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Your Guide to Home Water Filters

Water filtering is a growing issue as we head deeper into the 21st Century. In 1993, over 100 people in the city of Milwaukee died from cryptosporidium-infected water in the municipal system. In the year 2000, water tainted with E. coli resulted in seven deaths in the small Canadian town of Walkerton. Before those cases made international headlines, there had already been plenty of attention on the water we drink and issues of water safety. Acid rain was frequently in the news as were stories of pesticides and other toxic waste poisoning the water table that is the source of our drinking and bath water. In the years since, world-altering tsunamis and hurricanes have provoked people to increase vigilance concerning the filtering of water.

Although some of the bad news has been more fear-mongering than was necessary, the purity of our water is a critical issue: contaminated drinking water holds rank as one of the leading initiators of epidemic disease. Purchasing water filters and water purification systems of any size now seems a necessary precaution to take to ensure the safety of our families. There are many ways to filter water: you can purchase a whole home system; you can install a filter for your tap; or you can filter your water by pouring it into a filter pitcher. You can also purchase refrigerators with built-in water filters. If you want on-the-go filtration, you can install a water filtration system in your RV or you can even use sport bottle filters.

But which method is best? Which is the right one for you and your family? Is there a filtration method that can help with your children's allergies (for example, to chlorine)? Can a water filter also remove toxic bacteria from the water? These might be some of the questions you have.

Guide 2 Water Filters hopes to help you find an answer to those questions and more. Here you’ll find information on all aspects of water filtration from brand profiles to kinds of filters to a full evaluation of specific models.

What's more, Guide 2 Water Filters is objective and unbiased. We're not vendors. We’re not manufacturers. We’re not a government agency. Instead, we're consumers just like you. We’ve done research into water filters, studied them closely and tabulated as much information as we can about them.

As you read, remember that:

• We don’t sell water filters. If that’s what you want click on some of our many sponsor links.
• We’re not interested in pushing a particular brand or product. We do review some of the leading choices in each category, but all the final decisions belong to you.
• We don’t have any agenda concerning environmentalism, “going green” or resisting these ideas. Almost all other non-vending sites have an agenda like this.

If we were to claim any agenda it would be this: water filtration is a smart choice. There is one thing you can be assured of: the vast majority of water filters on the market have to follow strict guidelines. The water filtration industry is closely monitored by government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency* and Health Canada. In fact, it is far more closely monitored than the bottled water industry. In spite of this fact, polls and sales indicate that people do not make a great distinction between the different ways of getting water.

There are many wise choices you can make when it comes to adequately filtering water for your family. In any case, enjoy the guide; you'll learn all about the different water filters and all the different models available in each category. You might even learn things you don’t really want to, such as the proper spelling of cryptosporidium.

*The EPA has notoriously high standards. For example, when scientists of the EPA test a water filter, the unit has to have to have a pathogen removal rate no less than 99.9999% in order to "pass the EPA test."