Carbon Water Filter
Tired of turning on the tap only to get water that smells off or tastes like chemicals? A carbon water filter from Boonstra can help fix that. These systems are designed to reduce chlorine, remove odours, and improve taste by filtering out common impurities from your home’s water supply.
Want better-tasting, cleaner water for drinking, cooking, and everyday use? Reach out to Boonstra in Hamilton to learn how a carbon water filter can enhance your household water quality.
How We Install a Carbon Filter for Water
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Why Choose Boonstra for Your Carbon Water Filters
Rapid Response Installation
At Boonstra, we understand the importance of quick service. Our team can often assess your needs and start the carbon water filter installation process on the same day you reach out. With fully equipped service vans, we can install most carbon water filters promptly, often completing the job within a single visit.
Certified Water Treatment Specialists
Our experts are fully certified water treatment professionals with specialized training in carbon water filter systems. This ensures that your installation is done correctly the first time, eliminating the need for follow-up visits.
Comprehensive Water Analysis
Before we install your carbon water filter, we perform a thorough analysis of your home’s water to identify any specific contaminants or issues. This helps us choose the best filter solution for your unique water quality needs.
Cleaner, better-tasting water throughout your home is just a phone call away. Contact Boonstra to schedule your water assessment and carbon water filter installation.
FAQS About Carbon Water Filters
What is a Carbon Water Filter?
A carbon water filter is a type of filtration system that uses activated carbon to remove contaminants, impurities, and chemicals from your water. The activated carbon—typically sourced from coconut shells, coal, or wood—has been specially processed to create a vast network of tiny pores, greatly expanding its surface area.
Carbon water filters are especially effective in eliminating chlorine, volatile organic compounds (VOCS), pesticides, herbicides, and other substances that cause bad tastes and odours. While they can reduce some heavy metals, they aren’t designed to filter out minerals, salts, or dissolved inorganic substances.
How Does a Carbon Water Filter Work?
A carbon water filter operates through adsorption, where contaminants in the water are attracted to and bind with the surface of the activated carbon. The carbon is highly porous, with a surface area large enough for millions of binding sites, enabling it to trap contaminants as water passes through. Just one pound of activated carbon can have a surface area equivalent to 100 acres, offering substantial space for the removal of impurities.
When water flows through a carbon water filter, the carbon’s slight positive charge attracts negatively charged contaminants, such as chlorine, volatile organic compounds (VOCS), and chemicals that produce unpleasant tastes and smells. These impurities cling to the carbon surface, effectively removing them from your water supply.
What Size of Carbon Water Filter Do I Need?
The appropriate size of carbon water filter for your whole house depends primarily on your household’s water consumption and flow rate requirements. For a carbon filter for the whole house, you’ll need to consider your peak water demand—typically measured in gallons per minute (GPM). An average household requires a carbon water filter that can handle 7-10 GPM without creating significant pressure drops. Larger homes with multiple bathrooms or high-demand fixtures might need systems rated for 12-15 GPM or higher.
If your water contains higher levels of chlorine, sediment, or organic compounds, you might benefit from a multi-stage system with pre-filtration before the carbon stage. AtlasCare technicians perform water quality testing to determine the specific contaminants in your water, allowing us to recommend the most appropriately sized carbon water filter system for your unique situation and ensure you’re not overbuying or underbuying for your needs.
What are the Benefits of Carbon Water Filters from Boonstra?
Carbon water filters from AtlasCare provide improved water quality throughout your entire home, as our carbon water filters remove chlorine, chemical tastes, and unpleasant odours from every tap. This means you’ll enjoy better-tasting drinking water and more pleasant showers without the drying effects of chlorinated water on your skin and hair. Our carbon filters for water also effectively reduce harmful contaminants like volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, herbicides, and certain industrial chemicals that may be present in municipal water supplies.
Unlike some competitors’ systems, our carbon water filters for the whole house are properly sized for your household needs, ensuring optimal filtration without unnecessary pressure drops or flow rate issues. Plus, AtlasCare’s rapid 4-hour response time means you can have your carbon water filter installed quickly, without lengthy waits that leave you dealing with poor water quality.