Key Points
- Considering water as part of your disaster plan
- Water filtration is the only way to ensure you have safe, clean water
- Bottled water shortage after a disaster can cause additional unrest
- Why an in-home water filtration system is the best option
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In the midst of a disaster, the last thing you should have to worry about is the quality of your water. However, as the most essential part of survival, water quality becomes one of the most crucial things to consider when natural calamities such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes hit as well as when man-made catastrophes such as chemical spills or infrastructure failures occur.
During these events, water sources often become contaminated, and the water quality can become compromised, creating a shortage of safe drinking water and leaving those affected scrambling to find safe water for themselves and their families.
Contaminated water can cause both short-term as well as long-term, often life-threatening effects because bacteria, parasites, viruses, chemicals, and other contaminants might find their way into the water supply.
Leaving access to potable water to chance is not advised as it is the most essential element in ensuring survival. For this reason, water should be the foundation of every disaster plan.
First aid supplies, flashlights, radios, and spill kits will only take you so far. Water is a nonnegotiable that is vital to survival.
When it comes to water preparedness, though, what is the solution?
Ensuring Safe Drinking Water Through Water Filtration
While many rely on pitcher or refrigerator filtration systems in their day-to-day lives, these are no match for most pathogens or chemical impurities that find their way into water sources during a disaster. Instead, it is essential to turn to more advanced water filtration systems.
Some are specifically designed for emergency situations that help remove impurities, pathogens, and contaminants from available water sources. These filtration systems provide a reliable means to treat water onsite, ensuring the provision of safe drinking water to affected populations.
There are also water filtration systems that are adaptable and capable of treating water from different sources including rivers, lakes, wells, and even rainwater. These systems employ a range of filtration techniques such as activated carbon filters, ceramic filters, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, effectively removing harmful substances from the water.
Eliminate Your Reliance on Bottled Water with an In-Home Filtration System
During a water crisis, it is guaranteed a bottled water shortage will swiftly follow, making acquiring safe and reliable water nearly impossible. Relying on bottled water for safe drinking water during an emergency situation is unsustainable, challenging, and provides an extra layer of unneeded and preventable stress.
In-home water filtration systems offer an affordable, practical, and sustainable alternative to reducing your dependency on bottled water. These systems provide families with pure drinking water day in and day out. However, in emergency circumstances, it provides your family with peace of mind that your water is free of harmful pollutants that may have contaminated your water supply.
Three systems to consider are our RCC7AK reverse osmosis filtration system featuring an alkaline filter, our RCC7AK-UV reverse osmosis filtration system that can filter out most of the unpurified substances, and our RCD100 countertop reverse osmosis system, which can remove most of the contaminants and doesn’t require any plumbing work.
Our RCC7AK is an under-the-sink reverse osmosis purification system that effectively removes up to 99% of contaminants found in water. This filter
- employs an ultra-fine (RO) filter to remove contaminants down to 0.0001 microns
- uses a 6-Stage Alkaline Remineralization Layered Filtration, exclusively designed to restore the natural alkalinity and mineral balance of water
- is NSF/ANSI 58 certified
- features a fine GAC filter to provide final polishing to the purified water
- produces up to 75 gallons of filtered water per day
- uses a pressurized tank to ensure a stable water flow
Our RCC7AK-UV is an under-sink reverse osmosis water filtration system that uses a second-stage GAC filter and a third-stage CTO carbon block filter to effectively eliminate chlorine, unpleasant tastes, odors, cloudiness, and sediment. Additionally, it includes a seven-stage UV ultraviolet filter for comprehensive water purification. This filter also
- employs an ultra-fine (RO) filter to remove contaminants down to 0.0001 microns
- uses a 6-Stage Alkaline Remineralization Layered Filtration, exclusively designed to restore the natural alkalinity and mineral balance of water
- is NSF/ANSI 58 certified
- features a fine GAC filter to provide final polishing to the purified water
- produces up to 75 gallons of filtered water per day
- uses a pressurized tank to ensure a stable water flow
- comes with a 7-stage uv ultraviolet filter to address water sources with issues such as lakes and streams
Our RCD100 5-stage countertop reverse osmosis system can be utilized to remove water contaminants with portable and instant hot features. The system can also
- remove up to 99% of over 1,000 harmful contaminants like vinyl chloride, chlorine, fluoride, lead (removes up to 98%), arsenic, asbestos, calcium, sodium, and more.
- achieve a 2.5:1 pure-to-drain water ratio
- work with 4 temperature modes (Room Temperature, 120°F, 185°F, and 205°F)
- offer a real-time LED temperature display screen and low water level reminders
- do automatic self-cleaning
- install easily without plumbing work required
Our top-of-the-line water filtration systems paired with our unparalleled customer service provide you and your family with confidence in our products and give you peace of mind with your water supply should disaster strike.
