any drinking water standards. Once you know what contaminants you need to reduce, you are ready to act.
Determine the best solution.
The most important consideration for selecting a water treatment plan is that the purification method effectively reduces the contaminants of concern in your water. Be sure to check the manufacturer's certified contaminant reduction listing, so that any treatment method you are considering will significantly reduce the specific contaminants about which you are concerned.
We suggest you consider the following criteria in this order:
- the best performance (the product effectively reduces contaminants of concern)
- at the lowest price (initial cost, plus ongoing replacement cartridge costs)
- with the least maintenance (a minimum of repair for "wear and tear")
- for the longest life.
Taste the PUR water difference.
PUR filters reduce a wide range of the most common contaminants found in our drinking supplies.
- For example: A common disinfectant in city water supplies, chlorine can affect the flavor of food you cook in treated water and the beverages you prepare with it. PUR filter products effectively reduce chlorine taste and odor issues.
- Another example: snapping on with just one click, PUR faucet filters are low maintenance but also high performance when it comes to removing 99% of lead and microbial cysts.
- One more example: Based on manufacturer testing, PUR water filters reduce many contaminants found in tap water, including trace levels of pharmaceuticals.
For ease and convenience, durability and effective contaminant reduction, PUR water filters are an ideal choice. With products for fridge, faucet and people "on-the-go," PUR water filtration is sure to have an affordable solution for your specific situation. |
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