Under sink water filter – Canada Mississauga

[Bernadette_Abraham]

Hi @Vidu – I recently learned that only a few companies dominate the water filter industry, even though there are so many different brands and companies selling water filters. These large manufacturers often produce filters for multiple brands, which then rebrand and market them under their own names. In the U.S., for example, companies like 3M, Pentair, and Culligan are some of the major producers in this space. So while it seems like there are so many water filtration companies available, there are really only several companies supplying filters worldwide.

What’s important however and an easy way to narrow down your search is to make sure they are NSF certified. These products usually display the NSF mark on the product or packaging. Look for specific standards like NSF/ANSI 42 (for aesthetic effects like chlorine reduction), NSF/ANSI 53 (for health effects like lead and VOC removal), NSF/ANSI 58 (for reverse osmosis systems if that’s what you’re looking for), etc.

You can also search for NSF certified water filters using their database to double check or search for companies using NSF certified filters:

https://info.nsf.org/Certified/DWTU/?_gl=1*cy3wom*_gcl_au*MTcwNjcyNzU4NS4xNzI3MzM1NjEw*_ga*MTg1MTA1NzQ0MS4xNzI3MzM1NjEw*_ga_B3R74P2MZC*MTcyNzMzNTYxMC4xLjEuMTcyNzMzNTY4MC41OS4wLjA.*_ga_P2KS3C05YD*MTcyNzMzNTYxMC4xLjEuMTcyNzMzNTY4MC42MC4wLjA.

I would also ask the city for your water report. It’s public information. Feel free to share those results here. But based on that report, you can then narrow down the type of filter as well by asking the company for a list of contaminants that their filters remove.

I know in Ottawa, it’s high in chlorine & fluoride. So I make sure the filters remove those.

Hope that helps!

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