Water for domestic use in Nashville comes mainly from the Cumberland River, which has historically suffered from some industrial pollution. The water does, however, undergo treatment by the municipal water company to ensure it is safe to drink.
However, being safe to drink does not mean that your water is completely free of impurities. Indeed, the water treatment process involves adding certain chemicals that will remain in the water you drink and use, so Nashville water filtration may be necessary to remove them.
Different types of whole-house water filters are available, including sediment filters that remove large particles, activated carbon filters to remove a variety of harmful chemicals, water softeners to remove hardness in the water, and reverse osmosis systems that provide the most comprehensive type of filtration. Various types can be combined to deliver the best quality water for you and your family.
Installing a whole-house water filter in Nashville has many benefits.
1. Improve all your water
A point-of-use system, which delivers filtered water only at a specific outlet, such as a kitchen faucet, will typically only provide pure water for drinking and cooking. In this case, the water you use for washing and cleaning will not be treated and so will retain impurities. A whole house system, however, filters the water at the point where it enters your property and so all the water you consume or use in any way will be purified. This means your hair and skin will have more luster, your clothes will be cleaner, and everything and everyone will be fresher and better protected. And, best of all, all this happens immediately after you start using your system.
2. Better taste and smell
One of the most common chemicals added to municipal water during the treatment process is chlorine, which is used to kill bacteria and other organisms. However, the chlorine remains in the water and can cause it to have a strong smell and taste, which many people find unpleasant. A whole house filter will remove all the chemicals so your water tastes pure and has no unpleasant odor. This will encourage people to drink more water, which is beneficial for their health.
3. Reduce hardness in water
There are limestone deposits throughout Tennessee and water that flows through them will pick up calcium and magnesium deposits. These make soap and detergents less effective due to a reduced ability to form lather, cause limescale build-up in pipes and appliances, leave unsightly spots on dishes and glassware, make hair and skin appear dull, and can aggravate skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema.
Incorporating a whole-house water softener in Nashville as part of your water treatment system will ensure all your water is soft as well as free from impurities. Consequently, you and your clothes will look fresher, and your pipes and appliances will remain free from limescale blockages.
4. Protect your family’s health
Even treated municipal water can still contain traces of impurities as well as chlorine that is added to kill bacteria and fluoride that is added to help to protect teeth. Although these are added for a purpose, many people are unhappy with their presence in drinking water. It is also known that more than 120 toxins can be present in the water supply, including cryptosporidium which can cause severe gastrointestinal problems.
Installing a water filtration system gives you extra protection against these chemicals and impurities so that your water is as pure as it can be. This helps to protect you and your family, ensuring that good health is maintained and not threatened by something in the water, which is particularly important for young children who are especially vulnerable.
5. Protect appliances and plumbing
If you do have hard water, limescale will eventually clog your pipes and appliances. Even if not, sediment, minerals, and chemicals can be present in water that has not been filtered, causing build-up and corrosion. All these can lead to reduced water flow, appliances not working as efficiently as they should do and eventually breaking down so they need to be repaired or replaced. Installing a comprehensive whole-house filtration system will ensure your pipes and appliances remain free of blockages and continue to work as they should.
6. Save money
Although a water filtration system will obviously cost money to buy and install, and filters will need to be replaced periodically, you will save money in the long term. Many people who distrust municipal water will buy bottled water for drinking, which will be very costly over the course of a year.
A whole house water filtration system will ensure all your water is pure and will save you the expense and inconvenience of buying bottled water. Additionally, you will spend less on soap and detergents, water in your pipes will flow more freely and appliances will work more efficiently and without breaking down, saving on electricity use and expensive repairs.
Saving money is a bonus because you can’t put a price on protecting your family’s health.
7. Help the environment
Using bottled water creates a lot of plastic waste that often ends up in landfill and so is harmful to the environment while even glass bottles use a lot of energy to recycle them. Purified water from a whole-house filtration system avoids all this and is much better for the environment.
Choosing the best system
Whole house filtration systems are extremely versatile and we can configure one that exactly meets your needs. That means eradicating whatever problems you have so the first step is to test your water to determine its content. Once that is done, we can put together a system that will create pure and fresh-tasting water for all your needs.
Whether your water is hard or contains various impurities, we can install exactly the filters you need to deal with them. And, once we have done that, the system will just work automatically with you only needing to change filters occasionally to keep everything working perfectly.
