With tropical diseases such as Typhoid, Cholera and Dysentery looming over people’s heads especially in the tropical countries, there is a need to come up with proper preventive measures. The pathogens that cause the above diseases are usually found in unsafe drinking waters. Boiling water before you drink it does kill the germs, but your body in that case does not benefit from the soluble minerals that are found in the water when it’s distilled. There are many ways in which water can be purified and made fit for consumption. That’s why water filtration is getting to be a much favorable solution to this problem.
A water softener is a unit that is used to remove minerals that cause hardening by removing their positively charged ions. A good softener will last for a long time and may only require occasional additions of salt to maintain effectiveness. Water softening for the purposes of availing safe drinking water can be accomplished by various means. The most effective of these is the use of a water softening unit connected directly to the water supply. Water filter cartridges can be used to this effect as they contain zeolite, which replaces the magnesium and calcium ions with sodium ions.
Granular activated carbon filtration method is considered the best since the carbon removes the harmful substances such as chlorine which is found in most of the water we use at home. Hard water can be made safe for drinking by softening it since it contains calcium and magnesium ions. Water softeners can also be used to cleanse drinking water. Water filter cartridges can be used to soften hard water by replacing the harmful ions of calcium and magnesium with sodium ion. The zeolite component in the water filter cartridges helps to purify or soften the water.
Bottled water may not be 100% safe for drinking. Most companies use such water treatment method for their bottled water. There are some places where the water is normally warm and contains salt. A filtering medium and a softener are mostly used to cleanse it then it is cooled by use of water coolers. From here it is taken to the bottled water delivery system for bottling before being distributed for sale hence note that the water in bottles that you normally buy may not be very safe for drinking as such.
Filtration of water has been identified as an effective way of treating water. A type of filtration known as reverse osmosis where water is passed through small porous materials thus coming out clean has a degree of success but is not fool proof. The best home water filtration system has been found to be in the use of two processes .These are kinetic degradation fluxion (KDF) process media and Granular activated carbon where harmful particles and bacteria in water are attracted by the carbon thereby leaving the water safe.






