5 Reasons You Need a Tap Water Filter Yesterday
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In the UK, tap water is still the most tested and regulated source of water you can find, even more so than bottled water. Not to mention the toll bottled water takes on both your health and the environment.
Although water from UK faucets may be some of the cleanest drinking water on earth, it doesn't exactly mean it's clean; there's still some pretty compelling reasons why we’ll always filter water before we drink it and pour it for our families.
Here are five reasons you should filter your tap water before drinking it, no matter where you live.
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5. Unfiltered Tap Water Contains Contaminants
Depending on where you live, your tap water may contain chemicals you wouldn’t necessarily want in your system.
Some of these nasties that can be found lurking in our water supplies are chloramines, fluoride, and potentially even hazardous pollutants like petrochemicals, pesticides, and even pharmaceuticals.
4. Bottled Water is Also Contaminated
In fact, a study by The Environmental Working Group found 38 contaminants in 10 popular brands of bottled water, including disinfection byproducts, industrial chemicals, arsenic, fertilizer residue and pain medication.
The truth is, bottled water often slips by with more relaxed standards and regulations for reasons we won’t go into here.
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3. Filtered Water Is Better for the Environment
A staggering 91% of plastic still ends up in our oceans and landfills.
If you’re still not convinced to ditch your bottled water habit, think about where every single one of those used up bottles are going.
And if you’re still thinking all those bottles are being recycled, we hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately they’re not.
2. It Tastes Better
Perhaps the reason you’ve been shy about the tap is a simple matter of taste?
I mean, who can pass up crisp, refreshing spring water straight from the (rapidly melting) glaciers of the Adirondacks that bottled water’s labels suggest?
First of all, there’s a good chance that “exotic” water is actually coming from the same source as your tap, it’s just filtered. That’s where your money’s really going, so why not filter it yourself?
Speaking of which…
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1. It Will Save You Money
There are many different routes you can take in water filtration, but the cheapest options are a water filter pitcher or a faucet filter, each running you about the same amount as a case of name brand bottled water would.
Seriously, the choice is yours.
Hydrating your family properly takes a lot of water per day, and we’re passionate supporters of filtering the good stuff that comes out of the tap to keep up with our thirst.
Skip the bottled water, and invest in a faucet filter in your kitchen. That way, you’ll have an endless stream of fresh, pure water ready to fill your Greens Steel cups and water bottles and hydrate you whenever you need it!
