CRYSTAL QUEST
® Utilizing the latest
technologies in water industry, coupled with 29 years of manufacturing
expertise, we provide you with the most effective, healthy, great-tasting water
conveniently at the most affordable price. Our products are
attractive, easy to install and use, and removes more than 500 contaminants
from water.
Water travels through multiple stages of filtration:
 Stage 1 -
Water passes through a one-micron
filtration pad (1 micron equals 1/25,000th of an inch - {a human hair is about
100 microns in diameter}), which removes suspended particles such as silt,
sediment, cyst (Giardia, Cryptosporidium),
sand, rust, dirt, and other
undissolved matter.
Stages
2 and 3 - The water passes through a bed of a media made of a special
high-purity alloy blend of two dissimilar metals - copper and zinc KDF-55D ® and
KDF-85D ®. KDF is a major advancement in water treatment technology that works
on the electro-chemical and spontaneous-oxidation-reduction (redox) principles.
Chlorine is instantaneously and almost inexhaustibly oxidized. Tests on our
cartridge have shown 99+% chlorine removal past 20,000 gallons of water, while a
carbon cartridge of comparable volume drops below 90% effectiveness after only
4,000 gallons.
Iron and hydrogen sulfide are oxidized into insoluable matter and attach to the
surface of the media. Heavy metals such as lead, mercury, copper, nickel,
chromium,
cadmium, aluminum, and
other dissolved materials are removed from the water by the electrochemical
process. They are attracted to the surface of the media, much like a magnet. The
media inhibits bacteria growth throughout the entire unit (in fact, it has been
shown to reduce it up to 90%!), eliminating the need for silver, which is
commonly used in carbon-only filters (silver is considered a pesticide by the
EPA and, as such, must be registered with them). Is copper or zinc added to the
water in any significant amount? On 2.3 ppm chlorinated water <0.05 mg/l copper
and only 0.46 mg/l zinc was measured. The EPA aesthetic levels are 1.0 mg/l for
copper and 5.0 mg/l for zinc. And remember that both zinc and copper are
essential minerals for good health - the FDA recommends a daily intake of 15 mg
of zinc and 2 mg of copper.
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Stage
4 -
ABSORPTION: GRANULATED ACTIVATED
CARBON
Granulated
Activated Carbon (GAC) is universally recognized and widely used as an effective
adsorbent to remove a wide variety of organic contaminants from water, such as
chlorine (99.9%), chemicals linked
to cancer (THM's, benzine) pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), PCB's, MTBE's and hundreds of other chemical
contaminants that may be present in water), bad taste and odors. Carbon is
extremely porous and provides a large surface area for contaminants to collect.
Carbon-only filters must also use their capacity for chlorine removal, resulting
in a shortened life. They also may use a bituminous coal carbon, which is good
at removing chlorine, but not as effective at removing chemicals. We use a
high-grade coconut shell carbon that is most effective at removing chemicals.
Coconut shell carbon provides a significantly higher volume of micropores than
either coal-, wood- or lignite-based carbon. As a result, it is more effective
than other carbon types in removing trihalomethanes (THMs) and other chemicals
from municipally supplied water. Since our redox media removes the chlorine
before it reaches the carbon, the carbon capacity is not wasted on chlorine and
is free to concentrate more effectively on organic contaminants.
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here to learn more about GAC
State 5 -
Water
flows through another one-micron filtration pad for further reduction of
undesirable particles. The end result is total elimination or great reduction of
a wide variety of contaminants. |
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