Going Green with Pure Water

Installation of the under-the-counter purifier

2009-03-25T11:10:00.008+01:00

The installation of the purifier is not as easy as it seems. You can attempt to do it on your own or we can do it for you.

We can use any of these fittings:

Mixer fitting

saddle valve fitting

We can use any of these connections:

dishwasher outlet

main pipe outlet (inside cabnit)

What is reverse Osmosis?

2008-10-01T13:48:00.002+02:00

What is Reverse Osmosis?
Reverse Osmosis is the reversal of the natural flow of osmosis. In a water purification system, the goal is not to dilute a salt solution/contaminated water, but to separate the pure water from the salt and other contaminants. When the natural osmotic flow is reversed, water from the salt solution is forced through a membrane in the opposite direction by application of pressure, hence the term Reverse Osmosis.

What can be removed my Reverse Osmosis?
The most important feature of this reverse osmosis system is its membrane. The membrane consists of several layers or sheets of film that are bonded together and rolled in a spiral configuration. The size of the membrane’s pores are 0,0001 of a micron. The material of the membrane is semi-permeable. This allows water molecules pass though while acting as a barrier to dissolved solids, viruses and bacteria. The remaining contaminants are concentrated and washed from the surface of the membrane down the drain.

What is TDS?

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TDS in drinking-water originate from natural sources, sewage, urban run-off, industrial wastewater, and chemicals used in the water treatment process, and the nature of the piping or hardware used to convey the water, i.e., the plumbing.

What makes water impure? TDS or Total Dissolved Solids can be defined as the combined content of all inorganic and organic substances contained in a liquid which are present in a molecular, ionized or micro-granular (colloidal sol) suspended form. Our water is mostly saturated with chlorine, nitrates, aluminum, mercury, lead, fluorine, arsenic, cadium and calcium to name a few. TDS includes all these contaminants, but it also includes minerals like magnesium, bhoor and potassium, minerals that you body can use. Unfortunately, most of the salts in water are a health hazard. This means that the human body cannot use these particles at all. The result of consuming raw tap water daily over a period of time is the hardening of arteries, arthritis, cancer, tiredness, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney stones, gallstones ext. Although numerous chemicals are added at the purification plants in an attempt to get rid of bacteria and viruses in water, metallic poisons contaminates that water even further by pipelines which the water travel through. It is a dangerous cycle that affects people’s health and lives daily. But what are the TDS readings in South Africa?
Well, it depends where you go!! Areas like the Western-Cape, Eastern-Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and even Gauteng's water supply is of deterioration quality.
I have tested water with TDS readings of between 100 and 2000!
One thing that one should understand about TDS is that it does not only measure undesirable contaminants. It also measures desirable minerals that your body needs. If you are interested to know EXACTLY what is lurking within you raw tap water then you need to get it tested by the WNNR.

The conclusion:
TDS is just a measure of the TOTAL amount of salts/particles within your water.
Research has shown unfortunately that high TDS readings within South Africa are the cause of undesirable particles.