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Frequently Asked Questions About Drinking Water What is a Point of Use (POE) device or Whole House System? POE refers to a system that filters your water before it enters your house. This allows the water conditioning benefits at each faucet, water using appliance and shower head. POE devices should be sized properly so as not to restrict the water flow into the house. H2O Millenia POE systems are self-cleaning and do not require a filter change for ten years. What is a Point of Entry (POU) device? POE refers to a filter or disinfection device that attaches to a specific fixture, such as a kitchen faucet or a shower head. POU devices require more frequent filter changes. Combining a POE and POU gives you even better filtration and protection, as you now have a “Multiple Barrier”. What can I do about “Hard” water? Hard water basically refers to the content of calcium and magnesium in your water supply. In high concentrations it causes many problems in the home. Traditional water softeners have been around since the 1950’s. “Hey, Culligan man!!” Well, that technology is still around, although it has recently met with opposition, as it has become apparent that the brine discharge from these systems is making its way into our aquifer, thus damaging crops, home gardens and our drinking water. H2O Millenia sells a non-chemical water softener that uses no salt or potassium, which makes it environmentally friendly. Others have tried to “soften” water with magnets, copper wires and other devices, but H2O Millenia has the first and only device to be certified in the USA to actually remove calcium. Our MPULSE Technology is good alternative to traditional water softener and our system requires no maintenance and has a five year warranty. My water tastes salty. What can you do about it? We do have areas where people draw their water from a well near the ocean and it is not uncommon to have salt in the water. Well, first of all you cannot filter it out. The most common method to remove salt in water is through Reverse Osmosis, although Distillation also works. Both systems are expensive and require maintenance and monitoring. These two methods remove minerals slowly, so the water must be stored in a holding tank for future use. Since neither system effectively removes bacteria, you will still require disinfection to maintain drinking water quality. H2O Millenia sells a POE device that can electronically remove salt and other TDS. After testing your water, we can determine if it can work for you. Do I need to clean my Cistern/Tinaco? Yes!!! Every six months!!! Some people either forget about it, procrastinate or don’t think it matters, since they don’t drink it. Be aware that you absorb water right through your skin and that includes bacteria, arsenic, chlorine, etc.. We have a saying here, “Why bathe in water you wouldn’t drink?” It makes good sense. Does my skin actually absorb contaminants from the water? You bet it does. Read this: Bathing in water containing arsenic: Philippe-André Boileau: 11/9/2005 “This is a new route for risk analysis. The most research on this route was with THMs (Trihalomethanes). It has been found that 70% of the assimilated THM’s come not from ingestion, but from INHALATION and absorption during showering. This has led to a tightening of the standards by the US EPA. The rationale for the current 10 ppb As Maximum Allowable is not based on what is safe, but is a target that will be difficult to reach taking into account current technologies. With microbes, Arsenic has to be the number one health risk associated with water, a proven and important cause of cancer. Regarding lead, the same was found. 70% comes from the inhalation route on AVERAGE. Not from ingestion. I would submit the same is true with arsenic, which is also an atom. There is no doubt it would be present in droplets of 5 microns or less. Therefore it will be inhaled deep into the bronchioles and assimilated. This is a good reason I feel for going for POE treatment rather than only POU.” Should I worry about arsenic in my water? Unfortunately there is a high level of arsenic in Southern Baja. Recently a team from UC Berkeley came down here and tested 270 wells. They reported high levels in the majority. Arsenic occurs here naturally and needs to be removed from your water. We hear from long time residents down here that have been drinking the water for 15 years and aren’t dead yet. That’s true, and some people smoke until they are 100 and die in a car crash. Nevertheless, it’s healthier to avoid contact with arsenic, period. Why would I want a “Multiple Barrier” system? This is a common question and many people become a little rigid when we mention it. No one likes another product pushed on them and we try not to. The fact remains that if you remove 99% of something, 1 out of a 100 can get through. So, by adding an addition “Barrier” you are better protected. Even with a POE system, your water travels a long way before it comes out your faucet. Mexico still uses lead solder, which is illegal in the USA for a good reason. We recommend a Tru-Pure Ozone system at the kitchen sink. It removes lead and is also a sanitizer, plus the ozone freshens the taste of your drinking water. By the way, H20 Millenia uses only lead free solder (sin plomo) in our installations. How much are your systems? We like to explain everything about what our system can do before we give out prices. However, we have decided to offer our products over our web page to fulfill the demand we are getting from other parts of Baja and the mainland. Our Whole House Water Systems start at $2750 USD + IVA and go up from there to $6,000 USD and more, depending on what you want or need. Be sure to read what our systems can do in the “Products” section. We have Ultra-Filtration systems that can even remove anthrax and most other contaminants. There is exciting technology out there and we try to make it available here. POU ozone systems are $1095 USD + IVA, so that gives you a rough idea of what to expect. Many systems are substantially cheaper than in the States. Soon, all our products will be listed with pricing. Do you carry Ultra Violet (UV) systems? No we don’t. There are many companies carrying UV systems and we decided to offer an alternative. We have only installed one UV lamp in two years. The issue with UV lamps is that they require a water softening device in front of them in order to work properly (check your owner’s manual). The water down here is hard and the UV lens can become clouded with calcium which greatly reduces the effectiveness of the UV rays. Most people living down here already have a UV system, but we have only seen one water softener and it did not function. So, unless you are into frequently dismantling and cleaning calcium deposits from your UV lens with acid, you need a water softener. It’s as simple as that. We sell a nifty little patented MPULSE Technology non-chemical water softener that is perfect for UV systems and requires no salt or maintenance and it will keep the lens clean automatically. It also kills bacteria and cysts. UV does not really kill; it disrupts the DNA and prevents the organism from reproducing. We tested our unit in a certified lab and it scored a 97.3% kill rate with Guardia cysts. So you get the “Multiple Barrier” benefit with your environmentally friendly non-chemical water softener. It works and we have the first certified lab report to ever prove that a non-chemical water softener actually works. It’s a good solution to a problem you didn’t know you had. Can you explain the advantages of the Tru-Pure Ozone system? First, ozone kills bacteria 3200 times faster than chlorine and the by-product is oxygen, not some cancer causing chemical. The Tru-Pure Ozone system produces FDA quality water (better than bottled water) at one gallon per minute plus it can sanitize your kitchen environment. It kills bacteria, viruses, mold, fungus on contact, so you can rinse and disinfect your food by simply flooding it with Tru-Pure Ozone water. There are no UV lamps to change every year. Don’t forget, UV lamps only work when the water is inside the unit and not one millimeter further. Ozone disinfects all the way into your glass or bowl of grapes and continues to disinfect for about 4 minutes or so. Rinse your hands in Tru-Pure Ozone water after cutting up onions or garlic and the smell disappears! Brush your teeth with it and it kills germs and bacteria in your mouth. Check out the benefits of drinking ozone water on the internet. Did you know that every water bottler in Canada is required to ozonate their water? It’s safer, cheaper and more convenient to bottle your own water at the kitchen sink. The replacement cartridges are $45 a pair and last 3 – 6 months or more, depending on usage. This is a must have for Mexico.
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