Whether you’re shopping for your home, your business, or both, today’s water treatment systems come in lots of shapes and sizes. With this kind of selection, it can be hard to figure out what you need.
Of course, we always recommend you talk to your friendly local Sarasota water treatment experts to test your water and explore your options.
But the sooner you can start thinking about what you want, the better. Here’s a quick breakdown of the types of water systems out there and how they can affect the water coming out of your taps.
Water Filters
Probably the first thing you picture when you think of water treatment systems is a water filter. At their essence, filters are a basic system for removing debris. The water from the city or from your well flows through the filter, and the filter catches contaminants while letting the Healthy Water itself flow through.
Nowadays there are many types of Point-Of-Entry (POE) water filters. They vary in the amount of solid sediment they can remove, what size particles they can catch, and whether they can also remove chemicals. These factors depend on the filtration method/material, and they also affect how expensive each filter is and how often the filter itself needs to be replaced.
Here’s a quick rundown of your basic Sarasota water filter options. This filters can be used independently or, more commonly, in combination with other water treatment systems.
Water Filtration
Sediment filter cartridge: Uses cloth-like material to remove sediment.
Spin-down filter: Uses centrifugal force to spin out solids.
Activated carbon and Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) filters: Uses natural charcoals to absorb chemicals like chlorine.
Catalytic carbon filter: Uses an even more absorbent form of carbon to trap chemicals and in some cases change their chemical makeup.
Reverse-Osmosis filter: Forces water through a semi-permeable membrane, which allows only H2O and a small amount of other molecules to pass through.
Water Filters with Chemical Processing
While removing solids and chemicals from your water, many filters also process the water in other ways that improve its health and purity.
Kinetic Degradation Fluxion (KDF) Filter: Uses copper-zinc formula to remove chemicals like mercury, lead, and chlorine while also inhibiting bacteria/algae/fungus growth.
UV filter: Ultraviolet purifiers do not technically remove solids from the water, but they do neutralize micro-organisms so that they’re no longer harmful.
Water Conditioning Systems
In addition to removing solids and chemicals, you may also want to treat your water with chemical processes to neutralize minerals—namely calcium and magnesium—that can cause scale buildup and also affect flavor.
Water softener: Uses salt to swap out mineral ions.
Water conditioner: Uses salt-free scale to neutralize minerals into non-reactive crystals.
Water remineralizer: Some filters, specifically reverse-osmosis filters, can actually remove too many minerals, making water that is so pure it’s actually less healthy (and in some cases less palatable). Remineralizers can add back the right amount of these elements without adding any impurities.
Water Treatment Systems, Sarasota, FL
Depending on your Sarasota water supply, your preferences, and your budget, you may need one or more of these filtration and conditioning options. But which ones will do exactly what you want? And which ones would be too expensive and unnecessary in combination?
And who can install multiple water treatment systems properly to take full advantage of their properties without inhibiting your water pressure or voiding their warranties?
Healthy Water, Ellenton, FL, has been serving Sarasota and Manatee counties for more than a decade. As a locally owned small business, we serve the place where we live. We know the waters here, and we test each client’s water supply individually in order to recommend, sell, and install the best possible systems for your needs.
Deckard & Company.