Choosing a water filter can be a confusing task.  Do you need a plumbed solution or, would a bench top solution suffice? Do you need it to be a UV filter, water softener, water conditioner, reverse osmosis, carbon filter or unicorn scented wobbiegobble filter (they’re not real… but you get the gist). 

The long and the short of it is that the sort of filtration you require is dependent on the reason you are filtering your water in the first place. Are you wanting to filter your water for aesthetic reasons (to make it look, smell and/or taste better)? Or are you needing to filter it to remove harmful impurities such as pesticides, heavy metals and parasites? 

Aesthetic Water Filtration Options:

Drinking Water Only: 

If you just want to improve the aesthetics of your water (the taste/smell/look) prior to drinking, then the solutions you should consider are bottle, jug, bench, tap mounted or inline water filter (plumbed into your drinking water tap before the outlet). 

Whole House Filtration: 

If you would like to improve the aesthetics of the water to your whole house, we would recommend a whole house filter, plumbed into your main, prior to entry into the house.

Filters to filter aesthetic impurities are generally not as stringently tested or as expensive as one that needs to remove more dangerous impurities. 

Filtration Options to Remove Harmful Impurities:

If you need to remove potentially harmful impurities from your water, such as pesticides, heavy metals and parasites, there are several different options for safely filtering your water. Options range from very fine antibacterial filters, to reverse osmosis and UV light filters (or a combination of multiple methods of filtration).

When you need to filter harmful impurities from your water, we would strongly recommend that you reach out to a water filtration specialist like us!

A water filtration specialist will be able to take into account the specifics of the impurities that you are needing to remove from your water and assess which or a variety of possible solutions will be the most effective, affordable and suitable for your specific water source. 

Filtration options to remove calcium:

Calcium shows up as a white deposit on surfaces. Its that really hard to clean white clouding you often get on your shower screen or tap ware. To remove this we recommend a water softener, or to reduce the effects of this we recommend a water conditioner.

The good news is, once you install one of these items it slowly draws that white deposit back and will end up cleaning the surface without you needing to go through all that tough scrubbing.

Choosing your water filtration solution is not the end of your journey however. Once it is implemented, it is exceptionally important that it is properly maintained. Water filtration is never a set and forget solution, it will require ongoing investment and maintenance. Failing to replace and maintain your filters frequently enough, may result in the quality of your water ending up worse than it was prior to installing your filtration system.

Filters will need to be replaced AT LEAST every 12 months. However, this may be required more frequently depending on the type of filtration you use, the amount of water you use and the quality of the water you are filtering. 

If you think that water filtration is required for your home, please contact us on 0439 648 390  and we will be able to provide the best recommendation for water filtration specific to your personal needs.