Do you feel bad taste and odor in your water?
Water is supposed to be colorless but is your water brown or colored each time you turn on the faucet?
You call your Water Company or Water Authority. You are told that pipes throughout are being flushed to clean out debris as part of an annual maintenance. You could also hear that an advisory has been issued for everyone to boil their drinking water due to a possible bacteria contamination in the drinking water system.
Perhaps none of the above-mentioned drinking water problems occurred city-wide but the taste and odor problems or water coloration lie within your home piping systems.
What's the next action . . .?
You discuss your water problems with your friends and neighbors and they recommended two options:
- Buy bottled water because this is the only way they know of.
- They recommend that you buy a water filter, probably a particular brand they are used to.
From environmental and economic point of view, Option 2 is far better than Option 1.
Here is why . . .
- Unrecycled plastic bottles are environmental nightmare at landfills because they are non-biodegradable and could take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Most of these plastic bottles contain Bisphenol A or BPA, which studies have linked to hormonal disruptions and even diabetes.
- When you compare how much you will be spending on bottled water on per gallon basis, you will find out you are spending too much.
This is how . . .
Let’s see the equivalent of 750 gallons of water. Based on today’s economy, if you buy 150 of five-gallon (750 gallons total) bottled water at $1.71 per gallon your overall cost will be $1282.00.
If you are buying 12-oz size bottled water for you and your family, or say your office, over a long period, 750 gallons is equivalent to 8000 of those bottles. (Trust me; it would not take long before you buy that much bottled water. Think of how many you buy per year and find out that it just a matter of time to get to 8000). For the 12-oz bottle, the cost per gallon is about $3.55 which is about $2662 for 750 gallons.
The initial cost of a typical reverse osmosis water filter may be as low as $100 to as high as $1000 or more. The cost of replacement water filters also vary depending on the type of water filter you choose.
The initial price of a top quality water filter can be very high and sometimes intimidating especially in these unstable economic times. But is it worth it to buy a cheap water filter? Or is it worth it to settle for bottled water because a good water filter is too expensive?The answer to both questions is unqualified no.A top quality water filter will actually save you money on the long run.
For instance, a Multi-Pure MPCT countertop costs $299.95, a filter life of 12 months, and filter capacity of approximately 750 gallons. One annual filter replacement costs $59.95 (there is a discount for two or more filters), compare the total cost of this 750-gallon capacity filter with the cost of 750 gallons of bottled water. The savings from buying a water filter is enormous.
Look for a filter that is NSF-certified.
In fact, very soon the sale of uncertified product, including water filters, will become illegal in Quebec, Canada. According to a news report, effective October 2, 2008, “it will be illegal to sell or lease uncertified appliances or equipment to be used in a plumbing installation. It also will be illegal as of that date to sell or lease uncertified or unapproved drinking water treatment equipment”. This type of enforcement could spread to other countries.
Multi-Pure is NSF-certified to reduce a wide variety of contaminants from drinking water. The company pride itself as the “market leader in high performance drinking water systems and water filters”. Stay away from cheap and uncertified water filters.
If you would like to check out Multi-Pure’s MPCT or other quality water filters by this company, you may call them toll-free at 800-622-9206. By the way, mention discount code 421896-disc to receive $59.95 off some selected water filter products.
You can also check here for other Multi-Pure products for more information.
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