Living in Etobicoke, you believe that the water coming into your home is going to be safe because it’s going through the city’s filtration process. It is, but there could still be things affecting the water when it’s delivered directly to your home. These factors can vary, depending on the neighbourhood you live in and even the age of your home. There are several factors that could be affecting the water quality of your Etobicoke home.
Factors affecting the water quality in your home can be natural, or environmental, or human-made.
Natural factors
When it comes to water quality, things like runoff and sedimentation are natural to the environment and can happen even without human intervention. That doesn’t mean, though, that humans won’t make it worse. With all the litter and garbage humans produce, it can turn a small issue into a much larger problem.
This says that our behaviour and habits will greatly affect our water quality, even the water coming into our homes.
Human-made factors
Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, many of our daily behaviours will affect the quality of water coming into our homes. This could be things like pesticides, detergents, cleaning agents, oil/grease and even population growth/housing developments.
Whatever we use in the environment will soak into the ground and eventually get into our water supply. While some things won’t cause any harm to the drinking water, that doesn’t mean everything won’t.
When we use certain cleaning agents, we notice on the bottle that there’s a warning it could be dangerous, so we don’t ingest them. However, using them around the house and then washing them away means they have to go somewhere. We have to be very careful about what we put into the environment so that it doesn’t come back to us and poison our drinking water.
How can you make sure water coming into your home is clean?
We all want to make sure the water our family is drinking is safe. As we all use water in so many parts of our life, we mustn’t be using contaminated water.
Many homeowners in Etobicoke will use water filtration systems to make sure their drinking water is safe. There are two main kinds of filtration systems you can use: point-of-entry and point-of-use.
Point-of-entry
This does exactly what it sounds like: it filters the water at the source of entry into your home. This method gives you the confidence that any tap in your home will have clean, filtered water. Homeowners using this kind of filtration can do so via water softeners and aerators.
Point-of-use
These kinds of filtration systems will filter the water right before you are exposed to it, so there needs to be one on every tap or faucet in your home. You can purchase units that attach to each faucet, so it’s up to you how many have them in your home. Most homeowners who choose this method will put the filters on kitchen and bathroom faucets.
Contact D. Jason Plumbing today!
No matter how old your home is, or what your neighbourhood is like, having safe drinking water for your family is imperative. If you’re concerned about your Etobicoke home’s water quality, contact D. Jason Plumbing today to discuss possible causes and solutions.