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Should You Use A Water Purifier Pitcher?
The water purifier pitcher has become a familiar item in many homes, as concerns about the purity of tap water continue to increase.
As the bottled water craze gained momentum, it became fashionable for health-minded people to carry bottles of water with them everywhere they went and single serving bottled water appeared alongside soft drinks in vending machines. Bottled water sounds like a healthy alternative to sugary soft drinks, but a new problem soon developed. Billions of tiny plastic water bottles began to accumulate everywhere in spite of recycling efforts, finding their way into landfills or decorating the landscape beside roads and trails. Environmentalists began to sound the alarm – this ‘healthy’ lifestyle was causing harm to the planet. The decline of the bottled water fad continued when testing of major brands of bottled water revealed equal or higher levels of contamination than ordinary tap water. People began to realize that they had been hoodwinked and turned to other sources for clean water. One of these sources is the increasingly popular water purifier pitcher. The leading brand of water purifier pitcher, Brita, is a household name that practically everyone knows, but there are many other pitchers on the market that work just as well as the leading brand and sell for a lower price. Some generic filter cartridges are even designed to fit the leading brands, making regular filter changes very affordable. The water purifier pitcher is a simple concept; the pitcher is separated into two sections, with a replaceable cartridge containing charcoal and other filtration material serving as the only path for the water to flow from the top to the bottom. When the top section is filled, the water trickles down through the filter into the bottom section, emerging clean and fresh tasting. The pitcher is designed to pour the purified water from the bottom section, and new sleek designs make it easy to fit the water purifier pitcher into the refrigerator. Water purifier pitcher manufacturers usually recommend that the filters be changed once a month to maintain the best quality of water possible, but the filters do not stop working after 30 days; some people change them every 2-3 months without noticing a difference. However, in households with wells or water that have high levels of turbidity the filters may need to be changed much more often, even as often as every two weeks. You will notice if your filter is clogged when the water seeps through it at a very slow rate. Water will flow through a new filter much more quickly. Health-minded people do not have to give up their bottled water, but by using a water purifier pitcher to fill a refillable bottle they are not only helping the environment, they are also ensuring the bottled water they are drinking is truly purified and not just high priced tap water from an unknown source.
If you would like to read more about water purifiers, please follow these links: What Are The Different Types Of Water Purifiers? What Is An Alkaline Water Purifier? Why Should You Use A Backpacking Water Purifier? Should You Take A Camping Water Purifier On Your Next Trip? Should You Keep An Emergency Water Purifier In Your Home? Is A Faucet Water Purifier For You? Can An Ozone Water Purifier Help You? Is An Ultraviolet Water Purifier The Best Option? Why Use An Under Sink Water Purifier? Water Purifier Tablets Can Save Your Life! Do You Need A Well Water Purifier?
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