Types of Water Treatment Filters for Homes

There are currently several different water treatment filters available on the market, most of which can be connected directly to your home water lines in order to produce clean and healthy drinking water. However, with so many options, it can be hard to choose the water treatment filter to us, so here is a list of some of the most common types:

1. Whole house filters -- A water house filter is installed at the actual main water line, which makes it possible to filter your water throughout your entire house with only one unit. A whole house filter is not only responsible for cleaning the water, it also improves its quality and eliminates occurrences of lime scaling and spotting. Furthermore, you can use a whole hose filter together with other water filtration systems. The whole house filter then acts as a pre-filter treatment.

2. Undersink filters -- An undersink filter is installed in the cold water line directly under you sink. This water treatment filter contains multiple cartridges, each of which is responsible for removing a particular type of impurity in the water. Furthermore, the multiple cartridges can be used together to clean your water to the utmost degree (e.g., cleaning out bacteria, lead and sediment along with destroying bad taste and odor) or separately to only clean certain elements from the water.

3. Faucet-mounted filters -- A faucet-mounted filter is connected directly to your faucet, requiring no plumbing modifications. However, this ease of installation comes at a price in terms of filtration quality. A faucet-mounted filter is really only capable of removing bad taste, odor and perhaps lead. A faucet-mounted filter can be an eye sore since it is in plain sight.

4. Countertop or canister filters -- A countertop or canister filter is the simplest water treatment filter available in the market. A countertop or canister filter is similar to a faucet-mounted filter in that it is in plain sight. However, a countertop or canister filter is different from a faucet-mounted filter in that it requires you to manually fill the canister with water. In addition, you cannot connect a countertop or canister filter directly to a water line.

5. Reverse osmosis filters -- A reverse osmosis filter is an advanced water treatment filter that uses membranes to filter out sediments and potentially harmful microorganisms.

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