| In the late winter and spring of 1965, a builder in | | | | often refer to ferrous iron as "clear water iron." |
| Bucks County began work on the first home that he | | | | When speaking about ferric iron they use the term |
| would construct on a new street in a growing | | | | "red water iron." A filtering system can reduce the |
| development. As the construction workers pounded | | | | level of iron in well water. |
| on nails, the drill for the home's well pounded into the | | | | Well water does not always have a neutral pH, the |
| ground. After going down more than 200 feet, the | | | | pH of pure water. Water coming from a well can be |
| water coming from the well could not come to the | | | | rather acidic. A water filter with an acid neutralizer |
| surface water at a rate that would allow for the filling | | | | can restore the well water to a desirable pH level. |
| of a swimming pool. | | | | Back in the mid-1960s, society still lacked some |
| Knowing the homeowner had given thought to | | | | important insights in regard to home water filters. Not |
| having a pool, the builder called what was then the | | | | until the 1970s did the public learn about the presence |
| existing residence of the new home's intended | | | | in well water of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). |
| resident. The builder made no mention of the | | | | There are two routes by which VOCs leach into well |
| benefits of a home water filter. The builder wanted | | | | water. |
| to know if he should ask the drill operator to drill yet | | | | The cleaning of a septic system can allow VOCs to |
| further into the soil. | | | | enter the well water. The use of pest-killing chemicals |
| The homeowner, never stopping to inquire about any | | | | in the area of a home can cause the appearance of |
| link between water pressure and performance of | | | | VOCs in the home's well water. A filter provides the |
| home water filters, told the builder not to drill any | | | | homeowner with a proven way to rid the home's |
| further. The homeowner said "farewell" to any | | | | water of undesirable VOCs. |
| thoughts of having a backyard swimming pool. | | | | A home water filter helps the homeowner to sleep |
| The above story illustrates the low level of interest | | | | soundly. The knowledge behind the design of all filters |
| that most past homeowners had in these types of | | | | has guaranteed many homeowners a steady flow of |
| filters. At that time, homeowners lacked access to | | | | clean, pure and good-tasting water. A majority of |
| the large body of information that present-day | | | | homeowners have chosen one particular type of |
| homeowners can obtain by simply clicking on a | | | | filter. |
| mouse (one attached to a home computer). The | | | | A large percentage of homes with a home water |
| typical homeowner remained unaware of the degree | | | | filter enjoy water that has passed through activated |
| to which a filter could remove any contaminants | | | | carbon filters. Those filters, combined with ion |
| from well water. | | | | exchange and micron filtration can reduce any |
| Because well water comes from the ground, it can | | | | contaminants in well water to an acceptable level. |
| contain sediment. A good filter should remove that | | | | That fact explains why such purifying filtration has |
| sediment before the residents of the home drink any | | | | been welcomed by the American homeowner. Such |
| of the home's well water. | | | | homeowners know that by using such water filters, |
| Well water can contain one or more of three forms | | | | they have chosen the ideal way to provide the |
| of iron-ferrous, ferric and bacterial. Filtration experts | | | | residents in their home with safest possible water. |