Sewage Filtration And Water Treatment

There are many reasons why people decide to install a home drinking water purification system. Their water might taste odd, have a strange color or smell, or perhaps their water is what is called “hard water” (water that has high mineral content) which often causes problems with laundry.  Mostly water purifiers are installed at residences that have their own wells, if you’re connected to the city water line, the water usually has already been treated in a water treatment plant and if there’s something wrong with it, you should contact the water company or state department of health. Rusty pipes can also be the reason for your bad water and should be replaced instead of adding a water filter.

A good first step would be to get your water tested to find out what kind of purifier is required, because different kinds of purifiers remove different types of bacteria and minerals. You can take a water sample to a laboratory, either a private one or your county / state department of health. This is something you should always do regularly if you have your own well.

An activated carbon water filter

An activated carbon filter can remove many organic chemicals and pesticides, hydrogen sulfide, mercury and radon gas and is good for reducing taste, odor and color problems in water. Activated carbon filters usually have replaceable activated carbon cartridges and always require regular maintenance or bacteria will start to breed in the filter.

A reverse osmosis water filter system

Reverse osmosis systems, while being more expensive, can in addition remove calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, nitrate, boron, potassium, sulfate, radium and salts.

Oxidizing greensand or zeolite filters require that you regularly regenerate the system by adding potassium which is dangerous if it gets into your eyes and gloves are required to protect your skin.

An ion exchange water filter

Ion exchange water filters work by running the water through small resin beads. It can remove barium and small amounts of iron and manganese . The resulting water includes added sodium, which might not be good for you if you have blood pressure issues or hypertension.

Chlorinating the water is also an option, but I’d advice against that, because if the system isn’t working properly, the water might in fact become poisonous. Likewise, killing bacteria using a UV filter is not very good either because there’s no way to know (without constantly testing the water) if the system is actually working.

Ozone water treatment is another quite expensive solution. When compared to chlorination, it’s better at killing bacteria and viruses. Ozone is formed by using electricity like in lightning strikes. The ozone gas is then forced through the water, oxidizing iron, manganese, sulfur and some other particles. These particles will then be removed by using a secondary filter. There are still some suspicions that byproducts from the ozonation process might cause cancer.

A door to door salesman and his group were charged over a scheme to sell unnecessary water purifiers to residents in Montgomery County. The group posed as government officers and told the residents that they are going to test their drinking water and reported it was not suitable for drinking, after which they informed the residents that a water purification system costing around $7000 is required to solve the problem.

The water treatment systems Cabello was selling were made by Puretech Water Treatment Systems Inc., a company Cabello worked for in 2006. It was found that Puretech gave him the equipment and handled the paperwork to seal the deals with the residents. Puretech was ordered to pay fines.

The water treatment systems have been uninstalled from the people who bought them and their money was returned.

Cabello’s group usually went to residences right after there had been a break in water distribution when water is often colored by rust in the pipes and the people thought there was something wrong with their tap water, so it made sense that a goverment official wanted to make an analysis.