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"Why put in an Ultra
Biostone after the Biostone Plus?"
by Neal and Shosanah Chantara
Municipal tap water already contains chlorine or chloramines. It's
regulated by the EPA. It's safe, right? ... Right?
Our public water supply system does an incredible job delivering fine
water for a cheap price. But regulation is a system of averages. Have
you noticed in your area how you can smell chlorine in the water some
days? I, Neal, was giving some Water Talks in Florida November, 2009 so
I checked the recent water reports (2008) for 4 towns. Only one failed
the coliform count. (This is fecal coliform we are talking about, but
they've dropped the word fecal. Testing is done on fecal coliform as it
usually shows the presence of other bacteria as well when it is
present). To fail means that greater than 5% of the samples had
coliform. So the other 3 towns are safe, right? Yes, if you are happy
knowing that in one town 1 sample in a month, and in the others only 3%
and 3.4% of the samples taken had fecal coliform in them. Did you drink
100 glasses of water in 2008? So likely you only drank fecal coliform 3
times out of a hundred!
In the documentary movie FLOW (For the Love Of Water) available from
Netflix, they mention that about 40% of those things you think of as
stomach viruses or flus in the United States have been traced back to
municipal water sources. December 7, 2009, New York Times article By
Charles Duhigg: More than
20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key
provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years,
according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.
Safe, right?
Don't think you're safe with bottled water. 1/3 of 1000 bottles tested
didn't even pass EPA municipal standards. Soft drinks, vitamin water,
and sports drinks are made from the same waters.
Back to Municipal Water. What is the lag time between when water is
found to contain a contaminate and when the public is told not to drink
it? First, it takes 24 hours for a sample to incubate to confirm E
coli. Wednesday, November 25, 2009 a water sample in Portland, OR
contained E coli from fecal contamination so this was known on
Thursday. Federal law gives them 24 hours to retest. E coli was
confirmed on Friday's sample Saturday morning. Then they issued a boil
water alert.
Giardia and Cryptosporidium have been showing up in a shocking number of
public systems (cysts
have been found in most major municipal water supplies in the United
States, and more than 63% of water problems in the United States may be
caused by Giardia and Cryptosporidia.).
Chlorine does work "under certain favorable conditions", but these
parasites
in the presence of chlorine or iodine, or when placed out of water,
these parasites develop hard shells and turn into resistant cysts that
are very hard to kill.
The solution: Membrane Filtration is recommended by everyone in
the field, not just IonWays. This is like using a strainer to take out
large chunks of stuff. We found a 4 page list of the micron size of
various bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Most are bigger than 0.1
micron; none are smaller than 0.01 micron.
We need to understand the difference between "nominal" and "absolute"
membrane micron size. "Nominal" 0.1 micron means it takes out
everything down to a range of 0.1 micron to 1 micron. "Absolute"
means it takes out everything down to that size. The industry standard
is to use the "Nominal" size which gives a false sense of security.
Look at the filters of various companies (if they even bother to tell
you). I've seen some filters listed as 1 micron and 5 micron. These
depend on the tap water to be free of bacteria and virus. Is it?
Our Biostone Plus is 0.1 micron nominal or 1 micron absolute.
The Ultra Biostone is 0.01 micron absolute (the same membrane
size used for kidney dialysis). Remember the size of bacteria, fungi,
and viruses: Most are bigger than 0.1 micron; none are
smaller than 0.01 micron. Personally we are not comfortable just
taking out most.
The Athena is ideally set up to use 2 filters. We need the Biostone
Plus to take out chlorine, chloramines, heavy metals, and more. In
order to add an Ultra Biostone, put the Biostone Plus on the left side
so it is first. For ultimate protection, put an Ultra Biostone on the
right side so it is second. With this 2 filter set up we are
comfortable changing both filters when the counter on filter 2 reaches
9999. If you are using the Ultra Biostone alone (no chlorine or
chloramine in your water) you should change the Ultra Biostone at 5000
on the counter.
We want you to be knowledgeable enough to choose your own level of
protection.
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