Technologies
Available...
Water
Filtering and Water
Purifying
There are only four to five generic forms of water
purification technologies available:
Granulated activated carbon:
Carbon is a substance that has a long history
of being used to absorb impurities and is the most powerful absorbent known to
man.
Distillation:
Distillation is an expensive process that
heats the water to the vapor point and aids in removing some impurities from the
water.
Reverse Osmosis: Reverse osmosis, or RO, is another separation process that makes use of a semi-
permeable membrane.
KDF Resin:
KDF resin is a limited technology that is
mainly used for chlorine removal. A large amount of the KDF and a long contact
time with the water is needed to do the job.
Ultraviolet Light:
Ultraviolet light systems make use of the
ability of this portion of the light spectrum to kill bacteria.
Ozonation:
Ozone units super-oxygenate water which kills
bacteria with adequate contact time.
Solid Carbon Block Filters:
This technology has combined the incredible
adsorption capability of carbon discussed previously with the ability of a solid
brick of material to selectively strain out particles from water forced through
it.
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