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HOW TO READ A WATER REPORT

HOW TO READ A WATER REPORT. Tuesday, April 13, 2009 Hosted by: Wilbert Christman – Product Development Manager. What is a Water Report. Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)

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HOW TO READ A WATER REPORT

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  1. HOW TO READ A WATER REPORT Tuesday, April 13, 2009 Hosted by: Wilbert Christman – Product Development Manager

  2. What is a Water Report Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Every community water system is required to produce a yearly report identifying the contaminants detected in its water and the risks of exposure to those contaminants. The annual water quality report or consumer confidence report (CCR) provides customers with a more complete picture of drinking water quality and systems operations. The annual CCR tells customers what is in their water, where it comes from, and where they can obtain additional information.

  3. What is a Water Report • WELL TEST REPORT Well tests should: • Tests for common contaminants of unhealthy water and low water quality. • total coliform bacteria, fecal/e. coli, lead plus: sodium, potassium, copper, iron, • manganese, magnesium, calcium, arsenic, ph, turbidity, color, odor, conductivity, • total dissolved solids (TDS), sediment, alkalinity, chlorine, chloride, hardness, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, sulfate.

  4. Arsenic Health Effects • A variety of human cancers are associated with arsenic ingestion: • Lung, bladder, prostate, skin, liver… • Arsenic inhibits chromosomal repair, enhances cancer progression • Circulatory and neurological damage, diabetes also can occur: • Arsenic inhibits mitochondrial respiration

  5. Fluoride • Fluoride is a powerful poison - more acutely poisonous than lead. This explains why fluoride is the active ingredient in many pesticides and rodent killers. It also explains why accidental over-ingestion of fluoride can cause serious toxic symptoms

  6. Step 1 • LOCATE WATER REPORT …READ WATER REPORTS • SELECT PRE-FILTERS Locate Water Reports by going to the government website at: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html or  you may need to google the official city government website OR • Find the link for city departments • Go to public works department or utilities department • Look for “water quality” or water treatment information If you can’t find your water report, you can call your water department and ask for their website or ask them to send you a copy of your water report.

  7. Step 2 Check under the following categories within your water report: • Compliance Category • Maximum Containment Level • EPA (ADWG-Canadian Water Reports) If you see these words: • Violations • Non Compliance • Exceeded Standards • Above MCL (Maximum • Containment Level) No Violations or Compliance Under EPA & ADWG If RO (Reverse Osmosis) is used Most common Violation is BACTERIA RECOMMENDED SOLUTION Move on To Step 7 Move on To Step 3 UV SYSTEM

  8. Step 3 YOU WILL HAVE TWO OPTIONS AT STEP 3. LOOK UNDER: HIGH LEVELS OF: • Median Category • Average Section • ARSENIC 1.0 or higher • FLUORIDE RECOMMENDED FILTER UNDER COMPONENTS • Aluminum • Arsenic • Cyanide • Lead • Manganese • Mercury ARSENIC, LEAD & FLUORIDE FILTER If the report shows a Lot of different heavy metals at low levels... RECOMMENDED FILTER HEAVY METAL FILTER

  9. Step 4 WAS THE HOUSE BUILT BEFORE 1986? Lead used in the solder for copper pipes has the potential to leach from the pipes into the water. RECOMMENDED FILTER ARSENIC, LEAD & FLUORIDE FILTER

  10. Step 5 Is there CHLORINE in the water report? Is there CHLORAMINE in the water report? RECOMMENDED FILTER RECOMMENDED FILTER STANDARD CARBON BLOCK FILTER (improves taste and smell) CHLORAMINE FILTER The water report will determine which one of our FREE CHLORINE or CHLORAMINE FILTERS your customer will receive with their Ionizer.

  11. Step 6 HOW TO DEFINE HARD WATER: • 4.7+ grains or higher • 80-120+ mg/L as Calcium or higher RECOMMENDED FILTER Scale Block FILTER

  12. Step 7 • If Water Quality is poor or customer wants a RO (Reverse Osmosis) MANDATORY FILTER FOR RO FREE Coral Calcium Remineralizer your customer will receive with their RO.

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