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About pH
pH is an indicator of the acid or alkaline …
Drinking Water Treatment – Oxidizing Filters
EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Oxidizing filters oxidize and filter iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide in one unit.
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Uses
An oxidizing filter is an in-line, point-of-entry device (on the main incoming water line) that converts dissolved iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide to a solid form and then …
Questions to Ask Before You Buy A Water Treatment System
Drinking Water Treatment – Activated Alumina
EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Fluoride, arsenic, selenium, and chromium.
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- 1 Uses of activated alumina
- 2 How activated alumina works
- 3 Capacity of an activated alumina device
- 4 Maintenance of an activated alumina device
- 5 Special considerations
- 6 Questions to ask before you buy
Uses of activated alumina
Activated alumina can be used as a point-of-entry or point-of-use water treatment device. Activated alumina absorbs contaminants instead of filtering them. The effectiveness of activated alumina depends on the contaminant, characteristics of the …
Drinking Water Treatment – Potassium Permanganate
EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Dissolved iron and manganese, and hydrogen sulfide.
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Uses of potassium permanganate
Potassium permanganate is a point-of-entry treatment method that oxidizes dissolved iron, manganese, and hydrogen sulfide into solid particles that are …
Drinking Water Treatment – Ozone
EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Pathogenic (disease-causing) organisms including bacteria and viruses, phenols, some color, taste and odor problems, iron and manganese, and turbidity.
NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Large cysts and some other large organisms, inorganic chemicals, and heavy metals.
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Drinking Water Treatment – Filtration
EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Small particles and suspended solids such as ferric iron, clay, silt and sand, and some pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, and colloids (suspended matter).
NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Any dissolved contaminants such as nitrate, dissolved iron, sodium, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
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Drinking Water Treatment – Distillation
EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Some heavy metals, dissolved solids, some bacteria and viruses, inorganic materials such as nitrate, sodium, fluoride, and sulfate, and some toxic organic chemicals.
NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Most volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and some bacteria.
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Distillation
Distillation is …
Drinking Water Treatment – Chlorination
Chlorination may be effective in removing pathogens, including certain viruses and bacteria, from your well water system.EFFECTIVE AGAINST: Pathogens, including certain viruses and bacteria.
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