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Over 300 Pollutants found in U.S. Tap Water!
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why filter your drinking water?
For two reasons: Taste and HealthRemoving chlorine and other toxic chemicals, while leaving in the healthful, natural minerals, greatly improves the taste of your drinking water, coffee, tea, juices and other beverages. Filtering your tap water with The PurestOne™ Drinking Water Purification System also helps everything you prepare or cook with water taste better.
Our ground water has become increasingly contaminated with everything from pesticides and industrial chemicals to the drugs and medicines we take. Health concerns exist, especially for young children who are growing and developing rapidly and for people whose health is compromised through illness or age. Disease-causing microorganisms, like Cryptosporidium and Giardia, are also dangerous for healthy adults. The PurestOne™ safely removes these chemicals and pathogens from your drinking water.
Contaminants in our tap water can also remain undetected and unreported for long periods of time. By the time the public is notified, it may be too late to realize that we've actually been consuming these contaminants for years. At other times, contaminant levels in our source water may, unknowingly, rise or "spike" and then fall back to EPA "acceptable" levels. Municipal water plants are routinely required to report only annual average contaminant levels. Therefore, if a contaminant spike affected your health, you may never know what the cause really was.
Chlorination, the process of sanitizing our tap water, leaves trace amounts of certain byproducts that are recognized as “known carcinogens”. Even though there is some disagreement among professionals about what the "acceptable" levels of these contaminants are, the National Cancer Institute has said "No level of exposure to a chemical carcinogen should be considered toxicologically insignificant for humans." Filtering your tap water is a proactive effort to protect yourself and your family from current and unknown threats. The EPA has published a very complete reference to drinking water issues. Click here to download a PDF version of their brochure "Water on Tap."
Can The PurestOne™ Filter Cartridge take out Arsenic?
Yes.
There
are two main types of arsenic found in water, trivalent, Arsenic III, and pentavalent, Arsenic V. Chlorination actually changes the chemical structure of
Arsenic III to Arsenic V. The PurestOne™ Filter Cartridge
will remove the Arsenic V typically found in chlorinated tap water.Can The PurestOne™ Advanced Sub-Micron Filter Cartridge remove bacteria and viruses?
Yes.
Most
harmful bacteria are greater than 0.4 micron in size. A correctly engineered, sub-micron filtration system and cartridge, such as The PurestOne™, will remove disease causing bacteria like E. Coli,
Fecal Coliform, and Salmonella through the combination processes of
sub-micron sieving, electro-kinetic attraction. and physical adsorption.Additionally, viruses cannot function, and will die outside of a host organism. So, waterborne viruses, which infect bacteria and other microorganisms, will be removed by The PurestOne™ filter when the host organism is removed. However, since viruses can be much smaller than bacteria, it is theoretically possible for them to slip through on their own. Thus, in the interest of safety, we recommend using The PurestOne™ with microbiologically safe, potable water supplies, as do all other filtration manufacturers.
Bacteria and viruses, however, are NOT the major problem in municipal water systems. Mercury, lead and carcinogenic chemical residues are the main concerns. The PurestOne™ Advanced Sub-Micron Filter Cartridge will remove lead, mercury, and other toxic or carcinogenic chemical residues including the hazardous byproducts of chlorination, such as chloroforms and THMs, increasingly found in water classified as potable. The PurestOne™ TP-1 Filter Cartridge also fits Seagull® IV X-1F and X-1D Systems and is interchangeable with RS-1SG, RS-1SG (CA) and RS-1SGH cartridges.
What is the pore size of The PurestOne’s™ Sub-Micron filtration?
The
PurestOne™ Advanced Sub-Micron Filter Cartridge is carefully engineered for an absolute
pore size of 0.4 micron, or four-tenths of one micron. A micron is one
millionth of a meter. It is well to note that the sub-micron pores within The PurestOne™ Filter Cartridge are progressively structured from 0.1 (nominal) - 0.4 (absolute) micron in size. This achievement is referred to as Advanced Sub-Micron Filtration Technology.How long will The PurestOne™ Filter Cartridge last?
The
life of The
PurestOne™ Advanced Sub-Micron Filter Cartridge is directly related to two factors: the purity of
the source water and the desired performance with regard to specific contaminants. A summary of testing done on The PurestOne™ by Spectrum Labs, a nationally recognized independent water testing laboratory,
is presented below. Note that EPA Protocol testing demands that contaminant levels in the test water be kept artificially high. Depending on the specific contaminant, test levels range from ten to over one thousand times higher than those
routinely found in municipal water systems. Even after filtering 750
gallons, The PurestOne™ still produced exceptional results.Filter life is also determined by the amount of contaminants removed. Since modern municipal water systems have greatly reduced contaminant levels, the actual gallons of water filtered before replacement is necessary will therefore be substantially higher than the test gallon quantities. Even so, annual replacement of the filter is recommended to assure maximum contaminant reduction.
What is the operating pressure of The PurestOne™?
The operating pressure range of The PurestOne™ System is between 30 to 125 psi.Can The PurestOne™ be used on well water?
Yes.
Small
amounts of hydrogen sulfide and iron typically found in well water will
be removed, but large amounts will eventually cause reduced flow,
requiring cartridge replacement. Results will depend on your well water
makeup. In any case, annual replacement is recommended to maintain optimal results.What about distillation and reverse osmosis?
Distillation
Distillation units are large, take up valuable space and use electricity in order to function. Distillation units remove oxygen and potentially healthful dissolved minerals, resulting in distilled water’s flat taste. Distilled water may also contain bacteria if the temperature is not kept high enough for a long enough period of time. Certain volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which boil at temperatures near the boiling point of water, may not be removed by distillation. Additionally, only a fraction of the water used by these systems is actually captured as drinking water. If distilled water is stored in a holding tank, pathogens may start to grow. Doctors generally do not recommend drinking distilled water on a regular basis because it may alter the natural pH level in the stomach and can cause acid reflux.
Reverse Osmosis
RO systems are large, require a holding tank and take up valuable cabinet space. Like distillers, RO systems remove oxygen and potentially healthful dissolved minerals from the source water. This also accounts for RO water’s flat taste. Additionally, only a fraction of the water used by RO systems is actually captured as drinking water. RO systems flush as much as 8 gallons of water down the drain to produce only 1 gallon of RO water. When RO water is stored in a holding tank, pathogens may start to grow. As with distilled water, doctors generally do not recommend drinking RO water on a regular basis because it may alter the natural pH level in the stomach and can cause acid reflux.
How can I compare filter systems?
This can be difficult because there is no governing body that requires a
standard set of tests for water filter systems. California, Iowa,
Massachusetts and Wisconsin each have regulations that require testing,
but ONLY for claims the manufacturer chooses to make in their advertising
materials that are distributed in these particular states.In other words, when you compare different drinking water purification systems, you must directly compare each manufacturer's claims side-by-side to see if they claim to remove the same level of contaminants in the same test water over the same number of gallons. The NSF has comprehensive standards, but they are NOT mandatory. Two critical standards for drinking water filtration systems are NSF/ANSI Standard 42, which covers filter systems designed to reduce specific aesthetic or non-health-related contaminants (chlorine, foul taste, odor and particulates) and NSF/ANSI Standard 53, which covers systems designed to reduce specific health-related contaminants, such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, lead, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether). The PurestOne™ Drinking Water Purification System has been tested and proven to meet & exceed NSF Class I Standards 42 & 53 using the more rigorous EPA protocols.
Lastly, there always remains the questions of who did the tests and how they were performed. Was it a nationally recognized independent laboratory? Did they use the more rigid EPA protocols for testing? Reputable manufacturers who honestly represent the performance of their filters will gladly give you all this information.
Is there real scientific proof for the claims you make about The PurestOne™?
Yes!
In the USA, the water filtration and purification industry is unregulated. Consumers must be very careful of products whose
manufacturers make outrageous claims without showing you their actual
test reports from a qualified, certified, independent USA testing
laboratory. Valid
test reports are the only evidence and proof of the true,
scientifically documented performance of a drinking water filtration
system. University Studies and Performance Data Sheets ARE NOT
always representative of real test reports. They can be altered or
misinterpreted. Additionally, the size, number of stages, price and
brand name are NOT an indication of a water filtration system's true
effectiveness. Even a web site that displays its OWN Water Filter Comparison Chart or the Consumer's Digest Best Buy Award provides NO ASSURANCE. That is why The PurestOne™ Test Analysis Summary and Full Test Report from Spectrum Labs, showing its exact contaminant per gallon removal and extreme reserve capabilities ACCORDING TO EPA PROTOCOL, are available above for you to compare and review. Unlike
NSF testing, rigorous EPA protocol tests require that the contaminant
used in each test be set to extremely high levels – ten to thousands of
times higher than that routinely found in municipal water supplies.
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