The Eco-Pure Whole House Filtration System 

At first... We were mainly focused on the quality of our drinking water, but as we learned more about what we are removing from the water, it seemed like a bigger problem was looming in the background. "What about the rest of the House?", and when we look into the rest of the house, what we find is quite alarming. We've known for years that our Cities decontaminate our water supply with Chlorination, but... Is it safe? The 2010 City of Newport Beach Water Quality Report makes it quite clear. "Chlorine can react with naturally-occurring materials in the water to form unintended chemical byproducts (DPBs), which may pose health risks".

When we set out to develop a "Whole House Filtration System" we had four things in mind: Eco-friendly, User Friendly, Healthier Living and a great value. The result was the Eco-Pure Filtration System. The system is made up of three 20" high volume filtration housings. From there we can choose from a variety of different filter cartridges to address the needs of your home. Below... we have provided detailed descriptions of each of the different stages in our systems and how they work to remove contaminants from your homes water. The result is clean healthy water for a healthier lifestyle. 

How is City Water Treated? 

City water is treated many different ways depending on the area of the country and the water source for treatment.  The most common way to treat city water is with Chlorination where as water that has been treated with chlorine to kill living organisms.  Chloramines are becoming more commonly used as a substitute for chlorine as chloramines are less expensive.  Some cities in New York for example are adding UV Disinfection Units, as well as chlorine, to kill any living organisms in the water supply.  The common misconception is that when water leaves the water treatment plant is safe to drink. So why is my water not necessarily safe to drink?  The reason for concern is the pipes that deliver the water are often very old and outdated.  Water tests are done at the water treatment plant and not at the consumer’s home. 

In some major cities the water pipes are located in the same ditch as the sewer pipes.  The older pipes often have cracks allowing for water to leak out, if water can leak out then water can leak into the pipes.  Water mains have been known to rupture causing many problems for the surrounding homes.  "Boil water alerts" are also common in cities across the nation. Installing a water filter and or UV disinfection system can decrease your risk and concern of being effected by "boil water alerts" and other contaminates found in your water.  The quality of the drinking water in your home can vary in quality thus the need for a good filter is an ever increasing necessity.  More and more people are taking water quality into their own hands by purchasing some type of water filtration device.

Is Chlorine harmful?

The introduction of chlorine to the public drinking water was introduced in 1908 in Chicago and was used to eliminate many types of waterborne diseases, such as cholera and typhoid fever.  Before chlorination typhoid fever was responsible for the death of 1 in 1000 people in many major cities.  Chlorine has been used to disinfect municipal water for over 80 years and has had some positive effects on public health.  In the 1970s, it was discovered that chlorine, when added to water, forms Trihalomethanes (chlorinated by-products) by combining with certain naturally occurring organic matter, such as vegetation and algae. The American Journal of Public Health published a report in 1992 that showed a 15% to 35% increase in certain types of cancer in people who consume chlorinated water.  The National Cancer Institute estimates the cancer risks for people who consume chlorinated water to be up to 93% higher than for people who drink de-chlorinated water. 

We've provided you with brief descriptions of the components that make up our Whole House Filtration Systems.

Filter Housings                                                       

Our filter housings are made by the largest manufacturer of water filters in the world. The housings are NSF-certified (Standard 42 - material requirements) and are constructed of heavy duty polypropylene. They feature large diameter 1" inlet and outlets for low pressure drop, as well as a convenient pressure relief button. You can use simple plumbing fittings from your local hardware store to connect to your pipes if you have 3/4" or 1/2" pipes. A sturdy powder-coated steel mounting bracket, mounting screws, hardware and fittings to join the two filter housings, and a spanner wrench, also included with every filter package. With all packages we include our thread spun sediment filter and the customize your sestem to your homes needs.

Sediment Filters

All of our sediment filters use multi-gradient spun polypropylene filter cartridges. These cartridges use the entire depth of their media by trapping the largest sediment particles on the outside of the filter, then gradually stepping down the size of particles they will reject as the water moves closer to the core of the filter. The result is longer filter life, greater dirt-holding capacity, higher flow rates, and remarkably low pressure drop. The 100% pure polypropylene media is highly resistant to bacteria and chemicals, making this an excellent choice for both well water and municipal water treatment applications.

Carbon Filters

We offer a series of popular whole house carbon filters designed to remove chlorine, chloramine, chlorine disinfection by-products (trihalomethanes - THMs), general bad tastes & odors, volatile organic compounds, and a wide range of other common water contaminants. All of our whole house carbon filter packages also include a high quality sediment pre-filter to remove dirt, sediment, rust particles, and other particulate thereby improving water clarity, taste, and odor, and protecting your home's plumbing system (including your carbon filter and other water treatment equipment) from damage and pre-mature clogging due to sediment build-up.

Our carbon filters are true "whole house" filters with large diameter and surface area to ensure low pressure loss, long filter life, and improved contaminant reduction rates.

KDF55 Cartridge

When you use KDF ® 55 Process Medium ahead of the granular activated carbon (GAC) stage in point-of-use (POU) water filters, you get a lot less than you’re used to:

• Less bacteria

• Less free chlorine

• Less heavy metal content

• Less scale buildup

• Less filter maintenance

How KDF 55 Process Medium Works

KDF 55 Process Medium is a high-purity copper-zinc alloy. When used in a water treatment unit, it undergoes a chemical process known as redox. Redox is short for oxidation-reduction, which is a chemical reaction where electrons are transferred between molecules. In some cases, such as free chlorine, this transfer results in the formation of benign substances, such as chloride in this case, which then passes through the filter. In a similar way, copper, lead, mercury, and other heavy metals react to plate out onto the medium’s surface effectively being removed from the water supply. KDF 55 Process Medium is so effective that it removes up to 98% of inorganic water-soluble heavy metals that are a concern to many public health officials and many consumers. In addition, KDF 55 Process Medium controls microorganisms and reduces lime scale in problem areas like showers and tubs. KDF 55 Process Medium even changes waterborne calcium molecules that inhibit scale buildup and improves the taste of some of your favorite beverages.

Ahead Of The Carbon, Ahead Of The Game

KDF 55 Process Medium is the ideal complement to GAC. Because GAC removes chlorine by surface chemistry, it actually fosters bacterial growth. But, unlike carbon, KDF 55 Process Medium is truly acteriostatic. The electrolytic field created by the redox process is an environment deadly to some microorganisms; it also creates hydroxyl radicals and hydrogen peroxides that interfere with the ability of some other microorganisms to function.

Hi-Ho, No Silver

Some filter manufacturers use silverimpregnated 0carbon to control bacterial growth. Perhaps on the surface this appears to be a reasonable compromise, but let’s consider the attendant problems that the use of silver brings with it: One problem is that the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) considers silver a pesticide that must be registered. Furthermore, maintaining bacteriostatic levels of concentrated silver occasionally violates USEPA guidelines for dissolved silver content. Although silver might inhibit the growth of bacteria within the confines of the filter itself while the unit is inactive, it is not necessarily effective as a bacteriostatic when the water is actively flowing through the filter. KDF 55 Process Medium is bacteriostatic while the filter is both inactive and active. Pound for pound, KDF 55 Process Medium is about half the cost of silver. This could mean dramatic savings to you. KDF 55 Process Medium is non-toxic, completely safe. It meets USEPA and US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) standards for levels of zinc and copper in potable water. The USEPA has ruled that KDF 55 Process Medium is a “pesticidal device” that does not require registration. It’s time to rethink the use of silverimpregnated media.

Polyphosphate

A food grade, FDA approved product that prevents scale and stops corrosion by coating a thin protective layer on your homes pipe surfaces. A concentration of only 2 to 3 ppm is sufficient to achieve this effect. Polyphosphate also encapsulates hard water molecules and impedes their ability to "stick" to surfaces, helping to reduce scale and hard water deposits on household items.

What does CAT-ion do?

The water to be treated passes through a bed of the resin. Negatively-charged resins absorb and bind metal ions, which are positively charged. The resins initially contain univalent hydrogen, sodium or potassium ions, which exchange with divalent calcium and magnesium ions in the water. As the water passes through the resin column, the hardness ions replace the hydrogen, sodium or potassium ions which are released into the water. The "harder" the water, the more hydrogen, sodium or potassium ions are released from the resin and into the water.

· No "Run Off". Typical Soft Water Systems use Salt or Potassium, which is expelled from the system into our ground water and sewage treatment centers. The Eco-Pure Filtration systems have no run off, no need for a drain or a  power supply. The system works by only your homes water pressure.

· We use only the highest quality heavy duty filter housings with large diameter inlet and outlet for less pressure drop and better flow dynamics. All of our housings are made from materials that are NSF-approved for drinking water applications.

· We use standard filter sizes so you will always be able to obtain replacement filters for your system. Many competitors use small 2.5" x 10" filters in their whole house filter systems, resulting in poor water pressure, short filter life, and less than optimal flow characteristics - we use filters with much greater surface area and dirt-holding capacity to maximize contaminant removal, improve water pressure and flow characteristics, and extend filter life so you have less maintenance to do!

· Great pricing on system packages and replacement filters.

We offer unlimited pure Drinking Water for a low monthly fee of only $19.95.

Our five stage reverse Osmosis Water System offers the highest quality water possible.

For Every Residential Drinking Water System, we save approximately 300 plastic bottles from our landfills and oceans.

“It is more important to have an adequate intake of water than it is to have enough calories. Water for drinking should be free of unpleasant odors and flavors in order to make sure the individual will ingest enough to meet his/her requirements.” 

How can water with high TDS or "contaminants"  be undesirable or harmful?

• It may taste bitter, salty, or metallic and may have unpleasant odors
• High TDS water is less thirst quenching.
• High TDS interferes with the taste of foods and beverages, and makes them less desirable to consume.
• Some of the individual mineral salts that make up TDS pose a variety of health hazards. The most problematic are Nitrates, Sodium, Sulfates, Barium, Cadmium, Copper, and Fluoride.
• If a person drinks 2 pints of water a day, this will total 4500 gallons of water passing through his body over a 70 year span. If the water is not totally pure, this 4500 gallons will include 200-300 pounds of rock that the body cannot utilize. Most will be eliminated through excretory channels. But some of this will stay in the body, causing stiffness in the joints, hardening of the arteries, kidney stones, gall stones and blockages of arteries, microscopic capillaries and other passages in which liquids flow through our entire body.

What Are Total Dissolved Solids?

• "Dissolved solids" refer to any minerals, salts, metals, cations or anions dissolved in water. This includes anything present in water other than the pure water (H20) molecule and suspended solids. (Suspended solids are any particles/substances that are neither dissolved nor settled in the water, such as wood pulp.)
• In general, the total dissolved solids concentration is the sum of the cations (positively charged) and anions (negatively charged) ions in the water.
• Parts per Million (ppm) is the weight-to-weight ratio of any ion to water.
• A TDS meter is based on the electrical conductivity (EC) of water. Pure H20 has virtually zero conductivity. Conductivity is usually about 100 times the total cations or anions expressed as equivalents. TDS is calculated by converting the EC by a factor of 0.5 to 1.0 times the EC, depending upon the levels. Typically, the higher the level of EC, the higher the conversion factor to determine the TDS. NOTE - While a TDS meter is based on conductivity, TDS and conductivity are not the same thing. For more information on this topic, please see our FAQ page.

Where Do Dissolved Solids Come From?

• Some dissolved solids come from organic sources such as leaves, silt, plankton, and industrial waste and sewage. Other sources come from runoff from urban areas, road salts used on street during the winter, and fertilizers and pesticides used on lawns and farms.
• Dissolved solids also come from inorganic materials such as rocks and air that may contain calcium bicarbonate, nitrogen, iron phosphorous, sulfur, and other minerals. Many of these materials form salts, which are compounds that contain both a metal and a nonmetal. Salts usually dissolve in water forming ions. Ions are particles that have a positive or negative charge.
• Water may also pick up metals such as lead or copper as they travel through pipes used to distribute water to consumers.
• Note that the efficacy of water purifications systems in removing total dissolved solids will be reduced over time, so it is highly recommended to monitor the quality of a filter or membrane and replace them when required.