Most households spend money on water filters to provide the best quality water for their family. Unlike before, cleaning of water is done through a number of methods these days to ensure that all harmful materials have been washed off properly. A good knowledge of these processes will help you to find the right product that suits your needs.
Here are some answers to most frequently asked questions that can come in handy to facilitate availability of clean water:
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What is the difference between filtered and distilled water?
Essentially there is no difference between distilled and filtered water except the process that the water goes through. Filtered water is water with a TDS or total dissolved solids count of less than 10 ppm (parts per million). Both filtered and distilled water have a TDS count between 0 and 1 ppm. http://www.waterpoint-fze.com/tds.htm
Many people believe that only distilled water (due to absence of minerals) is the best type of water to put in their irons, coffee pots or for use in dental and medical equipment, but the fact that the filtered water also contains almost no minerals , makes it seem to work fine too. In fact, the cost of distilled water rises due to the energy required to boil the water and eliminate impurities.
The only difference between distilled water and purified water is that distilled water is purified by distillation and filtered water is cleaned through other processes such as ion exchange, Ozonation, reverse osmosis, sand filtration etc.
2. Why do you need to soak water filters before using them?
There are several reasons for soaking water filters before use. Here are some of them:
Water filters must be soaked so that the material can swell before the water contacts them with pressure. Filters absorb more water when wet and swollen and thus clean more water when they are wet and swollen.
Soaking the filter removes particles that may have stuck on the filter. These particles include dangerous substances present in the shipping container (Eg. Styrofoam flakes) and anything else that may have settled on the filter.
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