What’s So Good About a Whole House Water Treatment System?

If you’re concerned, what all of the contaminants in our drinking water will do to your family’s health, then you may want to consider the benefits of a whole house water treatment system.

Although countertop drinking water filters have been around for quite some time whole house water treatment is a fairly new option to most people. While this system does offer you more protection for your dollar, it is simply not practical for many people.

For example if you are living in an apartment, or rent a house, or even if the house that you own is small, then a whole house water treatment system may not be the ideal solution for you. 


 Point of use filters for the kitchen faucet, and showerhead filters for the bathroom would be a better way to go in these cases.

However if the house that you live in is large, and has several different bathrooms then water treatment equipment that services the entire home may be the most economical option to provide healthy water you and your family. Depending on how many showers and faucets that you would actually have to protect, point of use filters could add up - seriously.

Besides, THM’s are also readily absorbed by the skin, say, when you’re taking a shower. So, if you only have filters protecting your drinking water, you’re leaving yourself open for exposure by not filtering your shower water.

A system that purifies the water for the entire house is beneficial due to the chloroform that comes from the Trihalomethanes (THM’s), in our water. THM’s are a byproduct of the chlorine disinfection process, and when they are released from the water lines they immediately turn into their natural gaseous state.

Several scientific studies have linked THM’s to an increased risk of cancer, along with other health risks such as miscarriages.

Most people don’t think about the fact that even if you can block THM’s from entering your home through your showerheads and faucets, that they can still easily enter through your washing machine, dishwasher and any other water source. Whole house water treatment will prevent this from happening.

Whatever form of water treatment equipment that you decide is right for you it’s important you the pros and cons of the system you decide upon. Unfortunately, the quality of our water is not going to get better any time soon, as a matter of fact some experts are predicting it to become far worse before it gets better.

If you have come to the conclusion that a whole house water treatment system is simply not for you that’s okay, because there are still plenty of high quality countertop and showerhead filters to keep you protected from the dangers that lurk within our water supplies.

This water treatment equipment is very reasonably priced with the best countertop filters priced around $125, and the best showerhead filters marked at $105. When you compare that to the $1,000 price tag of the whole house unit they are a steal, unless as I said earlier you need a lot of them.

The benefits of whole house water treatment are many, and a lot of people choose this option simply to make sure that they have all of their bases covered. Any choice that you make though is the right choice when it comes to having cleaner, healthier water.