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DRINKING WATER AND WATER TREATMENT  

Water treatment is the process of removing contaminents and organics from water. Treatment makes the water safe for people to drink. Because water is a good solvent, it picks up all sorts of natural pollutants. In nature, water is not always clean enough for people to drink. When the microscope was invented in the 1850s, germs could be seen in water for the first time. In 1902, Belgium was the first country to use chlorine to clean or treat water in a public water supply. Today, almost every city in the world treats their drinking water. Treatment includes disinfectionwith chlorine or other chemicals to kill any germs in the water.

 WHY YOU NEED HOME WATER TREATMENT  

There are several reasons millions of US residents have made the decision to add some form of water treatment to their homes:

-  Many US households receive their water from wells and do not have any treatment. This water may contain contaminants that make it unpleasant or even unsafe to drink. Local codes do make it mandatory to check the safety of wells when a house is sold; however, may become unsafe after the testing.

-  While municipally supplied water is usually safe to drink, it may contain chemicals or minerals that make it unfit to drink. In a recent presentation to a water quality group, an official of the Los Angeles water utility reported the following result from a survey they conducted. "70 % of our customers reported that they would not feed their water to their pets." Additional comments indicated that the disinfectants that were added for safety, plus the minerals in the water in LA make it taste and smell bad.

-  Each year the EPA issues thousands of "boil water alerts." These alerts are issued when water from a specific utility has become dangerous. (See "News" tab above for examples) 

DRINKING WATER 

Most people prefer their drinking water to be odorless and almost tasteless. The growing popularity of bottled waters is clear evidence of that fact. Municipal water systems usually cannot deliver this quality of water because they are required by the EPA to add a disinfectant to their water; making it bacteria and virus free. While this is why the United States has one of the finest and safest drinking water systems in the world, it is also why the water in many regions of the country tastes and smells foul.

The most common disinfectants used are chlorine and chloramine ( a combination of chlorine and ammonia). Unfortunately, two problems may exist with these municipal systems. First, these disinfectants have a very distinctive taste and smell that is objectionable to most people. Just ask yourself if you prefer bottled water to your tap water? If the answer is yes, you can have the same water you are getting from that bottle with a point-of-use drinking water system.

The second problem that may exist with your municipal system is contamination. This contamination can happen two ways. First, EPA requires the utility to maintain their standards at the point the water leaves the utility . . . not when it arrives in your home. In communities with long water mains, contamination may occur as the disinfectant dissipates during the long trip to your home. The second way contamination can occur in a municipal system is through an accident like a broken water main or flooding. Accidents are why EPA issues thousands of "boil alerts" per year. One of the most publicized recent examples was the lead alert in Washington DC. As a result of the EPA finding excess lead in the municipal water system, they issued a "do not drink order." EPA finally "solved" the problem by giving every consumer a water filter. Any of the drinking water systems offered on this site would have made that water perfectly fine to drink. 

 TYPES OF DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS

 REVERSE OSMOSIS  

The best type of Drinking water system that you can install is a Reverse Osmosis Reverse osmosis utilizes a thin film membrane that only allows extremely small molecules to pass through. The resulting drinking water is at least 85% pure H2o and is so pure that it will barely conduct electricity. This is the same product that you get in bottled water that is labeled "purified drinking water." 

The one serious drawback to these Standard RO systems is that generate waste water in large quantities when compared to the usable drinking water. These systems produce water in drips and therefore require a tank to store water in useable quantities. Typical systems have a 3 gallon storage tank that the system will replenish in approximately 3 hours. When this tank is empty, these systems generate 3 to 4 gallons of waste water for every gallon of pure drinking water produced. However, if you simply use water a glass at a time, they will generate 15 to 20 gallons of waste water for every gallon of drinking water produced. Since the average household uses 2.5 gallons of water a day for drinking and cooking, this means that the average water wasted is approximately 45 gallons per day or 16,400 gallons per year. 

There is a wonderfully effective solution to the water wasted by a standard RO system. The patented Zero Waste System™ manufacturers the finest quality RO water available from any system while WASTING NO WATER. It uses state-of-the-art electronics to divert the waste water into your homes hot water system. This system has been approved in all of the countries building codes. It is also easier to install than any other RO system.

We have the perfect solution to convert your current standard RO system to a state-of-the-art Zero Waste RO System . . . the Zero Waste Retrofit Kit. By adding a few new components to your existing system you can quit wasting up to 16,4000 gallons of water per year.

TheUF System is an economical alternative to RO. While it will not remove the same contaminants as an RO system, it will remove more than a carbon filter, or a faucet-end filter, or a pitcher.