FAQ’s

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Water filters remove more dangerous contaminants than any other purification method, and they are uniquely designed to work with municipally treated water. Water filters ultimately remove harmful contaminants that can lead to illnesses such as rectal cancer, colon cancer, bladder cancer and gastrointestinal disease – some of these contaminants will not be removed from treated or bottled water. Therefore drinking filtered water will lead to overall greater health, and is essential to a child’s mental and physical development.

Water filters currently provide the best and healthiest solution to the problems of both bottled water and tap water. Having a water filter means being able to drink clean, healthy, uncontaminated water, and is as simple as turing on your tap! Not only will your water smell and taste better and fresher by removing chlorine and bacterial contaminants, but it will save you money too!

Chlorine has been contributed to health issues such as rectal cancer, colon cancer, and bladder cancer. Water filters can greatly reduce the risk of such illnesses by removing chlorine and chlorine byproducts from drinking water

According to the Ministry of Health, the average man needs about 3L of water each day; for women it’s about 2.2L. Allowing that about one third comes from food, dietitians recommend the average adult drinks at least eight glasses (2L) of fluid per day – more during hot weather and physical activity.

Much of the bottled water we buy in NZ comes from countries that struggle to supply their own people with reliable and safe water. Bottled water costs around $3 on average per bottle which is not cheap when you think about the cost of tap water. And when you are done with your plastic bottle it will most likely contribute to the growing billions of plastic bottles filling up our dumps and landfills. Today’s home water filter systems are designed to be much more affordable and efficient than ever before. These filters can go under the sink or they can be placed on the countertop, saving money and can be easily accessed.

The safest, most affordable option for clean, fresh tasting water is water filtration. Having a simple water filtration system in your home eliminates the need for bottled water. Water filter systems are very easy to install and extremely low maintenance. Water sterilization is by far the most affordable, convenient and environmentally friendly choice for fresh tasting, chemical and bug free drinking water.

It’s possible to drink too much water. Your body’s fluid balance can be dangerously upset if you drink more water than your kidneys can excrete. Your body cells swell, and you may feel drowsy and weak and suffer convulsions.

You’d need to drink more than six litres over a short period for this to be a danger, and you’d probably make yourself sick in the process.

Cities and governments may insert fluoride into a town’s water supply in order to help their residents stay free of tooth decay. To ensure that the fluoride works properly, a specific level of the compound needs to be put into the water. By drinking this water, low levels of fluoride go into the saliva, which reduces the rate of tooth decay and helps to prevent cavities as well. But is it safe?

There has been research in the United States and the United Kingdom that shows too much fluoride can be harmful to our health, and if you wish to remove it from your tap water the easiest way is by using a specific home water purification device or filter to remove the Fluoride.

MATRIKX + CTOR/2 filters are the most widely used carbon block devices in the world and provide previously unattainable performance at the lowest price point. MATRIKX + CTOR/2 filters simultaneously remove chlorine taste and odor and organic chemicals that contribute to taste and odor while providing the particulate filtration and dirt-holding capacity of an efficient 5 μm nominal sediment filter. These filters are optimized for applications where they perform the role of both a sediment and activated carbon filter.

There are many benefits to using a whole house filter. Chlorine and other chemicals would be removed as soon as they enter the home’s plumbing system and would no longer be released into the air. This can help relieve the effects of asthma and allergy sufferers. Thus also having clean water to drink and bathe in.