Why Drinking Water Filters Are Better Than Distillation
In the long run, drinking water filters not only give you healthier water than distilled water, but less expensive water, too.
Distillation is one of the world’s oldest processes of purifying water. However, this process, although good, is not good enough for filtering out some of the things commonly found in public tap water today. This is one reason why you are better off getting a modern drinking water filter that uses KDF-55 rather than relying on distillation. Another reason is that drinking water filters work a lot faster than distillation.
The Distillation Process
You’ll find a lot of bottled water sold as “distilled water”. What does that really mean? What process has this water been through?
In distillation, a large set up of tubes and heat-proof canisters is required. This means you can only get a small amount of drinkable water after the process is all done. First off, the questionable water is placed in the largest container and heated. As the water heats up, it turns into steam, which leads to condensation. This condensation then drips from a hose into another smaller container.
You might be more familiar with “stills” set up for moonshine or other alcoholic beverages. There was even one in the doctor’s tent in the long-running television series “MASH”.
Disadvantages
With distillation, you start off with a large amount of liquid and wind up with a small amount of liquid. Some of the liquid is lost through heating. With the needs of modern households, you can’t wait for your water to be distilled. A drinking water filter works a lot faster, without heating up your water and loosing any to heat.
Drinking water filters are also a lot smaller than a distillery. There are no long tubes and beakers to fumble about with. You don’t need to supervise a drinking water filter, either. Because of the amount of heat needed, sometimes the distillery can’t take it anymore and explodes. Thankfully, that can’t happen with drinking water filters.
VOCs
Another major disadvantage to distilled water is that VOCs have not been removed. VOC is mercifully short for Volatile Organic Chemicals. Although some organic things are good for you, organic chemicals in your dinking water are NOT among them! VOC is an umbrella term, or overall classification, for hundreds of different organic chemicals. They have been found in the drinking water in almost all American states since 1977. Distilled water will still have VOCs in them. But water gone through a drinking water filter with KDF-55 will not. Sometimes KDF-55, a combination of copper and zinc chemical compound, is referred to only as KDF.
How vile are VOCs? With long term exposure through drinking and skin absorption when you bathe, the least you’ll get is itchy, irritated skin and unmanageable hair. Other people can get respiratory problems, liver and kidney problems and even cancer. Some people have also had problems with their nervous systems when exposed to VOCs for a long time.
There are shower head water filters that can help you avoid bathing in VOC and chlorine contaminated water. But for drinking water, you should use drinking water filters designed specifically for your tap. They fit standard faucets and don’t need special tools in order to install.
By: Jim Riley
About the Author:
Jim Riley is a passionate spokesman about the health benefits of purified drinking and bathing water. Visit his site now at http://www.water-purification-site.com to discover the purification system he endorses and why.