This filter contains GAC and KDF and we recommend replacing every 12 months.
Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)
GAC provides protection for home drinking water from chemical compounds manufactured or widely used after World War II. These include the chlorinated hydrocarbons in various pesticides, herbicides and industrial solvents. Misuse of these materials has allowed water supplies to become a problem.
GAC has proved to be an effective media for the removal of such contaminants, absorbing chlorine, other chemical compounds and gasses. GAC is a preferred method of protecting water from:
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trihalomethanes (THM’s),
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herbicides
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PCE’s,
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insecticides
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EDB’s,
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pesticides
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PCB’s
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iodine
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DBCP’s
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silver
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chlorine
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ethylene chloride
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trichloroethylene
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detergents
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nitrobenzene’s
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numerous other chemical compounds
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radon
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GAC also traps organic material thereby removing bad tastes, colour and odours.
KDF
Even though GAC is sufficient to correct the problems of 85% of today’s household water, to make the process more complete, we have added the patented KDF to our systems.
KDF significantly removes:
- iron,
- aluminium,
- sulphur, as well as
- heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic & many others) and
- kills bacteria, fungus and algae.
KDF makes our units completely bacteriostatic; no bacteria will grow in the unit and the life of the cartridge is prolonged.
