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Customers often ask us “Why filter water?”
After all, in Australia, most homes and businesses are connected to a municipal drinking water supply, which is subject to Water Quality Australia’s national water quality guidelines and monitored regionally by state governments, water regulators and health authorities.
Although our tap water is safe to drink most of the time, more and more households are installing water filtration systems to improve the quality and taste of their drinking water.
What are the benefits of drinking filtered water?
Reliable, unlimited access to safe drinking water
Even disinfected and treated water from reservoirs can collect bacteria, dirt and pathogens before it reaches our kitchen faucet.
This is especially true following bushfires, droughts and floods, which can all have a negative effect on water stored in reservoirs and tanks.
Ageing water treatment infrastructure and rusted water pipes can also collect dirt, metals and viruses on the journey to your property.
Under Sink filtration systems and whole house filtration systems remove dirt, bacteria and unwanted chemicals before you pour yourself a glass of tap water.
Improved water taste and smell
The better the water tastes, the more likely we are to drink enough to stay hydrated and healthy.
Chlorine is used by water treatment companies to disinfect ground and rain water, and has a distinctive smell which we can sometimes detect in our tap water.
And that “rotten eggs” odour we sometimes smell when we turn on the tap is usually because hydrogen sulphide has entered the water supply.
So, although our tap water is considered safe to drink, the taste and smell can be off-putting, especially when we are trying to encourage our children to drink more water.
Water filtration systems, including Reverse Osmosis, remove harmful contaminants and provide clean, safe, purified water.
Most mains-fed under-sink filter systems retain the healthy minerals our bodies need, and specialist re-mineralising filters can be used with reverse osmosis systems to replace essential minerals and improve the taste and smell of processed water.
Save money and the environment
Australians pay more for bottled water than anywhere else in the world, according to a report on the global bottled water industry by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health.
And the report claims that only people in Singapore buy more bottled water than Australians.
The impact of plastic on our waterways, wildlife and oceans is well-known, and we all have a role to play in reducing the amount of plastic we use.
The environmental costs of the production and transportation of bottled water are an added incentive to cut down on single-use plastic.
A mains-fed home filtration system costs little to run compared to the cost of bottled water and is much better for our environment.
Convenience
Lugging heavy plastic water bottles back from the supermarket is no fun, especially at the height of summer.
And taking empty bottles to a recycling point is another job we need to fit into our already busy lives.
Plumbed-in water filter systems provide a convenient, unlimited supply of fresh, clean drinking water for the whole family.
The best-tasting coffee!
We love our morning coffee or tea, and there’s nothing quite as disappointing as when our first cup of the day is tainted by the smell of chlorine or bits of limescale floating on the surface of our cup.
Using bottled water for the kettle or only buying hot drinks from coffee shops and cafes would be hugely expensive and unaffordable for most of us.
Using a Reverse Osmosis filter system produces the purest water and allows the flavour of your tea and coffee to be the star of the show.
And, filtering your tap water with a metal reduction filter in a twin filter system will remove copper, lead and metals that can affect the taste.
Ready to start filtering your tap water?
Why not give us a call on 1300 880 303, and our friendly team will help you choose the most efficient and cost-effective water filter system for you and your family.
We pride ourselves on providing free, unbiased advice and will never oversell products you don’t need.
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About Water2water
We have been selling, renting, servicing and repairing water filtration systems for over 25 years.
Water2water is a privately owned Australian company based in Perth, Western Australia.
We have retail stores in Perth and Karratha in WA’s northwest and provide unbeatable servicing and maintenance of water filtration systems across Western Australia.
We are independent suppliers of all brands and makes of water filter systems and cartridges, and ship our products across Australia and internationally.
Sources
National Water Quality Guidelines, National Health and Medical Research Council, Water Quality Australia
Report on Global Bottled Water Industry, Bouhlel, Z., Köpke, J., Mina, M., and Smakhtin, V., 2023. Global A Review of Impacts and Trends United Nations, University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada.