CONTAMINANTS
CONTAMINANTS IN WELL AND CITY WATER
What is a water contaminant?
- Technically, anything that is NOT water that is IN water is a contaminant
- For example, iron, sodium, even Kool-Aid, are contaminants
- Some contaminants are harmful and some are just a nuisance
No single unit will remove every contaminant
- Don’t confuse conditioned water, softened water or neutralized water with “purified” water.
- For most residential households, a combination of an Ultra Violet Light System for bacteria and a Reverse Osmosis or an Always Fresh filtration system would achieve safe, potable water.
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, TEST FOR FLUORIDE AND LEAD
Check out this guide on Drinking Water published by the CT Dept of Public Health: www.epa.gov
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| Max Level | Sign or Symptoms | Primary Source | Treatment Options | |
| Arsenic | 0 | Cancer | Nature | Many |
| Chloride | 250 | Taste | Varies, road salt | Reverse Osmosis |
| Chlorine | 4 mg/l | Taste | As additive | Carbon System Always Fresh |
| Coliform Bacteria | ZERO | Gastro-intestinal illness | Fecal waste | Well Chlorination Ultraviolet Light System |
| Copper | 1.3 mg/l | Liver/Kidney | Plumbing, Nature | Neutralizer Reverse Osmosis Always Fresh |
| Flouride | 4.0 mg/l | Bone disease | Nature, As additive | Reverse Osmosis |
| Hardness | 5 grains | White scaling | Nature | Water Softener |
| Iron | 0.3 | Red stains | Nature | Water Softener Birm Filtration |
| Lead | 0 | Developmental Delays in kids | Plumbing, Nature | Carbon System Reverse Osmosis Always Fresh |
| Manganese | 0.05 | Brown stains | Nature | Water Softener |
| MTBE Methyl tertiary-butyl ether | 70 ppb | Multiple | Man-made | Carbon System |
| Nitrate as N | 10.0 mg/l | Blue Baby Syndrome | Fertilizer, Sewage | Reverse Osmosis |
| Nitrite as N | 1.0 mg/l | Blue Baby Syndrome | Fertilizer, Sewage | Reverse Osmosis |
| pH | 6.4-10.0 | Corrosion | Nature | Neutralizer |
| Radon | 4,000 pi/cl | Cancer | Nature | Carbon System Aeration System |
| Sodium | 28 mg/l | ------ | Nature, Road Salt | Reverse Osmosis |
| Sulfate | 500 mg/l | Laxative | Nature, Road Salt | Reverse Osmosis Anion Softener |
| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) | Varies | Varies | Man-made | Carbon System Always Fresh |
