Do Countertop Water Filters Take Out Chlorine?
Do countertop water filters take out chlorine? Most of us know that chlorine is really bad for us,but how many of us know how much is in our tap water out of our kitchen?
Chlorine is used in most municipal water supplies because it is a cheap disinfectant and kills most bacteria. The problem is how much are we still getting our of our tap. You see if they took out all of the chlorine at the city filtration station, then the water would go through all of the cities water pipes and then into our home. Plenty of places to sit and pick up nasty bacteria.
So what do they do? They leave chlorine in the water. How much? We did a test. We went and got a pool test kit from Lowe’s. They cost around $8.00. This kit tests both the chlorine and pH of pool water. We took the kit home and ran the tap water for a few minutes and took a sample. Boy were we suprised! The level of chlorine in our tap water exceeded what would be on the “high end” of the test for chlorine in the pool. In other words we were drinking pool water. Yuk! We went online and ordered a water filter from Better Water Store and did the test once we got it hooked up. No chlorine!
