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Bottled water may be a nice convenience, but it’s not a solution to anything. In fact, quite the contrary – it’s an ecological menace.

Consider the following:

The average Australian drinks 30 litres of bottled water each year
Total consumption was 726 million litres in 2015
The production of bottled water creates more than 60,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to the emissions 13,000 cars
The amount of oil needed to produce the bottles is 460,000 barrels

Okay, so perhaps right now you’re thinking: “Okay, that sounds bad, but I recycle my empty bottles!” Even if that’s true, you are in the minority.

But at least bottled water is cleaner than tap water, right? Sorry, but you get a buzzer if you said “yes”. That’s because about 40% of all bottled water is regular tap water. And yet bottled water costs up to 500 times more that municipally-provided tap water.

Are you at least convinced that bottled water tastes better than tap water? Not so fast, because in blind taste tests around the world, consumers consistently cannot tell the difference.

Boiling it all down, what’s a careful and thoughtful homeowner to do? Well, if you really want to drink and cook with the cleanest water possible, a home water filter is the way to go.

Here at Kalamunda Plumbing Group, we can outfit your home with an under-sink or whole-house water filter. Either way, your water filter will:

Remove chlorine, chloramines, and carbon based organic compounds (VOC’s) such as pesticides, herbicides and industrial solvents for improved taste and odour
Enhance the flavour of food
Leave you with healthier looking and feeling skin
Extend life of your plumbing fixtures, taps and pipes
And, of course, save you money otherwise spent on bottled water

What’s the right water filtration solution for your home? Contact Kalamunda Plumbing group today to request a FREE in-home water quality consultation and proposal.

Hard water is a common affliction impacting Australian home owners far and wide. First, allow us to reassure you that hard water poses no threat to your health or safety. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a problem to be reckoned with.

How would you even know if you have hard water conditions? Here are some of the telltale signs:

Water tastes and smells funny
White build-up on showerheads and taps
If you have municipal water, check your most recent water test report – every municipality is required to release hard water information
Lack of soap or shampoo lathering in the shower
Your pipes keep getting clogged
Family members complain of skin irritation
Clothes not getting as clean as you expect in the washing machine
Appliances wear out faster than expected

What’s the solution? A whole-house water softening system from Kalamunda Plumbing Group. We are water treatment specialists with the right solution for every family’s needs. That includes ensuring you have the cleanest and healthiest water to drink and cook with, too.

To learn more about water softening and filtration, contact Kalamunda Plumbing Group today. At your invitation, we’ll visit your home and provide a free new system estimate.

We all use bottled water at one time or another to satisfy our need for “clean and fresh”.

But legions of people across the land overdo it, thus creating an ecological menace. Consider these very real and alarming statistics:

The production of bottled water in Australia results in 60,000 tone of greenhouse gases each year
We also spend small fortunes importing bottled water from such lands as Fiji, Italy and France
The annual production of bottled water consumes more than 460,000 barrels of oil
Plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting
90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the bottle itself
Australians spend about $1.5 billion per year on bottled water, something we can obtain for free just about anywhere
And, just to properly cap things off, globally more than 40% of bottled water comes from a tap

For those occasions where bottled water is your only clean water solution, please recycle. But for just about every other clean water need, a home water filtration system makes infinitely more sense. These are the two types we recommend and install most often:

Point-of-use (also called “under sink”) water filtersremove lead and other impurities as you draw water from your faucet. The water tank and filter is installed under your sink, and we have different size tanks to accommodate your average daily consumption.
Whole-house water filters provide clean, purified water from every water source in your home, including your washing machine, dishwasher, faucets, shower, and all the rest. This is the solution for people who want clean, soft, and filtered water – no substitutions, please!

More Benefits of a Home Water Filter.