A Counter Top Water Filter - Why Do You Need One?

A counter top water filter - though this may not be a common topic of discussion - but I happened to witness an interesting piece of conversation on it. A few of my friends were having a usual tete-a-tete which started with health issues and eventually ended up on a water filter.

After being a silent listener of whole of the conversation, I realized that many people even today are still not aware about the benefits a counter top water filter has to offer.

There is one set of people who are the ignorant of all. Leave alone a counter top water filter; they don't even understand the need of consuming pure water. Neither do they know that tap water, which they consider pure - how badly contaminated it is.

For their benefit, let me mention that studies have shown that tap water has over 80,000 different pollutants at one time or another. It has Chlorine, lead, arsenic, pesticides, fertilizers, virus, cysts, parasites, prescription drugs etc in it.

Consuming such water can be a major threat to your health. This is why it becomes important not to consume such ill water.

There are a few people who understand this and so resort to using bottled water. These bottles, if you believe the studies, are nothing better than tap water.

There are no strict regulations enforced on bottled water companies. This has given them full liberty to bottle up tap water, slap a nice wrapping around it and sell it at a high price. This water is neither clean nor safe. Not to mention how environment un-friendly these plastic bottles are.

Unfortunately, there are not many people who accept this and take the right action by getting a water filter for their home. After all there is nothing better than purifying your drinking water yourself.

All you need to do is - have an efficient counter top water filter installed in your kitchen. The latest ones are based on a combination of advanced filtration techniques like carbon filtration, sub micron filtration and ion exchange.

These combined techniques provide these systems the strength to remove practically all sorts of impurities from water. If you search on the Internet, you will find some filters which can achieve this with 99% efficiency.

If you are worried about the space that a counter top water filter will take - forget your worries - it is not a baby elephant! It doesn't take that much space and its stylish look even adds to your kitchen decor.

However, if space is a problem, you can go for an under sink water filter too. You can find more information about a counter top water filter and an under sink model shared freely on my website listed below. Do visit.

Autor: Daniel Woods

Daniel Woods is a dedicated advocate and researcher of the benefits of safe, clean, healthy filtered water. If you want to know how to choose a water purifier, visit - http://www.waterpurifierhome.com and learn about the products our editors personally use and recommend.

Added: January 25, 2010
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