Why The Need For Water Filtration in the North Bay
Have you ever thought about this? Our water dates back millions of years to the dinosaurs. For centuries, our planet has been merely recycling our water. Thousands of years ago, that was not a problem. However, since the agricultural and industrial revolutions, many natural organic and man-made—or inorganic—chemicals, pesticides, and pharmaceutical contaminants have unfortunately found their way into today’s water supplies.
Chemical runoff during rainfall notably affects our area’s groundwater, which can infiltrate drinking water supplies. While the municipal water districts around Rohnert Park, California, do what they can with the budget they are given, they are finding it increasingly challenging to meet the rising demand for cleaner, safer, and healthier water as our region’s population continues to grow.
Given these municipal water challenges, installing a whole-house water filtration system has become increasingly essential to guard against
waterborne contaminants, such as dirt, sand, nitrates, heavy metals, chemicals, pesticides, and hard water minerals that may be present in your
water as it flows into the home.
The 3 Concerns in Municipal Water
There are 3 Concerns in today’s municipal water that a filtration system must address:
- Physical Contaminants like dirt, silt, sand, and other physical particulates.
- Chemical Contaminants like disinfecting chlorine, chloramines, pesticides and herbicides, nitrates, and heavy metals.
- Hard water minerals like calcium and magnesium.
Past vs. Present Technology
Previously, the only option for treating these three concerns was primarily a traditional two-tank system—a stand-up carbon filter combined with a salt softener. These systems are large, inefficient, need programming, need salt, and could waste as much as 500 gallons of water every month!
Thanks to the latest technology, ONE system can efficiently and effectively treat all THREE concerns in a compact design without needlessly wasting gallons upon gallons of water every month.
Like any facet of life, technology advances. That’s why Popular Plumbing offers residents of Rohnert Park, California, and surrounding areas Honest Water Filters to protect their families and expensive plumbing systems. Simply put, the Honest Water Filters are the most advanced whole-house systems on the market today, backed up by NSF performance certifications.
Polyphosphates – A Hard Water Solution
To treat Concern 3 (Minerals – aka hard water), Honest Water Filters systems contain polyphosphates, a proven, all-natural alternative to salt softeners. Unlike other salt-free systems that “mask” hard water issues, polyphosphates have been used in commercial applications for decades in places like 7-11, McDonalds, and most restaurants to protect their expensive ice machines.
How They Work: Our food-grade, FDA-approved, all-natural polyphosphate effectively sequester hard water minerals like calcium and magnesium, preventing scaling and corrosion of plumbing and fixtures in the home. However, they retain the essential minerals in the water that our bodies require.
