Eco Water: Ensuring safe tap water

By Eva-Kristin U. Pedersen

Eco Water AS is a Norwegian company that provides safe, globally tested drinking water filters for both your home and your cabin.

As Norwegians retreat to their mountain cabins or seaside lodges for the summer, the prospect of spending time in a remote location, surrounded by nature, is enthusing. Yet, spending a lot of time in a remote location comes with its challenges. One of them is drinking water. Accustomed to tap water, many ask themselves if the water from the well by their cabin is actually safe.

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That is where Eco Water comes into the picture. “Our cleaning technology CW42 has been used for more than 25 years – all over the world,” Morten Engen, CEO of Eco Water, explains.

Eco Water installs filters both at the point of entry (POE) and point of use (POU), that is, directly in the kitchen tap, but according to Engen, POU filters are the most common. “Most people need to cleanse their drinking water, not the water used for taking showers,” Engen clarifies, adding that Eco Water can offer several different types of taps to fit aesthetic demands as well as technical.

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Health and environmental benefits

While filtering drinking water may seem unnecessary to many, Engen explains that more and more Norwegians are actually concerned with the quality of their drinking water – particularly families with small children or elderly.

“Norwegians are used to having good drinking water in their taps, but the truth is that many water pipes are not in great shape. Incidents due to contaminated water supplies have led people to pay more attention to their drinking water, including at home,” Engen says.

He points out that while bottled water only arrived in Norwegian stores in 1994, Norway is now among the countries in the world that consumes most bottled water, making environmental concerns another compelling reason to opt for filtered, not bottled, water. “Buying bottled is not only expensive, it also produces a lot of plastic waste, and the transport of the water is a source of pollution,” Engen points out.

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Preparedness

Another area of focus for Eco Water is water for preparedness in the event of interrupted water and electricity supplies. The Norwegian authorities have recently upped their guidelines for how much water Norwegians should keep at their house.

“Do you really want to drink water that has been in a barrel for 10 years?” Engen asks, explaining that Eco Water’s cleaning technology filters can purify water from different sources, including lakes, rivers and rainwater without electricity – a perfect preparedness kit.