It's no secret that municipal water supplies can be less than ideal, and it's prompted more people than ever to improve their health at the most fundamental level.
In Dallas, water filtration facilities can't always remove the total spectrum of organic and inorganic contaminants, and it's outright impossible for city-wide water filtration to remove impurities, like lead and copper, from home plumbing systems. For numerous reasons, Dallas residents are increasingly opting to improve their water quality, one of the most effective ways to enhance their health and reduce their exposure to toxins.
A whole-house water filter maximizes these benefits, ensuring each droplet throughout a home's water supply is crystal clear and safe to drink. It can also reduce sediments that lower the lifespan and efficiency of plumbing systems (though as we'll discuss further on, this latter benefit is more the domain of a water softener).
Different Water Treatment Systems
1-800-Plumber +Air of Dallas specializes in three main types of water filtration systems (including water softeners).
Activated Carbon
By bonding with contaminants at the electrochemical level, activated carbon filters effectively remove impurities ranging from water treatment chemicals and pesticides to VOCs, microplastics, and some dissolved solids. These effects are even more pronounced with NSF-approved carbon filters, but they won't remove lead or fluoride.
Reverse Osmosis
Reverse osmosis (RO) filters send water through a semi-permeable membrane, which functions at the sub-micron level and removes far more impurities than carbon filters, including bacteria and other pathogens.
How Do Water Softeners Further Help?
Water softeners are another type of water filter specifically designed to remove "hard" minerals like calcium, magnesium, and salt. Certain trace minerals are essential for health, but the minerals in question are not in a form the body can adequately assimilate.
If you've experienced the smooth, silky sensation of a soft water shower and then gone back to untreated water, you've felt how harsh "hard water" can truly be. Hard water can also damage a home's water system, including appliances, as hard water deposits accumulate.
Water heaters, in particular, can become much more sluggish as they accumulate mineral deposits. Perhaps you've heard a loud, mysterious clunking sound from your water heater, like something inside has shifted? That's essentially a "rock" of minerals accumulating over time, reducing the tank's usable volume and energy efficiency.
It's just one of many examples of how hard water can drive up maintenance and utility costs (and it doesn't do your skin health any favors).
Trust 1-800-Plumber +Air | Dallas & Frisco for Your Water Filtration & Softener Needs
Water softeners are the perfect complement to standard water filtration systems, and the two function even better when combined. Removing hard minerals, carbon blocks, and RO membranes achieves greater longevity, extending the system lifespan while reducing plumbing issues. Soft, filtered water also transforms your bathing ritual into an exercise in luxury.
When it comes to water filtration, Dallas homeowners have several effective options. For over a quarter-century, 1-800-Plumber +Air of Dallas has provided whole-house water filters and softeners to improve community health and protect our customers' property interests. To upgrade your health and enhance the function of your plumbing system in myriad ways, call us and
schedule a consultation for fully bespoke home water treatment solutions.
