Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Dear James, Water filtration depends on the quality of feed water. If the feed water is free from iron, hardness (due to salts of Calcium and Magnesium), free from dissolved gases, devoid of flourides and free from (excessive) bacterial load, then only ready to use for home application gadgets can be thought of. Please note that: 1. Domestic undersink RO plants are good for a month or so. After that the membranes are bound to choke or to produce water at a very slow speed. Corrective measures are expensive. 2. Ultraviolet or infrared systems do not work, according to the EPA documents. They work only between a narrow range of frequencies, which the suppliers even do not know at all. 3. Traditional methods of boiling water at pressure cooker for at least 10 minutes, is safe to remove the pathogens. But this way you shall loose the required minerals from water. On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:39 AM, James and Elizabeth Carlson < peepers wrote: > Can anyone recommend a great home water filtration system? I am so > confused with all the different kinds. Reverse osmosis, far infrared, > distilled, etc. I haven't a clue as to what is the best. > > Liz > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hi James, My message was incomplete. 4. Chlorine is good for disinfection, but it contributes trihalomethanes type carcinogenes. 5. Water has to be iron free and soft (hardness removed). After that it has to be ozonised to remove all pathogenes keeping the minerals intact. If you are in America, you have no hope, because American policy makers believe that Ozone is a bad thing!!!!! Kolkata, India. On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 6:39 AM, James and Elizabeth Carlson < peepers wrote: > Can anyone recommend a great home water filtration system? I am so > confused with all the different kinds. Reverse osmosis, far infrared, > distilled, etc. I haven't a clue as to what is the best. > > Liz > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Hi Liz, I have been using a Waterwise distiller for about 4 years now and really love it. It takes about 4 hours to make a gallon so you can do about 3 or 4 gallons a day if you want. Here is the web site where you can get the best deal I think. The manufacturer is more expensive. http://www.rawveganbooks.com/index.php?cPath=316_329 go to the bottom of the page.. Sandee > ------- > << >> home water filtration systems > " James and Elizabeth Carlson " <peepers > Sun, November 23, 2008 6:09 pm > > > > Can anyone recommend a great home water filtration system? I am so > confused with all the different kinds. Reverse osmosis, far infrared, > distilled, etc. I haven't a clue as to what is the best. > > Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 My under the sink R-O unit does not clog. It has 2 filters prior to the R-O memebrane. One for sediment and the other for Chlorine. The cheap pre-filters I need to change yearly. The R-O filter gets changed every several years. http://www.h2ro.com/system.htm. BTW, I asked my R-O guy about a similar statement which appeared on one of my health lists, some years back: > Reverse Osmosis: DEPENDING upon what your current > water/flouride levels are like, you will have to change > the membrane 3-4 or more times per year. RO companies > don't tell you this...just that you need to change the > membrane likely 1 x per year...and that is probably OK IF > you don't have flouride. My water is .7-.8 ppm and Jeff > recommended changing the membrane every 3 months or so... > and this gets expensive. So it depends how vigilent you > feel about flouride. He replied to me, as follows: > Hello Alobar, > My opinion? Criminal fraud... now why didn't I think of that one? > joe On 11/23/08, Saktibrata Dasgupta <ozoneengineering wrote: > Dear James, > Water filtration depends on the quality of feed water. If the feed water is > free from iron, hardness (due to salts of Calcium and Magnesium), free from > dissolved gases, devoid of flourides and free from (excessive) bacterial > load, then only ready to use for home application gadgets can be thought of. > Please note that: > 1. Domestic undersink RO plants are good for a month or so. After that the > membranes are bound to choke or to produce water at a very slow speed. > Corrective measures are expensive. > 2. Ultraviolet or infrared systems do not work, according to the EPA > documents. They work only between a narrow range of frequencies, which the > suppliers even do not know at all. > 3. Traditional methods of boiling water at pressure cooker for at least 10 > minutes, is safe to remove the pathogens. But this way you shall loose the > required minerals from water. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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