Filter Change

The filters in your Puratap Purification System need changing every 12 months or 2000L of water, whichever comes first. Our filters have been put through vigorous scientific testing to find the optimal and safest time to change them.

After 12 months or 2000L of water, larger chemicals such as trihalomethanes and herbicides are able to bypass the carbon in the filter, meaning that it is no longer filtering effectively. Therefore 12 months is the maximum time to leave the filters in your unit.

Need a Filter Change?

Our award winning water purifier

Puratap take all the hard work out of providing your family with clean, fresh, drinking water.

Puratap is Australia’s leading provider of undersink water water purification systems. With over 270,000 happy customers in the Adelaide metropolitan area, Puratap can find a water filtration solution for any kitchen.

A Puratap can be fitted with either a separate tap or a designer all-in-one mixer tap. All Purataps are installed by accredited, licensed plumbers, according to all the relevant local plumbing regulations.

Puratap also specialise in water filter replacement. We have an experienced team of service people that are experts at water filter replacement and with our helpful reminder service you will never have to remember when your water filter needs replacing.

Puratap take all the hard work out of providing your family with clean, fresh, drinking water.

List of contaminants that could be in your tap water and the potential health effects on your body….

Pesticides

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
2,4-D	Nervous system, Liver and kidney damage
Carbofuran (Furadan)	Nervous system, kidney, reproductive system, and liver damage; anemia, leukemia
Chlordane	Nervous system and muscle damage; cancer
cis-1,3-Dichloropropylene	Bladder and kidney damage
Endrin	Nervous system, kidney, liver, heart damage; anemia, cancer
Heptachlor	Cancer
Heptachlor Epoxide	Cancer
Lindane	Nervous system, liver, kidney damage
Methoxychlor	Nervous system, kidney, liver damage; anemia, cancer
Toxaphene	Endocrine Distruptor, cancer

Herbicides

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
Alachlor	Cancer; nervous system damage
Atrazine	Cancer; nervous system and mammary glands damage
Dinoseb	Thyroid, reproductive organ damage
Pentachlorophenol	Liver and kidney damage; cancer
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)	Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage; cancer
Simazine	Nervous system damage; cancer

Chemicals

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
Benzene	Cancer, leukemia, and anemia
Carbon Tetrachloride	Cancer
Chlorobenzene (Monochlorobenzene)	Nervous system, kidney, liver damage
DBCP (Dibromochloropropane)	Reproductive system damage; cancer
o-Dichlorobenzene	Cancer, Kidney, liver, and lung damage
p-Dichlorobenzene	Cancer
1,2-Dichloroethane	Cancer
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney, nervous, circulatory system damage
1,1-Dichloroethylene	Cancer, kidney, and liver damage
cis 1,2-Dichloroethylene	Liver, kidney, nervous & circulatory system damage
1,2-Dichloropropane	Nervous system, kidney, and liver damage
Ethylbenzene	Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage
EDB (Ethylene Dibromide)	Reproductive and other organ damage
Hexachlorobutadiene (Perchlorobutadiene)	Pending study
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	Kidney and stomach damage
meta-Xylene	Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, and mucous membranes
Methyl Tert Butyl Ether	Lymphoma, leukemia, testicular tumors, thyroid tumors, kidney tumors
o-Xylene (Ortho-Xylene)	Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, and mucous membranes
para-Xylene	Nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, and mucous membranes
Polychlorinated biphenyls	Endocrine Distruptor; cancer
Styrene	Nervous system, kidney, and liver damage
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	Pending study
Tetrachloroethylene	Nervous system damage; cancer
Toluene (Methylbenzene)	Nervous system, liver, and kidney damage
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	Liver and kidney damage
1,1,1-Trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA)	Nervous system and liver damage
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	Kidney, liver, and Nervous system damage
Trichloroethylene (TCE)	Cancer

Disinfection by-products (DBPs; VOCs)

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
Chloropicrin	Pending study. Fumigant; soil insecticide; war gas
Haloacetonitriles	Pending study
Haloketones (HK)	Pending study
Tribromoacetic Acid	Pending study
Trihalomethanes (THMs; TTHMs)	Cancer and other effects; reproductive problems
Bromodichloromethane	Cancer, liver, kidney and reproductive problems
Bromoform	Cancer, nervous system, liver, and kidney effects
Chloroform	Cancer, liver, kidney, and reproductive effects
Dibromochloromethane	Nervous system, liver, kidney, reproductive effects

Cysts

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
Cryptosporidium	Gastroenteric diseases
Giardia	Gastroenteric diseases

Heavy Metals

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
Lead	Nervous system and kidney damage; highly toxic to infants and pregnant women
Mercury	Kidney, nervous system disorders

Inorganics

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
Asbestos	Cancer
Turbidity	Interferes with disinfection, related to disinfection by-products

Aesthetic Treatment

CONTAMINANT	HEALTH EFFECTS
Chlorine	None Known; however, creates disinfection by-products that have been linked to cancer
Chloramine	None Known; however, consumers advised not to use water that contains chloramines for home dialysis machines or aquariums & ponds
Particulate Matter	None Known