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In most cases well water needs to be filtered before it can be used for drinking water or cooking. This is because well water is often subject to runoff, septic leach fields and fertilizers and pesticides used nearby.

Well water could potentially contain bacteria, viruses, sediment or heavy minerals. Although not all contaminants in water are a hazard to your health, they can make your water taste and smell bad. Heavy sediment in water can cause the water to stain you tub, toilet, sinks and clothes.

When looking at well water filters, it is important to know what you need to filter from the water first. Have the water tested to see what contaminants are present. Check with your local Health Department because some areas offer free well water testing. Even after you have purchased and installed a filter, you should have the water tested annually to ensure the well water filter is doing its job, but also to see if any new contaminants have been introduced to your well water. Once you know what contaminants are in your well water, you can go looking at well water filters. For heavy minerals or certain bacteria, you can look at activated carbon well water filters. The activated carbon in these filters will absorb many contaminants, as well as attract the negative ions from other contaminates so they stick to the filter. If there is heavy sediment in the water, you will have to look at well water filters that have a mechanical pump filtration. If viruses are detected in the well water, you will have to look at multiple well water filters. You will need one that can chemically treat the water to kill the viruses, and then filter out the cleaning chemicals with activated carbon.

You also need to decide the best location for your well water filters to be located. You can have one at the point of entry, so all water coming out of the well has been filtered. You can choose to have the well water filter in the house so only the water that goes into the house is filtered, or you can have smaller well water filters attached to specific faucets within your house. If you discover you have heavy sediment in your well water, it is best to look at well water filters that will filter all the water entering your house. Heavy sediment can easily cause blockages in your plumbing system. If the contaminants in the well water aren’t actually dangerous, than you may consider well water filters that attach to specific faucets, so you are only filtering the water used for cooking, drinking and brushing your teeth.

Well water filters vary greatly in price based on the job the filter is performing and how large of a well water filter you decide to go with. Obviously if you are filtering all the water that enters your home, the well water filter is going to be considerably larger than one that is installed under one faucet.

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