5. What now?
After clarifying the above points, the question is, what now? There are many solutions to this issue. The real questions is, what do you want? Do you want to make just the water you drink taste better? Or, do you want to reduce or eliminate limescale in the entire house? Are you worried about other contaminants in your water?
Water Bottles
One option is buying water bottles. A very common solution to this issue. However, it comes with a lot of downsides. It’s expensive in the long run, they are annoying to have to buy and carry around and….lots and lots of plastic waste! Plus, the known health risks of drinking water from plastic is at this point common knowledge. Definitely do not recommend.
Water filters
A great solution to the water problem is getting a water filter. Here, the most important thing is knowing what each of them does. Let me give you a few key points:
Carbon filters (Brita, Tapp Water, Pretty Water, eSpring) DO NOT get rid of limescale. One of the benefits of using carbon to filter water is just that, that it doesn’t get rid of the beneficial minerals. Carbon filters however, are extremely efficient at reducing or eliminating chlorine.
If you really want to significantly reduce the amount of limescale in your water, the only real way is by installing a water softener. This machine will pump salt through the entire house and basically dissolve the limescale build up.
Another popular option is reverse osmosis, but I highly discourage its usage for a variety of reasons. The two most important being:
- The amount of water that gets wasted to “produce” drinking water (up to 10 liters for every liter of drinking water)
- It produces water with a very few minerals, which can be detrimental to your health in the long run.
If you are interested in learning more about water filters, what they each do, and which one might be the best for you, don’t hesitate to book a call with me to chat about it, completely free of charge.
Conclusion
The conclusion of this article is that the right information is key to making the right decisions for you. Without the right information you will always be at the mercy of whoever is in front of you, and, frankly, there are a lot of people with the wrong information!
Then, you have to think about what you want in your water. If you just want to reduce the chlorine taste and are not worried about other types of contaminants, a simple carbon filter like Brita or Tapp Water will suit you fine.
If, however, you are looking to reduce the chlorine taste and other types of contaminants like heavy metals, pesticides, chemical residues, you might want to look at something more heavy duty like an eSpring.
Or, you could just drink the tap water if you’re not bothered by the taste!
