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The State of Water - The Importance of Water Filters

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Questions? Water Filtration FAQ's

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Clean water is one of the most important needs of our bodies. Most tap water in the US is safe for drinking, but that does not mean it is free from contaminates. Furthermore, in order to makeit safe, chlorine or other chemicals are added. Proper water treatment can eliminate most contaminants.

We have reached a point that, all sources of our drinking water, including municipal water systems, wells, lakes, rivers, and even glaciers, contain some level of contamination.

Contaminants range from naturally-occurring minerals to man-made chemicals and by-products. While many contaminants are found at levels not enough not to cause immediate discomforts or sicknesses , it is proven that even low-level exposure to many common contaminants will, over time, cause severe illness including liver damage, cancer, and other serious ailments. Even the chemicals commonly used to treat municipal water supplies such as chlorine and fluoride are toxic and are known to have significant adverse effects on the human body.

There are 35,000 pesticides containing 600 chemical compounds. Yet municipal water systems are only required to test for six. Many of these chemicals are known to cause birth defects, nerve damage, sterility and cancer.

More than 700 organic chemicals have been identified in drinking water, and some of them are suspected cancer causing agents.

The EWS Series - Whole House Water Conditioning System provides quality, filtered and conditioned water to the entire home, creating a healthier water environment for you and your family.

• All the benefits of a softener without the salt

Benefits of Whole House Water Softener and Conditioner:

• Actively inhibits scale formation in pipes and water heaters without the corrosivity, poor taste, and brine discharge from salt/potassium water softeners (more info)
• Improves water taste and clarity; removes odors throughout the entire home (more info)
• Removes chlorine and VOC"s, eliminates the need for bottled water
• Healthier water for skin, hair and body
• Easier clean-up of water spots, better use of soaps
• Improved shower, bath and steam room environments
• Pure water from every faucet in your house
• Service the EWS once every 8-10 years, 1 million gallons - No salt bags, no resin, no hassles!

EWS Water Conditioning:
The EWS physical water conditioner is not a traditional water softener where hardness minerals are exchanged for sodium or potassium salts (salt creates its own set of problems). It uses a catalytic process called Increased Calcite Nucleation (ICN) where the hardness minerals are taken out of solution, and put in suspension whereby the problems associated with hard water are eliminated.

ICN Process:
The water is passed through sediment and activated carbon filtration to remove sediment and chemicals, then the water travels up through the riser into the ICN manifold, where the conditioner breaks the calcium and magnesium minerals apart from the water molecules. In other words the hardness minerals are taken out of solution, and put in suspension. Once in suspension, the minerals become attracted to each other and no longer adhere to surfaces – no more scale, chemicals, bad tastes or odors. (compare traditional salt softening to EWS Water Conditioning)

EWS Water Filtration:
The granular activated carbon (GAC) high grade filtration media found in the EWS Series removes chlorine and other volatile organic compounds (VOC"s), improving the taste, clarity and odor of all the water. The purified water improves drinking and cooking, bathing and showering, steam and sauna for you and your family, pets and plants. The EWS Series Whole House Water Softening and Conditioning Systems create a quality water environment.

Results:
Easier wipe up of water spotting, better use of soaps, scale prevention within your pipes and water heater, and filtered water to your entire home. Without the salt-softener related issues of slippery feeling water, brine discharge and other problems.

The EWS Series has a minimal impact on the water pressure. The automatic backwash does not allow the filtration media to pack, channel or pool; this prevents any bacterial build-up and provides continued and renewed surface area for filtration. Replace the GAC carbon every 8-10 years based on usage and conditions. (more info)

Digital Technology Valve:
• Designed to provide years of maintenance free operation.
• Easy time set
• Consumer friendly
• Easier for install/start-ups
• Shorter, yet more efficient backwash cycles
• No timer motor to burn out
• Years of efficient, no-hassle operation

Applications:
• Installs easily at the main water supply line
• No soft water "Loops" needed to avoid softened water to drinking taps, pools and plants
• Any home with a 3/4" to 1" water supply line on municipal water supply
• Drain (backwash) water is safe, no brine discharge
• Safe for pets, plants, pools, spas, fixtures, accessories, finishes and surfaces

Proper Application:
Use the EWS-1054 for the standard sized home or light commercial applications with moderate water hardness on municipal water supply - not for use with some well water (please submit your water analysis for review or have your water tested before purchase). Average sized home with 4 or less baths and people, with average water usage, one water heater, with 15 grains (250 ppm or mg/l) of hardness or less on 3/4" -1" service line. The EWS-1354 Series should be considered for harder water, larger homes, larger families (5 or more), greater water usage, multiple water heaters, pools, spas, main service line and/or water conditions, based on the need for additional conditioning capabilities.

GAC Physical Properties:
Color: Black, Form: Granular, Mesh Size: 12 x 40
Density: 33lbs. / cu. ft., Water Soluble Ash: less than 0.5%
Iodine No.: 1200 Abrasion No.: 75 min.
Meets and complies with: American Water Works Association
Standard -B604-74
Bed Depth: 26 - 30 in., Backwash Rate: 8-10 gpm
Backwash Bed Expansion: 30 - 40 % of bed depth

Under Bed Filter Sand:
Keeps riser in place and promotes better flow and even water distribution through media bed and during backwash cycles to lift bed uniformly.

ICN Conditioner:
The ICN"s Field triggers a reaction (increased calcite nucleation) that changes the structure of the minerals as they relate to water molecules. Minerals become suspended and form concentric patterns into free floating disks which make the hardness minerals attach to each other and no longer adhere to hard surfaces. The ICN unit is a series of dissimilar metals, which creates the field that triggers this reaction (This is not a magnet). This conditioning process is used widely by EWS throughout the US and around the World.

Operating Conditions:
System Service Flow Rate - up to 15 gpm
Media Service Flow Rate - 5 gpm / sq. ft.
Min/Max Water Temperature: 40º / 80 ºF - 4.4 / 62.8C
Min/Max Water Pressure: 40 PSI / 85 PSI
Warning: Install Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV), (by code in places), to prevent pressure surges and warranty issues

Unit Details:
DTV-HF - Digital Technology Valve: Controls automatic backwash cycles
Warranty Valve: - 3 years
Electrical: 24 volt for DTV operation
Drain: 3/4" to any location
Freeboard: Allows media space to lift during backwash
Filtration: GAC filtration media
Conditioning: Two ICNs within the riser manifold
Tank: Tough epoxy and fiberglass outer laminate, seamless, one-piece blow molded
Warranty: Tank - 10 years
Stainless Steel Jacket: cover only, non-functional
Lower Riser Screen and Under Bed: Water distribution

Media Specifications: Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) - Primary Filtration Media

• Large surface area results in an exceptionally high capacity and efficiency. Activated Carbon is very hard so losses due to attrition are kept to a minimum. GAC constitutes an excellent filtration media, having a density with a balanced pore structure for more efficient operation. GAC should be replaced when the filter loses the capacity for removal of taste and odor.

What chemical contaminants can be removed by carbon filtration?

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