3 Big Mistakes People Make While Selecting Water Purification Equipment

Since you are reading this article, I am assuming you already know the bitter truth about our drinking water being adulterated by lot many harmful contaminants. Let’s right away start with discussing the mistakes that people commonly make while selecting water purification equipment.

Mistake 1:Buying without ensuring its effectiveness against different types of contaminants

The various contaminants present in water are chlorine, fluoride, pesticides, herbicides, bacteria, viruses, cysts, drugs, metal traces etc.

If you see this list carefully, you will realize that these pollutants are of varied type and nature. Some of them are harmful chemicals; some are microbes and germs while some of them are metals and minerals. Do you really think any water purification equipment based on a single filtration technique will be good enough for handling all these types of contaminants?

Well, the answer is no. Be it a Reverse Osmosis based system which is incapable of filtering drugs and pesticides or a Carbon Filter capable of handling only chlorine - no single filtration mechanism actually suffices. If you are buying these filters without checking their effectiveness against the different types of contaminants, it is a mistake.

What you need is a multi stage water purification equipment which works on the combination of carbon filtration, ion exchange and sub micron filtration techniques thereby ensuring that virtually all types of contaminants are removed from the water.

Mistake 2:Buying without checking its side effects like removal of essential minerals from water

Maybe calling it a side-effect is not correct. This is more serious than it sounds.

There are some natural occurring minerals in water like sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium etc. They are extremely important for the normal functioning of our body. Their regular intake is ensured by drinking water rich in them.

But some water filters like the ones based on reverse osmosis, remove all these minerals from water leaving nothing but plain water. Such water is said to be de-mineralized. Consuming such water for longer durations can result into multiple mineral deficiencies. This is the reason why I feel it should be called more than a side effect.

Good water purification equipment should retain these minerals for you.

Mistake 3:Buying without checking the customer feedback

Some people get carried away by the advertisements and the false claims made in them. What they forget to consider is the customer satisfaction feedback. Since this is one way where you can get an un-biased opinion, it is known to be one of the most important ways to judge a product.

So now that you know the mistakes that people commonly make, make sure you do not do so. Select your water purification equipment carefully. After all your and your family's health depends on it.