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Wall Street Journal: How Green Is Your Gift List? We Find Out
Description: Home water-filter system uses a five-stage filtration cartridge designed to remove more contaminants from tap water than conventional carbon filters. Comes with a TDS meter (Total Dissolved Solids) that instantly calculates water's purity. Filters are "recyclable" through the company (but consumer pays shipping).
Comment: It took several rounds of filtering to get a "zero" ppm (parts per million) reading, but that's a big difference from the 200 ppm coming out of the tap. (Company says filter chambers sometimes need time to settle.) Our panel roundly approved of the concept, noting the waste of petroleum and energy for plastic-bottled water as well as tainted-water supplies in some communities. However, one rater cautioned against buying a new filter system if old one is still working well -- and wondered how many consumers would bother sending back old filters.
Eco-rank: 6
