Four Major Reasons to Give Up Bottled Water :

Rob — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:04:10 +0000

1. Tap water in most U.S. states and European countries is basically fit to drink and the quality of tap water can be easily improved by a simple water filter system so that you get that clean pure taste and added confidence easily .

2. Bottled water is heavy!….even a 6 pack of plastic bottles is a shopping load you can do without and wouldn’t it be good to save on storage space in both the car and home?

3. Home filtered water from your tap is a more healthy and environmentally friendly option. You won’t be refilling those plastic bottles that bought from the supermarket – made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) - risking chemical leaching of toxins such as DEHA, a known carcinogen, and benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), a potential hormone disrupter. Buying no more bottles can keep the environment health too. Making bottles to meet the U.S. demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil per year, enough to fuel some 100,000 cars for a year. (NY Times)

4. Bottled water is expensive! The NYTimes says that drinking the recommended daily amount of water can cost an average of $1400 dollars each year – far, far more than using your tap water filtered by your home reverse osmosis system

Glossary of Terms - Water Filters

Rob — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:35:49 +0000

TDS

Total Dissolved Solids, the amount of dissolved solids in the raw water measure in PPM.

CTA

Cellulose Tri-Actitatc, a material uscd to make membranes. It is resistant to chlorine but not bacteria.

CTAB

Cellulose Tri-Actitate Backed. As CTA but also resistant to bacteria.

TFC

Thin Film Composite, anothcr material uscd for making membrane that is resistant to bacteria but not chlorine, its rejections are on average 2% better than CTA and CTAB.

PEED FLOW

The raw water entering the system.

PRESSURE

The force of the raw water supply, measured in PSI.

PSI

A unit for expressLng pressure.

IONS

lons are the dissolvcd contaminants.

CONCENTRATE

The waste water separated from the puré.

PORE SIZE

The hole diameter in the membrane.

PERMEATE

The product/pure water produced.

SUPPORTLAYER - The strengthening backing to the membrane sheet.

BLOWBY

The technique, sometimes used for recycling concéntrate backto feed.

HALOGENS

A family of elements composed of chlorine, iodine, bromine and fluoride used for killing bacteria and virus.

A number used to express the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. PH 7 is neutral, below 7 is acid, abovc is alkaline.

TURBIDITY

A measure of fine suspended rnattcr in water.