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Home Water Research’s goal is to provide accurate, honest, and useful information to consumers buying home water products. 

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Why Home Water Research?

Water is one of the most important things in our daily life. Whether we’re drinking, cleaning, or showering, clean water is essential for a healthy life.

So if your water comes from a well or your city water isn’t up to standard it can cause many different problems within your home. 

And it’s not just health problems either.

Bad quality water can cause staining, cause your appliances to wear out quicker, block your plumbing, or cause scale build-up. 

Across this site, you’ll find the most up-to-date, accurate, and well-researched articles to help you avoid these issues in your home. 

Whether it’s water filters, softeners, heaters, or pumps – we aim to make choosing the right product for your home and family easier. 

The Team 

Home Water Research was started as a passion project during the pandemic in late 2020 and early 2021. 

Paul Lewin

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Paul is the founder and writes many of the articles for Home Water Research. 

He first became interested in water treatment back in 2012 when working for an oil and gas waste management company. The company would deal with wastewater from oil rigs in the north sea, which needed to be treated and disposed of safely. 

In 2015 he moved to Vietnam – a country with poor municipal water quality and especially high levels of heavy metals – and this was where he became obsessed with water filtration. After wasting thousands of plastic bottles buying drinking water for daily use, he bought his first water filter pitcher. Since then, he’s bought and used hundreds of different water filter products for his apartment. 

When the pandemic struck in 2020, several friends asked him for advice on water filters so that they weren’t reliant on bottled water deliveries. Realizing that his friends were probably not the only ones with questions, he started Home Water Research. 

He now spends at least eight hours every week researching and writing about home water products, to help people choose the best products for their homes and families. 

Victoria Cooper

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Writer, Editor & Fact Checker

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Victoria graduated from the University of Manchester with a BSc in Environmental Science. 

As Home Water Research started growing, Victoria joined the team to help ensure that all our facts and any scientific claims are 100% correct. 

She has five years of experience as a waste router dealing with solid and liquid hazardous waste.

She moved to the U.S. in 2017 when her husband joined Ohio State University as a researcher. Since then she’s been working as a freelance writer and loves writing about water treatment and filtration, home improvement, and recycling. 

Raul Mercado

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Raul Mercado is an experienced online content writer with hundreds of published articles. He’s also an outdoor enthusiast and the founder of Camping Helper, a resource for finding helpful tips and products for camping trips.

The outdoors taught him the importance of clean water and having filters that can keep you healthy in any environment. This experience led him onto taking a role as a writer at Home Water Research.

His other passions involve traveling, digital marketing, business, and taking care of animals.

Our Review Process

Wherever possible, we aim to get our hands on each product and test it ourselves. Where this isn’t possible we use our expert knowledge to conduct desk research, scour customer reviews, conduct surveys, and reach out to real users for their opinions. 

Review Checklist

Each product category is different, but here are some of the key factors that we consider as we know these are what our readers care about: 

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  • Lifespan & Replacements 
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  • Effectiveness 
  • Build quality
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  • Water Filters
    • Wells
      • Best Acid Neutralizer for Well Water
      • Best Sediment Filter for Well Water
      • Best Iron Filter for Well Water
      • Best Water Filter for Arsenic
    • Countertop
      • Best Ceramic Water Filter
      • Best Countertop Reverse Osmosis Water Filter
    • Pitchers
      • Best Alkaline Water Pitcher
    • Showers
      • 5 Best Shower Filters for Hard Water
    • Best Water Filters for Coliform Bacteria
    • Best Inline Water Filter for Refrigerators, Ice Makers, Undersink & RVs
    • Best Fluoride Water Filter
    • Best UV Water Purifier
    • Best Water Distiller Machine for Home 
    • Best Water Softener and Filter Combo
  • Softeners
    • Best Water Softeners for Well Water
    • Best Water Softener and Filter Combo
    • Best Electronic Water Descalers
    • Best Water Softener Salt
  • Common Contaminants
    • Magnesium in Drinking Water
    • Chloride in Drinking Water
    • Iron in Drinking Water
    • Manganese in Drinking Water
    • Mold in Drinking Water
    • Fluoride in Drinking Water
    • Copper in Drinking Water
    • Arsenic In Drinking Water
  • Testing
  • Water Blog