Ultraviolet Water Purifiers

Ultra-violet (UV) light technology takes in-home water purifiers to the next level by doing what carbon alone cannot do: It destroys microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and cysts).

This UV bulb, located in the center of the cartridge, puts out up to 80 millijoules (units of measure) of UV light - enough to destroy more than 99.99% of bacteria and viruses that may be in drinking water.

Activated pressed carbon-block filter. This patented multi-stage carbon block effectively reduces:

* Chlorine taste and odor
* Particulates, improving clarity
* More than 140 possible health-effect contaminants, including lead, mercury, VOCs, disinfection by-products like THMs, and the gasoline additive MTBE
* Traps particulates 300% smaller than the diameter of a human hair
* Will treat up to 5,000 liters (1,320 gallons) of water in one year - enough for the average family of six
* Good nutrients pass through

Combining the two will:
* Improves water taste, odor, and clarity
* Does not remove beneficial minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and fluoride
* Reduces particulates down to 0.2 microns, including sediment, dirt, and scale
*Effectively removes:
* organic contaminants from water, including more than 135 contaminants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, and trihalomethanes
* more than 13 disinfection by-products
* more than 30 pesticides and pesticide by-products
* protozoan parasites that can cause disease
* vinyl chloride, Chloramine, and asbestos
* Microcystin LR, the most common algae toxin
* lead, mercury, radon and radon decay products
* waterbourne parasites larger than 1 to 3 microns
* MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether)
* Ultraviolet light destroys more than 99.99% of waterbourne disease-causing bacteria and viruses that may be in drinking water
* Ultraviolet light destroys Cryptosporidium

Ever saw road construction where crews work on either the water line or the sewer line? They are usually laid only a few feet apart from each other. Crews are only working on them when there is a major crack as far as maintenance concern. It's impossible for the to repair when there are small crack here and there, and I'm sure there are plenty small cracks in these lines. So they get cross contaminated. Sewer in water and water in sewer!
One of my friends works at a dialysis clinic where she deals with patients and blood stains all day long. How they clean blood stains that are occasionally found on the floor? Hose it with water and flush down the drain, untreated! Imagine if other type of clinics and hospitals are doing the same thing, the chances of these countless bacteria and diseases finding way into tap water are enormous.
What to do? I let the carbon-block and ultraviolet water purifier do to work of filtering out contaminant and destroy any microorganism, bacteria or viruses found in water before feeding it to my family.