A. Municipalities are required by law to deliver water to your home and businesses that is considered “safe” by EPA standards. That is to say, the municipalities focus on reducing contaminants of health concern that have been specifically identified by the EPA. However, they do not necessarily remove all contaminants that may be present in the water. Also, they generally do not filter treated water to improve taste or remove odors.
Municipal water utilities employ a wide range of harsh chemicals and technologies that typically include some form of disinfectant, but the chemicals employed for disinfection, e.g., chlorine or chloramine (secondary disinfection), leave tap water with a very noticeable taste and smell.
Additionally, once the water leaves the treatment plant it must travel through miles and miles of pipes to reach homes and offices, including the water pipes inside your home or building. There are many opportunities for water to pick up contaminants along the way, and sometimes the disinfection chemicals actually leach contaminants into the water, such as lead.
A Multipure drinking water system circumvents the distribution system by filtering your tap water at the source, i.e., at the point-of-use (POU), to remove dangerous contaminants of health concern that may be present in your tap water. A Multipure filter reduces dangerous chemicals such as lead and chlorine as well as asbestos, rust particles, dirt, small living organisms like cysts and much, much more.
The water you consume from a Multiupure drinking water system is free of unwanted tastes and odors so that you may enjoy fresh, clean tasting purified water the way nature meant it to be.
