Water Treatment Systems For Your Home

If you are considering a water treatment device for your home or office, it is helpful to learn a little about all of the devices available and evaluate the particular needs of your home or office in order to ensure that you get the proper system. There are a wide variety of water treatment systems that are designed for all types of water use and a variety of sizes. If you are considering one of these systems, chances are your current water does not meet satisfactory standards in your home or office. Maybe it doesn't taste right or maybe it is hard on your skin as well as porcelain fixtures such as tubs and sinks. Whatever your cause for concern, there is likely a system that will fit your budget and your needs.

If you are interested in increasing the quality of your drinking water, there are a number of water treatment devices available to help improve the taste and remove harmful chemicals. These types of systems are generally divided into two categories. You can either treat water as it enters your home or you can treat water as it exits the faucet. These categories are often described as point-of-entry vs. point-of-use.

In point-of-entry water treatment systems, a water softener or filter is installed between the water meter and the rest of the house. This filters and treats the water as it enters the home from the public or county reservoir. This means that all water that is used in the house is filtered and treated. Showers, sinks, kitchen faucets, toilets, and garden hoses all utilize the softened or filtered water.

With point-of-use systems, the water is filtered or treated at specific points within the house and it is treated right before it is used. Common places for this type of filter or softener include kitchen faucets that will filter all water used for drinking and cooking. Bathrooms are also common places for water softeners so that the water has a less damaging effect on skin and fixtures. Hard water can cause rust stains in showers and sinks.

If you are considering this type of filtration system for your house, it is helpful to keep in mind these two broad categories when comparing price ranges and difficulty of installation. Point-of-use are the easiest and least expensive to install. Point-of-entry affect the entire house or building and often last longer than the systems that are based on smaller terms.