Cleaner, clearer water doesn't have to come from a bottle
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Fresh, clean water is essential to health, as nearly 70% of your body is water. It is common knowledge that every system in your body depends on water.
As any high school science student can tell you, water, or H20, is made up of one atom of oxygen and two atoms of hydrogen. Because of its molecular arrangement, water attracts all sorts of things including metals, bacteria, organic and inorganic chemicals, toxins, dissolved gasses, mud, sand and minerals.
Many consumers think the only way to get clean, better tasting water is to buy it in a bottle. Bottled water consumption in the US hit 8.25 billion gallons in 2006, 9.5 percent more than the amount consumed in 2005, according to a report released by the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC).
GE® Water filtration systems make it easy to enjoy better tasting water for drinking and cooking right from the tap. All GE systems are tested and approved by independent third parties such as the National Sanitation Foundation or the Water Quality Association, two leaders in standards development and product certification for public health and safety.
Consumers in many parts of the country simply want better tasting water. An efficient filtration system that passes the water through a filter containing activated carbon or charcoal is a great choice for faucets throughout the home. Each particle of activated charcoal possesses many cracks and nooks. A pound of it can have a surface area of up to 150 acres. When water passes over and through these cracks, there are many opportunities for the impurities in the water to stick to the carbon molecules. Not only are distinctive tastes and odors like chlorine filtered out of water, but also many harmful substances like benzene and mercury can be reduced to safe levels.
If your regional water contains a greater number of contaminants, the premium choice is a water filtration system that combines dual carbon filtration with reverse osmosis technology to filter particles 100,000 times smaller than a human hair. Reverse osmosis systems combine a semi–permeable membrane with two high–volume carbon filters to reduce up to 99 percent of present contaminants from drinking water.
GE recommends reverse osmosis, the top of the line water filtration, providing homeowners up to fifteen gallons of water per day. If selecting a carbon filtration system, make the selection based on the amount of water your total household consumes each day, as well as the types of contaminants found in the water supply. For renters, faucet filtration systems install in minutes without tools, fit most faucet types, and can go with you when you move out. Innovative GE Twist and Lock™ filters make filter changes easy with no need for tools, and no need to shut off the water supply.
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