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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.

There is the process of reverse osmosis filtration that uses a material with very small pores so as to give particle free water as much as possible. But the best water filtration method you can use at home is a combination system of two methods, that is, Kinetic Degradation Fluxion (KDF) process and the Granular activated carbon that ensures that the disease causing organisms in the water are completely killed. When filtering, do not just run the water through the filtering medium and start drinking. Make sure the pathogens are killed.

Filtration by use of Granular activated carbon to attract away the harmful particles is the best way forward. As the water passes through carbon, harmful chemicals such as excess chlorine, which is very common in municipal waters, are removed. Another similar method would be to employ the use of water softeners. Hard water is usually that water which contains either, Calcium, Magnesium or both. The best way to soften such water is by replacing the ions of Calcium and magnesium with sodium. This can be done by use of water filter cartridges that contain zeolite to do the replacement. It is the fixed between the water supply and water outlet which is then whole house water filters through it and gets purified.

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.

Softeners are a good way of filtering water, but they aren’t the safest. Safe water is expensive, but curing diseases is even more expensive. It is however cheaper if you use it to soften water for other domestic uses other than drinking. Then you can employ the more expensive but sure techniques to purify drinking water as it more sensitive in matters to do with health.