How Filtered Water Can Become Contaminated

Don’t let your water filtration system release harmful chemicals into your filtered water

Your filtration system can re-contaminate your filtered water. If don’t follow the manufacturer’s recommendation on when to change the filter; and if you attempt to use the filter beyond its useful life, the quality of your water may suffer.  The useful life of a filter varies; an instruction manual will show when to replace it based on how long the filter is used or on the gallons of water pushed through the filter. Some filters come with indicators to alert users when a replacement filter should be installed.

1. The filter pores have limited capacity that allows water to pass through them. The pores will become clogged as more water is pushed through the filter; and some on the contaminants hanging on the surface will eventually be washed into the filtered water.


2. If you buy the wrong replacement filter the quality of your drinking water may suffer. One replacement filter cartridge brand may not fit or work efficiently with different brand of filtration systems. They may look similar but they may not be capable to filter the right chemicals in your water. According to NSF International, "non-certified cartridge filter may look similar in size and even appear to fit inside the housing of a water treatment system, even the smallest difference could allow water to go around the cartridge rather than through it.”


3. Lastly, Penn State Agricultural and Biological Engineering says that drinking water can pick up radon in the home. Radon gas is colorless, odorless, and radioactive which can occur naturally in the air by the breakdown of uranium. According to the school research, “if radon contaminates your drinking water, and the water passes through an activated carbon filter, the filter could become radioactive, making the filtered water even more dangerous.”

To make filtration system work efficiently to give you healthy and refreshing filtered water, you should follow one of these simple ways:

1. Replace your filter as recommended by the manufacturer.


2. Enroll in a program that will remind you when your filter needs to be changed. Multi-Pure has a complimentary Email Reminder Service to help its customers remember it’s time to replace their filters. If you buy of the Multi-Pure Drinking Water Filtration Systems, you may enroll in this service.


3. You may also enroll in a program that automatically ships a replacement filter to you. This auto-shipment service is based on the time you buy the filtration system. The “clock” starts ticking the moment you register with the manufacturer.  Based on the home filtration system you bought, the manufacture knows when the filter should be replaced.  Aquasana has a simple and convenient and discount-based Auto-Ship Program. When you enroll in the Water 4 Life® program, you will automatically receive fresh, new replacement filter cartridges every six months, delivered directly to your door, with easy-to-follow replacement instructions, at a discount and with FREE shipping!


4. Buy the filter model that matches your filtration system. For instance, Multi-Pure MP750SC countertop filter system will use a replacement filter labeled FM750SC. And each of the Aquasana countertop and undersink filters use Model #AQ-4025 as a replacement filter cartridge.


5. Use radon detector in your house to alert you of any trace radon gas in the house. Make your filter work effectively for you!

So, don’t attempt to save money by using your filter till the last drop, or else your filtered water may be more polluted than before the filter.

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