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Aquafer Treats Water Without Exposing the Environment to Salt or Chemicals 
What the Aquafer does for you and your water: - No Chemicals or Salt to Add
- No Polluting Chemicals to drain
- Whole House Water Treatment
- Provides Safer Healthier Water At Every Faucet In Your Home
- Eliminates The Taste And Odor Of Chlorine
- Reduces Lead And Other Heavy Metals In Your Water
- No Electricity
- Non Waste Water
- Eliminate Harmful Effects of Hard Water Scale
- Improves Plant Growth
- Makes Soaps and Detergents Go Further
- Prevents Bathtub Ring.
- Landscaping and Golf
Courses:
- Improves Soil Percolation, Better Root Propagation
- Homes:
- Reduces Hard Water Scale in Hot Water Heaters, Dish & Clothes Washers, Better Drinking Water
- Restaurants:
- Improves Icemakers, Longer Life for Coffee Machines, Better Drinking Water
- Hospitals:
- Kitchen maintenance is reduced, Better Protection for steam Tables & Laundry Equipment
- Specialty Applications:
- Solar Equipment , Car Washes, Cooling Towers, Greenhouses and many, many more...........
- Improves Soil Percolation, Better Root Propagation
- Question: What about the chlorine
removal?
- Answer: The material we employ (KDF) uses a process that turns the chlorine to a chloride which is a form that
is non-detectable in the water.
Question: Will the water test soft?
Answer: No. The test chemicals are designed to put the hardness back into solution. Once back into solution
they will show hardness on test kits.
Question: I thought all equipment had to have a valve. Why not yours?
Answer: Because we have a constant upward flow path that keeps the filter media always moving and not packing down and collecting dirt.
Question: Can this unit be used on all water supplies?
Answer: NO! We must know something of the chemistry of the water. In particular the Calcium hardness, total alkalinity, and pH. From this we can establish the Langelier index and apply it to our lab test data. We estimate that 85% of all municipal water supplies can be treated. If on a private well we would encourage a test or an evaluation of existing test data.
Question: Am I correct in summarizing by saying that this unit uses no chemicals, has no valve, has no moving parts uses no electricity, discharges no water down the drain, will prevent the problems of hard water and will stop chlorine taste & odor for 10 years or more.
Answer: YES!
Question: Is there anything special about the water from this unit compared to water that has gone through a salt using softener?
Answer: Yes. First, there will not be the slippery feel on your skin when you shower or bathe. This feel comes
from the sodium reacting with your body oils. Secondly, we add nothing to the water such as sodium mentioned
previously. This could be important to someone on a low sodium diet.
Question: Any other special things about the water?
Answer: There is an unusual phenomenon that takes place. The surface tension of the water is reduced. This is often referred to as making the water "wetter". It simply means that the water can penetrate a plant more effectively and deeper so that the plants are more hardy and grow better. With a standard salt type softener, that water is actually harmful to plants.
Question: Is this a brand new technology, or has there been some experience in actual use?
Answer: We have employed catalytic and magnetic processes since 1994. We have also used the special filtration media (KDF) for that period of time. There were over 1,000 units placed world wide in the first 5 years.
Question: Has the performance been reliable?
Answer: YES! WE have fewer than 1/2% field problems and without exception they resulted from situations where the units were placed on water supplies that were outside of the limits that have been established through testing.
Question: Are there any general guidelines that can be used on the water chemistry where the use of this unit would be o.k.?
Answer: Hardness up to 20 grains, pH 7.5 or less and a visibly clear water. this as stated before, would include about 85% of municipal water supplies.
Aquafer Model AQ-8 AQ-9 AQ-10 AQ-12 Tank Size - (inches) 8 x 44 9 x 48 10 x 47 12 X 48 Total Height - (inches) 48 1/2 52 1/4 51 1/2 53 Outside Diameter - (inches) 9 10 11 13 Height to in/out port - (inches) 46 1/2 50 1/4 49 1/2 51 Max. Flow (gpm) (1) 8 10 12 18 Min. Flow (gpm) (2) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 -
Pressure Drop (psi)
at max. flow rate
8 8 9 10 Max. Temp.(F) 125 125 125 125 Max Pressure (psi) 120 120 120 120 Max. Hardness (gpg) 25 25 25 25 Wt. (lbs) 100 120 145 175 Capacity- Million Gal. 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.3 Capacity- Years (3) 10 13 15 20 Price $2095 $2395 $2695 $2995 NOTES: (1) Max. flow rate in an average home is 10gpm. (2) Protects residential RO unit. (3) Based on a family of 5. In home use only. - Answer: The material we employ (KDF) uses a process that turns the chlorine to a chloride which is a form that
APPLICATIONS
Question: What does the unit
do?
Answer:
a. It prevents
the formation of hard water scale in water heaters & pipes
b. It
will stop the formation of hard water scale on shower doors &
fixtures.
c. It will prevent hard water "bathtub ring" and allow the
use of less soap and detergent.
d. It removes chlorine and chloramine
from the water to improve taste, odor and the unhealthy effects of
chlorine.
e. Heavy metals such as lead are significantly
reduced.
Question: This sounds like a combination
water softener and carbon filter. Is this true?
Answer: In principle it is, but with a totally
different science with its own unique features.
Question: What are some of these
features?
Answer: First, it is
all done in one space saving tank that measures under 55" high and only
takes up a circle of one-foot diameter on the floor. Second, there
are no regeneration
chemicals like salt used at all.
Question: Does a regular softener use a
lot of salt?
Answer: It depends
on the hardness of the water and also the number of people in the home.
Based on
the averages the savings would be over 700 pounds of salt a
year. That's $75-$100 a year or almost
$1,000 over the 10 year life
of a softener. Not to mention the back braking job of lugging all of
that salt.
Question: Are there other
advantages?
Answer: Certainly, A
big one is that this unit NEVER regenerates so there is never water
discharged down the drain.
Question: Do regular water softeners
waste a lot of water?
Answer:
Again it depends on the water hardness, softener design, and the family
size. But the average would
be about 10,000 gallons a
year.
Question: It sounds like this unit is
very friendly to the environment. Is this true?
Answer: Yes it is. Also in many parts of the US
there is legislation pending to stop the discharge of the salt into
municipal sewers. You can imagine the problems that would be caused
by hundreds or thousands of softeners
draining into a single city's
sewer system.
Question: Are there even more
advantages?
Answer: Yes there
are. The unit has no valve mechanism and thus no need for electricity.
Though the cost
of electricity is quite low for most softeners the
cost of installation is often less because no outlet is needed.
With
no valve there are no moving parts so service is eliminated.
Question: You mentioned filtration of
chlorine. Won't there be a need to replace the carbon?
Answer: We do not use carbon. We use a special
material (KDF) that will last for millions of gallons. Expected
life is for over 10 years of normal use.
Question: How does it
work?
Answer: The scale
prevention process is quite easy. We use a patented combination
catalytic and magnetic
chamber to change the calcium (hardness) of
the water from a dissolved material to sub microscopic particles
that wash through the plumbing system without being able to connect
themselves to the pipes or heaters. In
this form they will not react
with soaps or detergents. We have found that magnets alone do not work
as
effectively so that is why we combine the magnets with a
catalytic device.