How Does Charcoal Work In the Water Filtration Process?

You might assume that charcoal is nothing but something you’d use at a cookout for heating things. But charcoal is good for more than just producing heat. You can use charcoal as a critical part of a water filtration system in your home.

Our team at Lasiter and Lasiter Plumbing can assist you in installing a water filtration system that incorporates charcoal. But what does charcoal have to offer in the filtration process?

The use of charcoal can help you with ensuring you’ll have an easier time with going forward with keeping the water in your home clean and comfortable to consume. Let’s see how a unique form of charcoal assists you with keeping your drinking supply safe.

A Different Type of Charcoal

A charcoal filter doesn’t necessarily use the same charcoal you’d find in a barbecue grill. Instead, the screen uses a compound known as activated charcoal. It is a charcoal form that is pressed into a block or produced as a series of beads.

Heating without oxygen at 1000 degrees Fahrenheit causes the activation to occur. Then, the charcoal is treated with argon and nitrogen. After that, the charcoal is heated with oxygen and steam. The surface becomes porous, thus making it more effective as a filter.

What Makes the Filter Useful?

The best part of activated charcoal is that it collects harmful items through adsorption instead of absorption. Adsorption clears out toxins without the use of chlorine and other compounds. Carbon-based compounds are attracted to carbon inside the charcoal. Therefore, harmful things in your water supply are collected by an activated charcoal surface.

There are many other positives over an activated charcoal filter worth noting:

• The filtration process will improve the flavor of the water. A filter will keep the irregularities in your water from being a problem.
• The lack of chemicals in your water will ensure you’ll have an easier time consuming your water.
• You won’t have to worry about the filter clearing out hydrogen and oxygen among other necessary things in your water. Your water will stay healthy and will keep you hydrated.
• A filter will be easy to deal with. It does not take much for you to clean out the surface without impacting the effectiveness of the charcoal.

The filter can also last for a while. Replacing every six months is best for maximum results.

Need Help? Call the Fort Worth Plumbing Experts

You will need to look at how an activated charcoal filtration system can work for keeping the water in your home clean. You can ask us at Lasiter and Lasiter Plumbing to help you with getting such a system ready for use in your home. We would love to check on how your drains handle water and what you can expect out of a quality filtration setup.