6 Awesome Whole House Water Purifiers

Whole House Water Purifiers are point of entry filter systems that filter the water coming from the city or from a well as it enters your home. A whole house water filter purifies all the water entering the home, including water going to bathrooms, toilets, showers, sinks, the fridge, and other places. Whole House systems are a great way to economically cleanse your water and improve the quality of what you do drink.

The Purenex 20-Inch Big Blue Whole House water filtration system removes sediment, chlorine, pesticides, herbicides, organics, MTBE, and THM from the water before it enters your home. It removes other chemicals and contaminants as well. It retails for $250 and costs an average of $278.93 every year. Remember, this system filters all the water coming into your home. On average for a family of 4, that is about 109,500 gallons a year. This comes out to about 1/4 of a cent per gallon of water filtered each year. This is a great quality system and the company backs it with a solid warranty. Most of the yearly costs incurred involve changing the filters.

The Aquasana Premium Rhino Whole House Water Purification system is one of my personal favorites. Although more costly than most whole house systems on the front end, it balances out over 10 years. It is designed for quality and is user friendly because it requires almost no maintenance. Unlike many system that require more frequent filter changes, this system uses filters that are good for 300,000 gallons, which means you can change the filter every 2.5 years. It also offers excellent purification and bears the NSF certified award that is a mark of its quality. It retails for $1099, costs an average of $321.56 each year balanced over a 10 year period of time. It also comes with a 3 year warranty. Most systems only offer a one year warranty. Its designed to filter all water entering a house in a given year. We estimate this costs you about 0.29 of a cent per gallon of water purified per year.

This Abundant Flow Water 20 inch 2 stage Big Blue Whole House water purification system most closely resembles the Purenex whole house water filter system. This system has an emphasis among other things on the removal of heavy metals and hydrogen sulfide. It retails for $389 and has an average yearly cost over 10 years of $458. This means you are paying about 0.11 of a cent per gallon of water cleansed each year as it comes into your home. This is another great Whole House water purifier alternative that gives you quality and choice. It also removes sediment, chlorine, pesticides, chemicals, organics, and other contaminants.

Watts is hands down one of the most consistent quality water purifier companies on the market. This Big Blue Whole House Filter is strictly a sediment filter. If all you need is a sediment type filter, this Big Blue is the perfect filter for you. This system is also a great option for use with well water. It retails for $137 and costs about $88.75 annually over 10 years. You can expect to replace this system every two years.

Crystal Clear is another quality company with a strong brand and great water filtration systems. The Crystal Clear Backwashing KDF/GAC Whole House Water Filtration System is one of the best whole house filtration systems in the world today. It is high priced on the front end. It retails for $1299 but over a ten year stretch of use, it averages about $159.80 annually in cost. So over the long term, it is cheaper than many of the other whole house systems listed here. This is a serious filtration system that effectively removes lead, chlorine, heavy metals, sediment, and chemicals. The company backs this water purifier system with a 10 year warranty on the tank and a 5 year warranty on the valve.

The Whirlpool Central Water Filtration System is a whole house system that is 82.5% efficient in chlorine removal and 95-99% efficient in sediment removal. This is a great basic whole house purification system. It has a retail price of $497. It has an estimated average annual cost of $148.50 stretched over 10 years. This system comes with a one year warranty and will require more frequent replacement than some of the other top whole house systems. This system also has the ability to remove pharmaceuticals in the water.