Types of water filter systems we install

Water filters come in different variations and specifications. This gives you the choice to pick which one you prefer depending on how you want your water to be purified. The different water filters vary in their price in their speed of removing the contaminants in water and also vary in filter lifespan, capacity, and a lot more properties.

Below we have written a short description of how some water filtration systems work. Here is a list of water filter systems you can have in your house.

Faucet filters

Faucets filters are screwed directly into your sink faucet. Since your water comes from the main water supply line, you are equipped with unlimited filtered water as you can filter all the water flow coming from your tap.

Countertop filters

Countertop filters are a form of water filter system that works just like the faucet filters but with some little variation. In the countertop filters, there are two different types. The first types contain a larger reservoir at the bottom and a filter at the top. This reservoir can hold a lot of water as much as 8.5 litres of room temperature water.

The second type of countertop filter is the type that is hooked directly from your home’s main water at your kitchen sink. This type has its faucet, which helps to dispense filtered water whenever you turn it on. Although this type might be a little more expensive, it is much smaller and will only occupy little space. You can also have access to an unlimited supply of filtered water as it is connected directly to your home’s main water supply which is one advantage it has over the other type of countertop filter.

One downside with this type of countertop is that the water flow from it might be a bit slow

Under-sink filters

This is the type of water filtration system that fits underneath your sink, as the name implies you can easily hook this water filter system directly to your main water supply line. With this, you get an unlimited supply of filtered water to your tap.

The under-sink filters contain a small faucet that is mounted by the main faucet on the countertop. The filters in the under-sink filter might be single or multiple and are designed to filter all the contaminants in a more multiple process system.

You should know once the filters reach their life span you can easily replace them but you should not worry as you won’t be changing them often. The under-sink filters tend to last more than many other types of water filters.

Some of the disadvantages include it requires additional installation of a water filter tap and it can only filter water at one point of use.

Reverse Osmosis

Reverse Osmosis, commonly referred to as RO, is a process where you demineralize or deionize water by pushing it under pressure through a semi-permeable Reverse Osmosis Membrane.

For decades, Reverse Osmosis water filtration has proven to be unrivalled when it comes to removing impurities from water in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Reverse Osmosis Systems will remove common chemical contaminants (metal ions, aqueous salts), including sodium, chloride, copper, chromium, and lead, may reduce arsenic, fluoride, radium, sulphate, calcium, magnesium, potassium, nitrate, and phosphorous.

Whole house filters

This is the biggest and largest type of water filter system, as the name implies it is used to filter the water entering into the house. This means any tap in the house will release filtered and purified water. You should also know that this type of filter system is very expensive, sometimes several times more expensive than the other water filter types in this list.

The whole just filter is a multi-stage filtering system that would remove all the contaminants from the water entering into your homes from the water supply line.

You should know that there are still other types of water filter systems which include the squeeze or gravity filter, portable pump filter, straw filters, water bottle filters which are small-scale water filters and are used mostly for low-scale water filtering.

All kinds of water filters can be installed and maintained by Prolific Plumbing in Sydney. Contact us today and enjoy an unlimited supply of clean filtered water.