Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

Water is essential for our health. It not only keeps us, you know, alive, but it is just all around great for our body. There are many great benefits to drinking water each day, but have you thought about what is actually in your tap water?

Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

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I know a lot of people who wouldn’t even think about drinking their tap water. They either buy their water in various forms or use a filtering system. We didn’t have a filtering system or buy our water, yet I was still drinking my water straight from the tap. I always assumed that “no color, odor, or taste” was a general rule. I was seriously mistaken.

Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

According to a study by the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 80% of our drinking water is contaminated with very low concentrations of chemicals. These chemicals are used every day in homes, industry and agriculture, and even pharmaceuticals. This even includes human & veterinary drugs such as antibiotics, hormones, detergents, disinfectants, plasticizers, fire retardants, insecticides, & antioxidants.

Top 5 Toxins In Our Tap Water

  1. Heavy Metals (Lead & Mercury)
  2. Pharmaceuticals
  3. Herbicides & Pesticides
  4. Chlorine & Chloramines
  5. Industrial Chemicals

I know that a few times I’ve had to dump out my cup of water because it had a funky taste. This isn’t normal for us and so just filled it back up & it tasted fine…or so I thought.

Filtering Tap Water

Having a water filtering system helps reduce even more of these contaminants. We have been thinking about getting some sort of water filtering device & now have an under counter water filtering system, thanks to Aquasana. As soon as it arrived, hubs hooked it up and we each had a taste test of the water. None of us were expecting the results. The taste alone of the filtered water was completely different..there was hardly any at all compared to our regular unfiltered tap water. I had no idea how bad our tap water tasted until I had a comparison. Our tap water normally tasted like metal & I didn’t even realize it! After using filtered water in my iCoffee machine, the coffee even tastes better!


Aquasana 3-Stage Under Counter Water Filter

The Aquasana 3-Stage Under Counter Water Filter has Selective CLARYUM® Filtration, reducing 66 contaminants while retaining beneficial minerals for optimal hydration (like Calcium, Potassium, and Magnesium). Compare that to the leading water filter pitcher only reducing 5 contaminants!

NSF Certified Claryum® filtration technology independently tested and proven to remove over 97% of chlorine and chloramines. It also reduces:

  • Heavy metals like lead and mercury
  • Chlorine resistant cysts like giardia and cryptosporidium
  • Organic chemicals like herbicides, pesticides, and VOCs
  • Pharmaceuticals like estrone and ibuprofen

Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

Filters

The 3 filters for the 3-Stage Under Counter Water Filtering System has Claryum Technology & alerts you when it’s time to change your filters.

Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

  • Activated Carbonreduces pharmaceuticals, herbicides, pesticides, VOCs and MTBE.
  • Catalytic Carbontargets chlorine and chloramines.
  • Ion Exchangefilters heavy metals like lead and mercury.
  • Absolute Sub-Micron Mechanical Filtrationcaptures asbestos and chlorine resistant cysts like cryptosporidium and giardia.

The filters last up to 6 months. Replacement is simply with the twist off design.

The Proof

Here, guys, is the visual proof that this filter system works. Take a look at these unedited images that I took of two bottles of water – one with filtered tap water and the other with unfiltered tap water:

Unfiltered Tap Water

Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

Filtered Tap Water

Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

The unfiltered water image disgusted me. How did I not see that stuff before….I’ve been drinking that, y’all!!

If the images alone do not motivate you enough to filter your own tap water, then I don’t know what would convince you. You could buy water bottles…but who really wants to have to store it in a special spot in their house? PLUS, make sure to remember to stock up every week or so?! You could have a fancy water cooler system, but again, you have to have a large enough space to set it up in AND remember to order the water. With an under counter system like the Aquasana, it’s out of sight, out of mind. It even tells you when it’s time to replace the filters around every 6 months!

In conclusion, I urge you to look into how safe your drinking water really is and invest in some sort of clean drinking water system. I’ve always trusted our water company to take special care of us, but we need to take that extra step ourselves.

Are you concerned about how safe your tap water really is?

 

Jess Benoit

Jess is a homeschooling mama of 3, wife, gamer, Whovian, Nerd

41 thoughts on “Why You Should Filter Your Tap Water

  • September 19, 2016 at 8:57 am
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    When you think about having to do this, I know for me my skin crawls LOL I don’t even understand why we should but I am glad that these filters help in so many ways for me and my family to drink better water.
    @tisonlyme143

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    • September 19, 2016 at 9:27 am
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      It is really ridiculous that we have to do this, but so glad that we are filtering our tap now. I couldn’t believe the difference in the last 2 images. *gag*

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  • September 19, 2016 at 11:11 am
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    ive been seriously considering this option

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    • September 19, 2016 at 10:03 pm
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      I hope you are able to decided which filtering device works best for you soon. It is definitely something to consider.

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  • September 19, 2016 at 2:06 pm
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    We’ve always filtered our water, regardless of the type of water it was. We’ve used Brita’s for years, however we don’t anymore. We have horrible, horrible well water. For a few years, we were filtering it and giving it to the pets, but i’m starting to question if that’s not what made my cat suddenly have health issues and pass. Now we buy spring water from a water place and sometimes just from a store. Regardless, though, it’s definitely important to filter your water, so you’re protected from all the yucky things that may be in it. I’ve personally never heard of aquasana filtration system, but it looks like an impressive one that people should really consider using! This is definitely an informative article and will hopefully open people’s eyes to the importance of filtering their drinking/cooking water.

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    • September 19, 2016 at 10:02 pm
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      Thank you, Ashley. It surely opened my eyes while doing the research and just SEEING the results myself. I’m sorry about your furbabies. I do know that well water is the worst. My father-in-law has it and we used to live with him years ago. We would never, ever drink or cook with it and they always buy their water. They would have so many gallons of water taking up the floor space of the walk-in pantry. My house is not big enough for all that mess. It also destroys the dishwasher, sinks, and toilets. Imagine what it would do to your insides!

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  • September 19, 2016 at 2:12 pm
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    I definitely agree that everyone should filter their tap water! There is so much in it that you just don’t know what your drinking. It makes my skin crawl, lol.

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    • September 19, 2016 at 9:58 pm
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      Exactly..you can’t always go by “no color, odor, or smell”

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  • September 19, 2016 at 3:19 pm
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    Reduces 66 contaminantes ~ now that alone is awesome ~ great design ~ great product ♡

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  • September 19, 2016 at 4:11 pm
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    I NEED THIS!! We have the nastiest tasting water in the country, I swear! I don’t even drink it anymore but have my water delivered to us weekly. It’s that bad. Maybe if I had something like this I would save money because water delivery isn’t cheap. Will have to look into this. BTW how easy was it to install?

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    • September 19, 2016 at 9:56 pm
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      It wasn’t so bad to install. The hubs kept saying he wasn’t a plumber so wasn’t too confident about his work but he did a great job and it didn’t take long. Just make sure the hoses are attached tight, but not too tight. He did make that mistake…LOL. I only chose not to include an image of it installed because our cabinet is weird under the sink & isn’t easy to hang it on the side of the wall in it. It is sitting on a shelf inside the sink cabinet for now but should be easy to remove/replace the filters. They twist off with a special tool included.

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  • September 20, 2016 at 6:36 pm
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    I still drink tap water because I don’t want to buy bottled water because of the plastic. A under the counter filter sounds like it would work for me so I am going to look into this system.

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  • September 20, 2016 at 11:04 pm
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    I filter our water just because it improves the taste to me. Now I’m glad I do after reading this!

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  • September 22, 2016 at 11:34 am
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    I had a filter on my water but it was not enough. It cost major money, took up a lot of room in the basement and just did not work as well as it should have. 🙁

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  • September 23, 2016 at 7:00 am
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    I buy drinking water right now, but have used filtration systems in the past. We use tap water for cooking, but e-coli was recently discovered in our city’s water supply. I will be looking into a new filtration system right away. Thanks for your informative review.

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  • September 23, 2016 at 4:21 pm
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    I had no idea the numbers were that high, pretty scary really! I do use a filter that’s on the sonk and then i have a filtered pitcher that i keep filled for my keurig. It really does help keep it cleaner longer and tastes so much better too!

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  • September 26, 2016 at 9:08 pm
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    I would like to try this. I use to have a Brita, but haven’t been filtering my tap water recently.

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  • October 13, 2016 at 10:33 am
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    Looks like a great filtering service. I will definitely look into this as we need a new filter system. Thanks so much for sharing! Great and informative post 🙂

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  • October 14, 2016 at 5:45 pm
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    I installed a filtration system in our home right before my wife gave birth to our first child 3 years ago. I’ve never regretted it!

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  • December 28, 2016 at 1:46 pm
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    Oh my this is a good post! We only drink filtered water. We live right at the bottom of a buried uranium mine so we don’t really have a choice. It is pretty alarming about how bad the water is and how many people do not know. Awesome that you are helping to spread the word!

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    • December 28, 2016 at 9:20 pm
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      Thank you, Brandi! I would say that is definitely a reason to drink filtered water… Wow!

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  • January 2, 2017 at 5:37 pm
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    I grew up drinking nothing but tap water from the kitchen sink. I don’t even think there was bottled water back then or filters to buy for your faucets. I shudder to think of all the toxins I drank through the years. I never drink anything but purified bottled water now.

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  • August 24, 2017 at 2:11 pm
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    I’ve been using tap water as drinking water before without filtration! OMG! Cleanliness and being healthy are the top priority of my family.Thanks for this post!

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    • August 29, 2017 at 1:56 pm
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      I also did that for years but will never do that again. You are very welcome 🙂

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  • June 9, 2018 at 12:29 am
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    Awesome information. I definitely agree it is important to filter tap water. Chlorine makes my skin feel very dry and my hair feeling sticky. Keep up the good work.

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  • November 1, 2018 at 1:56 am
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    Amazing. You have provided really good information and ideas which are useful and people can understand easily from this. Thank you Sir for sharing this wonderful post on filter water…!!!

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  • December 26, 2018 at 6:21 am
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    After water softeners and carbon tanks the makes use of for media tanks are very similar to the housing filters. There are as many makes use of for these tanks as there are water issues. You probably have the house, it is a very efficient means of conquering even the worst water issues in your house.

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  • March 12, 2019 at 8:53 am
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    One appointment doesn’t commit you with that vet, and you might be free to vary for those who really feel that a good job is not being finished. You need the precise vet on your cat, so do not accept something much less!

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  • July 16, 2020 at 4:18 pm
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    Thanks a lot for your valuable informative content regarding Filtering Your Tap Water

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  • September 8, 2020 at 6:31 am
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    This is really an amazing guide for water filter. Thank you for sharing this article.

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  • January 19, 2021 at 4:03 am
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    Never realised how weird drinking tap water was for the US. In the UK we know that certain places have different tastes to tap water, but tap water is the norm. I only buy bottled water if I’m out and about and forgot to fill up my own.

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