Companies operating in this sector say that the demand is due to poor water quality
Home water filtration systems allow you to avoid purchasing jugs or bottles from the supermarket. It is a technology that more and more families are using. Companies operating in this sector say that the demand for osmosis filters and other similar products is increasing due to the poor quality of water on the islands.
They are increasingly common appliances in homes in the Balearic Islands. Its goal is to turn tap water into good water. “Water is usually treated in two ways. Descalers, salt or other types protect pipes and appliances from limescale. “Filtration equipment, usually by osmosis, makes the water that comes out of the tap taste good,” explains Mario Perez, one of the managers. Aquateam Balear Company.
This technology is increasingly in demand. “Because there is more information and because people are interested in systems that can improve the poor water quality, which exists in many areas of the Balearic Islands,” explains the director of Cube tratamiento de aguas, Santiago Bilotta. “It is a growing sector and we do not know what its limits are,” admits Mario Pérez of Aquateam Balear.
There are many factors that affect the taste and smell of water, regardless of whether it is fit for human consumption. “In the case of filtration systems, the water passes through a series of cartridges that improve the water. They remove chlorine from the main water, remove heavy metals, remove limescale, leaving good drinking water.” But in the last stage minerals are added so that the water resembles water. Weak metal springs,” explains Santiago Bilotta of Cube tratamiento de aguas.
The prices of these devices vary, but they save other family expenses. “You don't have to buy water and you don't have to carry bottles or cans, we avoid the generation of plastic waste and also the environmental footprint of filtered water is zero, because it doesn't need any kind of transportation,” he specifies. Mario Perez. Although water hygiene is guaranteed in many municipalities, companies operating in this sector also sell devices in population centers with drinking water.
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