Options for Complete Home Water Purification
But many of those same consumers also tend to forget that they absorb those same harmful toxins through their skin when taking a shower or a bath. Although the actual amount of toxins and chemicals in your water are most likely minute and harmless, you may still feel a greater sense of healthful security if you were to have complete water filtration throughout your household.
There are many shower filters available for just such a purpose. These shower filters work to reduce the amount of exposure to chlorine, heavy metals and other chemicals in your water, as well as providing a cleaner feel and appearance of hair and skin. Chlorine is inherent in most drinking water as it is used to disinfect tap water, but is relatively harmless as you are only ingesting very small amounts. However, prolonged exposure to chlorine whilst taking a shower removes the natural oils from your skin and hair, resulting in a somewhat dry appearance. Showering in water with higher levels of toxins and chemicals can also leave your skin feeling itchy and irritated.
Most filters install easily onto the arm of your shower, and require a replacement of filter cartridges approximately every 6 months to a year, depending upon the brand. Many come with adjustable shower heads for different levels of massage and comfort.
For more comprehensive, complete home solutions, including pool filtration, you may want to peruse the yellow pages for a company that provides such a service. As with any major household project, you will want to ensure that the company you are thinking of doing business with is a reputable one. Water purification is a subject that some less favorable companies may seek to exploit, and representatives and water testers may attempt to frighten you with claims that your water is full of dangerous quantities of chemicals and needs immediate servicing.
Companies may use differing methods, but essentially, the process involves installing equipment either outside or throughout the home for the purposes of sanitizing, filtration, and circulation of clean, chlorine-free water, with a minimum of less harmful chemicals and/or natural means. The most common means involved in treating and filtering your water is a process called ionization, which works to eliminate the formation of bacteria and removes chlorine and chemicals already inherent in the water.
Such an undertaking can be costly in the initial stages, but the benefits are long-lasting. You and your family will be able to drink, shower, and swim in water that is beautifully clear and chemical free, and you will save money long-term by not having to continually purchase pool treatment chemicals or replacement filter capsules for water tap filters and shower head filters.
If you are not entirely certain of the contents of your water but would like to be, you can have it tested yourself by using a home water-testing kit, or independently by a professional lab for more detailed and comprehensive results.
