On a water filter kick this morning, we ran across this great site: WaterFilterComparisons.net. They basically advocate the need for water filters and have some compelling information like this:
"E.P.A. reports show that U.S. water supplies contain over 2300 cancer causing chemicals..." Ralph Nader Research Group
They also give a great rundown of all the major water filters by price, capacity, cost per gallon, cost per year and what each filters out. This is exactly the sort of thing you need when your eyes are glazing over in the CVS or Duane Reade and it kills you to fork over another $25 for one of these filter replacements. Turns out the Brita tap mount is one of the cheapest over the course of a year.
Thanks for this info.
After perusing that chart I am very interested in the Aquasana (who wants cysts etc. in their every glass?). Does anyone use this and have an opinion on it? I use a Brita pitcher now.
Max,
This is exactly what you were talking about last year when you wrote that in the future purity will be prized.
And, I think that when they say "cysts" in the water they mean micro organisms not tumors. But who knows.
Things like the brita filter use carbon and sedimant filters to remove things, however it will only remove so much.
I use a reverse osmosis unit that has an activated carbon unit to remove chlorine, it will remove 99.99% of everything in the water leaving it perfectly clean.
On another note, the cryptosporidium has been in water ways for a very long time and we have been drinking it for almost as long.
it takes very precise water conditions for it to do anything bad, other bacteria in the water also isn't as bad as it seems considering lots of people drink tap water with no problems!
This fetish we all have on making water as clean as possible is almost as silly as anti bacterial cleaners for counters and stuff.
Oh and I have a reverse osmosis unit because I have a marine tank and need to remove things like copper and what not.
Regarding cysts: cryptosporidium comes in the form of cysts, very tiny (1 micron). Not all filters will filter that small.