The Benefits of Auburn Water Filtration
Supplying your home with clean water has numerous benefits for your health, the environment, and your bank account.
For starters, you will always be able to trust the water coming out of your taps. You have likely noticed that during certain times of the year, the water doesn’t look completely clean. While the local water source is probably safe to drink, having a filtration system installed provides you with additional peace of mind.
In addition, this system reduces your carbon footprint, since you won’t have to buy as much water or use as many disposable bottles.
Whenever you purchase bottled drinking water, you add to your carbon footprint. The bottles that this water comes in frequently end up in landfills and even when they are recycled, additional fossil fuels are used during this process. While this might seem like a small impact, it definitely adds up over time.
Another thing to remember is that when your empty bottle makes its way to the landfill, it will take at least 300 years to decompose. When you factor in the number of bottles that make it to the dump every day, you can see why this is such a major problem.
Also, consider that it takes twice as much water to create a bottle that is used for water than it takes to fill the actual bottle. The process of making water bottles in incredibly wasteful and since this has become such a large industry, this issue is getting even worse.
Finally, even when you recycle your water bottle, the oil that is used to transport this bottle from your house to the recycling depot, from the depot to the recycling plant, and then to get it back on the shelf is far more significant than any good the process is doing.
Other Problems With Bottled Water
You should also be aware of other issues that have been linked to the use of water bottles in the past, in particular the BPA that is found in many of these bottles, such as:
- Immune system problems
- Increased risk of obesity
- Behavioral issues in children
- Higher risk of breast or prostate cancer
- Early onset of puberty in males and females
Your Health is at Stake
In addition to the chemicals that your local government adds to the water to ensure that it is safe for drinking, there are other things that could possibly make it into your drinking water. Arsenic, for example, is found in many water supplies throughout the country and has been linked to an increased risk of several different forms of cancer. Arsenic occurs naturally in groundwater as a result of minerals dissolved in the water from rocks and sediments which can end up in your drinking water.
Aluminum is another item that could make its way into your water supply. Unfiltered water that contains aluminum has been linked to learning disabilities, liver disease, and Alzheimer’s.
Having a water filter installed in your home can reduce the risk of you drinking water that contains these elements, which can help to keep you healthy.
These are serious issues that have been directly linked to the quality of the drinking water in many cities throughout the country. While the quality of the drinking water in Auburn is very good compared to other parts of the country, there is still an increased risk when you don’t have a filter in your home.
Contact us at 253-533-7500 and we can go over all of the benefits of having a filter installed in your house. Once you have clean water in your home at all times, you will wonder how you ever did without it and you will be happy to drink water from your tap all day long.