If you own a commercial property, it’s your duty to supply water to several, if not hundreds, of people. Making sure that water is clean and free of contaminants is a top priority for their health and safety.

As the Property Owner, Supplying Filtered Water Is Essential

Unfiltered water is not just a matter of whether or not the water tastes good. Humans rely on treated water in order to fend off everything from stomach aches to deadly diseases. It’s simply not acceptable to supply the inhabitants of your commercial property with polluted water.

Although the municipal water treatment plant is supposed to clean the water for you, that’s not always the case. Whether it’s the fault of the city or due to a breach in the waterline, the possibility of contaminated tap water is still there.

For your commercial property, the safety of those inhabitants must come first. Not only that, but the productivity of your business or the businesses in your property will suffer.

If the property contains a school or hospital, the danger of contaminated water is even greater. Children and those with compromised immune systems stand the biggest risk of danger when it comes to tainted water.

What Kind of Contaminants Are There?

To truly find out which contaminants plague your water supply, you’ll have to get a water test performed by a certified Jackson, MS plumber. Without that water test, no one can say for sure what kind of filtration your water supply needs. Simply judging the water-based on smell or taste is not enough to find out if it contains dangerous levels of contaminants.

Here are the kinds of contaminants a water test may reveal:

• Water-soluble metals: When metals enter our water in high concentrations, it can create serious health risks—in the short-term and in the long-term. Lead, mercury, cadmium, and lead are just a few examples of dangerous metals.
• Chemicals: Chemicals often make their way into our water through agricultural runoff, such as in the case with herbicides and pesticides. But in the case of chlorine, it can actually be due to the municipal treatment plant using too many chemicals in their treatment.
• Biological: Bacteria, algae, and fungi can enter our water as it makes its way to the treatment plant. Not only can they make you very sick, but they can only be removed with UV purification.
• Scale: While hard water is not harmful to your health, it can be harmful to your plumbing system and appliances by creating scale throughout it.

Filtration Requires a Comprehensive Approach

Since every kind of toxin is different, filtration requires a strategic approach. For example, in some cases, it might make sense to use carbon filters. In others, it makes more sense to use reverse osmosis systems. And eliminating hard water is a completely different process from either of those.

This is where it counts to have a plumber on your side. They’ll be able to find a system that can handle most, if not all, of the functions requires to give you clean drinking water for everyone in your commercial property.

Contact EMI Mechanical today to schedule your water quality test.