How To Filter your Drinking Water at Home with Low efforts to get safe water for your family

What is the best water filter system? Sand filters Vs Cartridge filters

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:00:00 -0800

A water filter removes impurities from water by means of a fine physical barrier, a chemical process or a biological process. Filters cleanse water to different extents for purposes like irrigation, drinking water, aquariums, and swimming pools.

Cotton filter:
Some manufacturers call it cartridge filter or Precision cartridge filter, cotton filter has a porous width of 2.0 and 5.0 micrometer which disallow passage of parasites trophoziotes and ova in addition to elimination of pollutants.

Filter precision is a type of water purification equipment is used to prevent impurities from entering the high-pressure pumps and reverse the process of osmotic membrane filtration accuracy is 0.10μm to 60μm and accuracy of nomination is to feed the non-volatility of pressure.

Cartridge filter has NO effect on Salt elimination, this means it cannot used as a salts filtration system.

Main usage is in tap water in your house to purify water after it had been salts removed by a national company or whatever water supplier.

Precision cartridge filter is designed with a tube of 7 filtering components of polypropylene. Filtering accuracy is 5μm and length 750 mm.
This filter cartridge contains a filter with a capacity of 3M3 / hour.

When the differential pressure of the cartridge used more than 0.07Mpa, should the user to change one of the components of the filter precision filter our own designer neutral structure which facilitates the process of replacing components.

Silica sand filter:
Also known as the mechanic filter and A biosand filter (BSF) is a point-of-use water treatment system adapted from traditional slow sand filters. ,and Silica sand filter is a type of water purification equipment used primarily in the granular remove impurities, suspended solids, colloidal, and other materials in the water.
Also there is a slow filtration sand filter and a rapid or fast sand filter.
Silica sand filter is a type of stainless steel and multi-media filter that 600mm inside diameter of the filter there is a good kind of silica sand. Higher layer filtering is usually more than or equal to 1200mm under normal working condition, the total production of water and sanitation 3 cubic meters per hour.
Current designs include the speed of the water to be about 10m /h.

Silica sand filter control valve provider laundering rear Automatically, can achieve laundering rear manual.

Filter sand is silica sand filled.. Filter media can be one or more of the material between the silica sand, anthracite, porous ceramics such as manganese sand grains. Higher layer filtering material more than 1200mm. It should be high filtration material is compatible with the requirements of the relevant technical.

Under normal temperature limit certain pressure, through flocculation, are wiped absorption and objection means the nomination, and impurities in the solution of the original SDI and water filter greatly reduced.

Besides, it is equipped with silica sand filter with protective devices and monitoring tools. Since the device has the function of the back washing the dirt or other contaminants can be washed away quickly with a small amount of water.. Filtration accuracy is 0.005-0.01m, and the Missile colloidal polymers of high organic matter can be removed effectively.

Silica sand filter is characterized by simple automatic control, the ability to handle large high-efficiency filtration, a small resistance, easy to operate, easy maintenance, etc..

The filter can be used silica sand along with other water treatment equipment, to be used in various water treatment plants, water purification and waste-water discharge.

Read also more comparisons:
RO Vs Ceramic and Charcoal filtration.
Ultra-filtration and UV sterilization.
Best brands of water filters in 2013.

2 Best water purifier and disinfectant system (UV Vs Ultrafiltraion)

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:36:00 -0800

Disinfectants and ultra-purification systems are used intensively against very contaminated water sources as seawater or rivers as well as colored water or polluted with High molecular weight organic substances.
Water sterilization is another synonym.

UV filtration systems:
UV used to treat the water and purify it allows for the destruction of microorganisms (viruses, worms, bacteria and protozoa ...) in the water, because the waves of ultraviolet radiation can affect the work of molecules in living organisms to prevent duplication and reproduction as well as the destruction of microbes completely. Require this process to clear water (before filtering) inputs to get water cleared, and can be applied to water consumption, the process of rejection, the sea, and swimming ... treated water can be used for food consumption, agriculture, industry,...etc.

The use of ultraviolet rays to disinfect water is one of the modern processes are currently UV sterilizer (UV): It effectively destroys bacteria and viruses by altering the DNA which prevent them from multiplying . As is the case with ozone , it is necessary to use sterile secondary to prevent the growth of microorganisms .

The advantages of using ultraviolet radiation :
UV rays can be attractive as an antiseptic initial small systems for the following reasons :

They are readily available
It does not produce toxic residue
Requires short periods of contact
Ease of operation and maintenance

Limitations on UV usage: from the known problems that these rays may not kill Giardia lamblia or Cryptosporidium . And must be used only by groundwater systems that were not directly affected by the water surface devoid of neighborhoods that can not kill these rays . UV is suitable for water with high levels of turbidity or colored or if any organic material soluble ( because they use radiation to decompose thereby becoming food easy for bacteria and these substances can interact with them or absorbed by restricting their performance sterilization ) .

Filter the water using ultra- filtration :
Is a kind of water purification equipment , which unites technology filtration to filter water and is therefore different from other systems in the function of the membrane with a maximum purification , method of water purification this applied technology fiber vicious new and purification initial three stages to remove impurities in the running water purification high pore minute are smaller from 0.01μm to germs that accumulate rust and other dangerous substances and filtered out while the exact materials , metals and materials beneficial to human body are persists in permeate water while hard water completely excluded.

Fiber membrane allows the water cycle high yielding that do not block easily , since the components of the filter can be cleaned frequently. They enjoy the process of life and can be easily replaced

humans are preserved .

Because the filter ultra-filtration water running compression card flowing water , it does not consume electricity.

Capabilities of ultra-filtration systems:
Shell material is UPVC
Refining capacity HF-4 filter ultrafiltration water is 4M3 / H.

End seal material is epoxide resin
Operating pressure is 0.1-0.3MPa
Max. feed water pressure is 0.5MPa
Max. trans-membrane differential pressure is 0.2MPa
Feed water PH value is 1-14
Operating temperature is 5℃-45℃
Yielding water turbidity is < 0.1NTU
Silt density index (SDI) is < 1
Suspended substance, particulate (>0.2µm) is 100% removed
Microbe, pathogens is 99.99% removed.

What is the best water filter system?: RO, Carbon or ceramic filters

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Sun, 8 Dec 2013 05:24:00 -0800

You are going to purchase a water filter and do not what is the best water filter that fit your budget and whole house or apartment use.

Fair comparison away from marketing ideas and opinions of customers and vendors.
Comparison of the three types of the most common water filtration Systems:

Ceramic filters:
I recommend ceramic filters as a healthiest filters.
Analysis shows the effect of the output of a single treatment systems after 8 months of use that acidity and a few humans have been drinking sour, which is not healthy, so the consumer should not buy these filters Instead it resorts to the ceramic filters.

Perhaps the danger in drinking distilled water free of salts is not limited to loss of important materials such as sodium, potassium, chloride and trace elements such as magnesium in the human body, but up to a threat to human health through the most serious symptoms of diseases related to water pollution "water-borne diseases", or water salinity problems.

Comparing the types of filters sold in the market now with the ceramic filter, we find that:
Ceramic filter is clean and environment-friendly, unlike other types that cause change the cartridge, or one of its contents to the major pollution of the environment around us.
Water filters cheaper price now is ceramic filters also do not need to parts manufacturing because it is made of ceramic material and some of the other pieces that show the validity period of the largest in use, especially home and then say that the most suitable candidate for water for domestic use is the ceramic filters.

Ceramic filter for filtering salt water keeps the salts and minerals necessary for the body such as sodium, potassium and chlorine, as the Objection the gaps in the ceramic to prevent the passage of salts heaviest such as calcium carbonate limestone, which cause water hardness and not fit for use at home.

Activated Carbon water filter:
Active carbon filter is a type of water treatment equipment that uses property absorption in active carbon for water purification . A filter made ??of stainless steel and has a crust of active carbon " Charcoal " , which can absorb impurities biodegradable in water.
Used an earlier stage in the water treatment plants using reverse osmosis technology and the goal is to protect the RO membrane from damage by chlorine found in sea water.

Remove tastes and odors , and thus improve water quality and taste.
Effectively eliminate organic substances and chemicals and hazardous as after emerging active carbon filter water the density of organic dissolved materials should be less than 1mg/L.

Carbon filter is used primarily to absorb the residual chlorine and organic materials and some coloring materials , and hazardous materials in the raw water , and reduce the momentum in reverse osmosis plants .
Water filtration rate is usually higher than or equal to 1200mm.

The principle of the activated carbon adsorption:
The concentration of the surface layer of a balanced form a barrier of active carbon particles, and then is absorbed organic impurities in the active carbon particles. With the passage of time, the ability of active carbon absorption weaken due to the impact of reduced absorption. Moreover, the capacity of active carbon is in direct proportion to the last contact with the water. The longer the contact time, the greater the quality of filtered water.

In the quality of the water treatment system. Activated Carbon filter can absorb the residual active chlorine , which was not able to remove it in the previous stages of filtration (pre-filtration is sand filters and cotton filters) to prevent the reverse osmosis membrane to be oxidized in the last nomination . Besides, it can be active carbon filter that absorbs small organic molecules and other contaminated materials leaked from the nomination of the previous phase , as well as the judiciary and off colloids , and coloring materials and heavy metal ions in water . As a result , it is reduced spatial to less than 5 and a table of contents is less than 2.0 ppm.

Reverse Osmosis filtration systems:
Semi-permeable membrane separates the solution and the pure solvent .
Osmosis : the decline of the pure solvent concentration will descend toward the solution.

If you add the external pressure on the solution and the pressure was higher than the osmotic pressure , the solvent in the solution will pop off pure solvent , separating the solution from the solvent . This is the reverse osmosis .

Using reverse osmosis membrane technology can isolate the solvent from water as well as the intensification of heat-sensitive metals .

However, the water must be provided convergence conditions silt density index of not more than 5 , and turbidity less than 1.0 NTU, and there is no residual chloride dioxide or similar .
The reverse osmosis devices are used widely in the field of electronics and chemical engineering , printing , pharmacy, and the areas of water .
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The basics of reverse osmosis desalination
Semi-permeable membrane permeability enjoy optional water can permeate through the membrane while salt can not.
Added pressure difference between the cabin and the cabin brine purified water is greater than the osmotic pressure , forcing the water to move the cabin from salt to fresh water compartment.

Inorganic ions , viruses and organic materials , colloids and other impurities in the water using reverse osmosis technology can be removed partially, and can therefore access to clean water of high quality.

More details about hardness of water.
Reverse osmosis device specifications:
RO system is the most important part of the water purification system, he can remove most of the salt, organic and most organic material and microbes from the water. During phase separation, not getting in late or change any pollution to the environment and RO device is small in size and specialized high rate of desalination in addition to the automated control that can be understood easily.
Devices reverse osmosis membrane is made of poly Amide, a substance is non-toxic and do not decompose faithful to the water . Average rate of a membrane desalination and exceeding 98%.

Systems utilize RO to purify water is designed on the basis of the characteristics of the various water which is also supported by software designed by professional engineers , and enjoy the life long work , along with that system osmosis reverse our adapts automatically with a rinsing and irrigation pharmacist , to wash away the pollution and ensure the efficiency of high-performance water treatment system .

I should mention that in the end:
All information used in comparisons of water filtration systems were brought to you on the basis of scientific ideas and techniques for each industrial filters that are traded in the markets now.

123 testing water for PH simple techniques

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Sun, 1 Dec 2013 22:02:00 -0800

Common questions about how to test water for PH answered. What is pH and what is normal pH, how to check pH of water, Water monitoring pH, Precise laboratory measurement of pH method, how to test tap tater pH of water supply, pH measurement monitoring, Process pH measurements, Reference buffer solutions.

Firstly go to this link to know what does the PH meaning?

Why are you need to check and adjust the pH level of your water?
1. If your tap water become alkaline ph it may contain salts that may prone you to gallbladder stones or even kidney or hepatic stones
2. If your water becomes acidic pH it may be contaminated by some acids which harmful to the body tissues and affect the biological processes balance of the blood.
3. Freshwater for your fish thrive: if you are about fill your fish tank it is important to adjust the used water at proper pH for fish live and according to aquatic standards because as the pH rises it increases the toxicity of chemicals such as ammonia and this is harmful or even fatal to fish.

How do you test water ph of your tap or well?
1. Fill a glass cup by sample of water and keep it stands for room temperature stabilization.
2. you should have water testing strips or any commercial water testing kit or may you use digital pH meter for measuring the pH of the water.
3. Immerse one dry and valid single use pH strip (or digital ph meter) into the water container without stirring and get the strep out after 10 seconds.
4. Hold the immersed ph strip for 30-60 seconds then notice the sharp color.
5. Compare the color of the strip with the reference color gradation accompanied with the pH strip kit.
6. the result of pH test of water using pH strip kits give you the level of water pH but some methods to measuring the pH of water only give you two colors one represents the alkaline ph and another one for acidic pH water.

What the best equipment to testing water for pH?
1. High Accuracy pH Test Paper may be used to qualitatively (means the test give acidic or alkaline not the level or value of acidity or alkalinity) determine the pH of water.
2. Testing water pH level by using digital ph meter.
3. Water pH Strips whether the Triple Pad pH Strips or single strips.
4. Specific conductors may be a tool to measure the ph of water by measuring the water conductivity.
5. Testing pH of water at home with simple way and easy method with Purple Cabbage where it turns from red color at acidic pH to purple color at alkaline pH.
6. Standard Test Methods for pH of Water testing by using seven different Reference Buffer Solutions, it is not adequate method.

What is the pH and what does the pH of water means?

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:31:00 -0800

PH is chemical test for water that does mean that the chemical reaction of water is either Acidic PH water or Basic PH water or Neutral PH water that also means there is acidic water and basic water and natural water, don't be confused; I will explain what does the acidity or basicity of water mean?

Basically the Natural water must be Neutral i.e. the PH of neutral water must fall in 7.2 to 7.4 where the water dose not has any color or special smell or specific taste, where the WHO recommended that Tap water PH should fall between (6.5-8.5).

Again we talk about Acidic water is that water of PH level from 1-7.1 and acidity increases as we go down to (PH level of 1), this acidity of water make the taste of water unpalatable.

The Basic water sometimes called alkaline water is that water of PH level (above 7.4 to 14), such alkaline water pH found in Saltwater and the taste of Basic water unpalatable too.

The pH drops at night and rises during the daytime.

According to Dissolved chemicals and minerals change the balance of H+ and OH- ions of water which altered the pH value of water.

Affect the solubility of trace elements, the ability of water to form scale (if alkaline pH or saltwater) or cause corrosion of metal (acidic water), and the ability of water to support the living organisms

What is the difference between ionised, distilled, purified water?
Distilled water and deionized (DI) water have been the most common forms of purified water, Distilled water is produced by a process of distillation and has an electrical conductivity of not more than 11 µS/cm and total dissolved solids of less than 10 mg/litre, thus it is including vaporization or boiling then condeensing water.

PH of Distilled water not exactly neutral because vaporisation will not remove many volatile oils which make a little change in water hydrogen logarithm (PH).

Deionized water, also known as demineralized water / DM water, (DI water, DIW or de-ionized water), is water that has had its mineral ions removed, such as cations like sodium, calcium, iron, and copper, and anions such as chloride and sulfate. Deionization is a chemical process that uses specially manufactured ion-exchange resins which exchange hydrogen ion and hydroxide ion for dissolved minerals, which then recombine to form water. Because the majority of water impurities are dissolved salts, deionization produces a high purity water that is generally similar to distilled water, and this process is quick and without scale buildup.

PH of deionized water is supposed to be neutral (ph=7.0)

Common methods to purify water are Reverse osmosis, carbon filtration, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, ultraviolet oxidation, or electrodialysis as well as distillation by boiling.

Complete guide for Hard water problems and basic solutions

Complete guide for Hard water Problems, Testing, solutions, and benifits

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:36:00 -0700

Do you saw foams on your dishes and soap don’t want to clean? Or found a little white scale on your skin after the shower, and thought you became a fish?
Let me tell you some facts about hard water to know what I am taking about in this Complete Guide for Water Hardness Problems, testing, solution, and benefits as well.
By the way hard water is found in 85 percent of American home water.
White foams from the deposition of mineral salts that do not dissolve in water and forms like scales on dishes as well as on skin and hair, and may cause Eczema to skin cells or hair loss. I am serious, let’s show you how?

I will start with some definitions to be easy to understand scientific issues later.
What is hard water?
Is a contamination of water by unwanted quantity of hard scale minerals which mainly consists of calcium and magnesium salts.

As the more acidity of water the more mineral salts the more hardness
While Home water present with high mineral content which including magnesium, chalky calcium, and its sulfate and chlorides salts, while carbonate salts of calcium and magnesium are easily dissolved by exposure to boiling temperature 100 Celsius degree.

I think you got confused…
So that let me Explain to you the truth Soft water vs. hard Water!!!

What is hard water and soft water?
When I heard that for the first sight I thought water is like a man, no I am kidding, lets know the real difference between hard and soft water?
Firstly, you should take a class of chemistry of water.. do not worry I will teach you,
Water comes from different sources, water comes from sea water and rivers water, river’s water is very a freshwater, but sea water and some well water is a salty water,
Hmm, what do I mean by saltwater? is water have salts like food salts?

Not exactly, but salts solved in water are calcium sulfates, Calcium Carbonates, calcium Chlorides, Magnesium sulfate, magnesium carbonate, magnesium chloride and of the salts, but Mg and Ca is the minor salts the make the water hard, water called hard because some mentioned salts it is hard to dissolve in water, and deposits in the bottom of pitchers and dishes…

Water Hardness form a white scale of calcium carbonate, and may be brownish (rust-like), this color means that Iron may be found too.

Further more; Hardness of water has two levels or two types:
First type: water hardened by insoluble calcium Carbonate, Calcium Bi-Carbonate, and magnesium Carbonate, this salts insoluble temporarily in water because it will vanish upon boiling or add some lime (calcium hydroxide) and leave your water soft and fresh, so called temporary hardness of water.

Second type: it is represents the permanent hardness of water which consists of insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium sulfates and chlorides, those salts cannot be dissolved by convenient chemical ways, so that it the need of water filters and water softeners, which I will mention for it later. Be continued.

It is approved between scientists that:
Hard water is the water contains more than 1,000 PPM of total dissolved salts (TDS), and less than 1,000 PPM of total dissolved salts (TDS) is considered Fresh water
Which some times defining the total dissolved salts in water as Total Hardness of water and measure by a unit called PPM, where 1 PPM equals to 1 Mg/dL

What is the Problems of Hard water if found in our drinking water?
High level of water calcium hardness may be cause many health problems as well as economic loses in home appliances and kitchen tools, for some numerous statistics about how hard water can affect many aspects of our life please read this elements carefully, and later we will prone to show you How to treat every problem alone:

Effects of hard water on biological processes, and how is it causes Health Problems:

Calcium and magnesium sulfates is the minor constituents of hardness scale, so that if this salts enters human bodies it will cause high blood level of calcium sulfate and magnesium sulfates and calcium chloride which all cannot be dissolved and human body cannot process such elements and chemical compounds, so that hardness salts will cause obstruction of blood stream as will as hypertension and elevated risk of toxicity symptoms like vomiting and fever.
Also as WHO recommends that High Hardness salts may develop cardiovascular disease in men, up to a level of 170 mg calcium carbonate per litre of water. Also Recommendations have been made for the maximum and minimum levels of calcium (40–80 ppm) and magnesium (20–30 ppm) in drinking water, and a total hardness expressed as the sum of the calcium and magnesium concentrations of 2–4 mmol/L.
Hard water usage may be associated with increased eczema to children’s skin, further more hard water clogs skin’s pores and allows bacteria to grow, more solution at the later chapters in solution section.
Hard water has bad effect on Hair: If you ask whether hard water can cause skin problems, I say YES water hardness affects follicles of hair and make your hair dry, rough even when it wet, and dull, lifeless. Color fades quickly, becomes brassy and cannot be managed, especially if you are a swimmer because Swim & Sun is the perfect prescription for hair damaged by ultraviolet rays comes from the Sun, see solution to treat your hair by shampoo and avoid damage of hair by Hard water in pool water, or seawater.
Who tells you that the body needs calcium did not knew that only free calcium or protein-bound calcium will processed and benefit the body but insoluble calcium salts cannot processed or even passed the human bio-systems and lead to high risk biological problems, please save your health and
children’s.

Hard water will affect your kitchen and bath utilities and tools such as coffee maker, several drinking glasses, a number of pieces of Pyrex, a couple of stainless steel, saucepans, and some flatware as well as laundry and clothes damage, be careful...

Higher levels of precipitated hardness salts will clog water pipes which build up a scale that flow with water to your drinking water which lead to high plumbing costs as well.
Water hardness scale will precipitate into pipes, water faucet tap, shower doors which make expensive repairs.
water hardness scale make your water hot, because the hardness scale that composed of calcium salts has the ability to store more heat to rise the water heat more and more as calcium salt particles built up, it is a solution to make electricity bill low at the end of month, it is your health buddy..
Hardness of water will lower the full lathering function of shampoo and most types of soap; you will consume a lot of soap pieces I know.
Hard water also affects clothes of laundry which appear as White or gray streaks on colored fabrics and Weakening of fibers causing tears, Oh my clothes, once I traveled with my college voyage, the water at the region of landing was full of hardness, and my cloths lost .
Hardness of water affects you at kitchen which makes filming (not a Bio-film caused by grease and fats on dishes) and spotting on glassware and dishes, especially appliances concerned with heating, while heating water speeds calcium salts precipitation on inner layers of dishes and other dishwasher’s heating element.
Clog up dishwasher’s pipes due to P.P.Ted calcium scale deposits which results in low soft water passes the pipes, so the the supply line may be junked and lead to high fixing expenses, you won’t more costs.. Right?
In swimming pools, hard water is manifested by a turbid or cloudy (milky), appearance to the water. Calcium and magnesium hydroxides are both soluble in water. The solubility of the hydroxides of the alkaline-earth metals to which calcium and magnesium belong (group 2 of the periodic table), so that pool water becomes more alkaline (PH>7.6, PH is the measurement of alkalinity or acidity of
chemical solutions)… I will show you the solution later…

Hard water treatment solutions:

Here a list of many suggestions to show you how to fix/solve hard water problems, whatever the hardness affect your body skin, hair, or your home appliances or you suffer from hardness in water of pool or your water well, I suggest you a solution of those:

Do not be lazy and check dishwasher and its pipes periodically to avoid any minerals deposited and may be pipes clogged up.
It is a money matter I know, but I must tell you that it is necessary to use and install water filtration systems for home uses like wash dishes machines, laundry clothing machines, bathroom utilities of soap, shampoo and cleaning detergents of toilet, etc.., A lot of brands of water filters out there as aqua pure water filters my favor one, as filter differentiate into several types, there are filter with porous size from 3 micron until 5 micron and filters uses Ion-exchange to purify water and filters that uses beds of Activated carbon or So called RO filtration systems, and whether you use filter for travel or want a whole house water filter, later I will tell you How to choose the best and cheap water filter, be aware of my blog, do not go any way. J
Install water softener to dissolve the poor-soluble or insoluble salts of whatever minerals in water, yes there is a invention called water softener, first time I heard that I thought it is a merchant’s speech and cannot be found, but with a little search and learn as I told you before, now I know a lot of things about softeners uses, types and even well-known manufacturers, the Scientific behind the softening of water is a common method for water softening involves the use of ion exchange resins, which replace ions like Ca2+ by twice the number of mono-cations such as sodium or potassium ions. all about water softeners and what are soft water systems can do to softening your water plus the best water softener list such as culligan water softener and kinetico water softener And more about water softeners later…
What if I had no money for buying filter or softeners, I think that, I pruned to the same situations too, well just follow my advice, Only acid based cleaners are the best detergent for hardness water dissolution, because hardness salts will highly dissolved in acid medium, I know it is a scientific a little bit, but trust me acidic detergent has a large capability to solve whatever hardness scales, I know you told me there is a money problem, don’t worry, with vinegar at only eighty cents a gallon, I'd dump in three or four gallons. Also, in the future, use powdered detergent that has been fortified with 10-20% of TSP, where vinegar contains an organic Acid called acetic acid to acidify water of cleaning.
In swimming Pools: while maintaining the chlorine concentration at the proper level, raise the acidity (lower the pH) by the addition of hydrochloric acid, the optimum value being in the range of 7.2 to 7.6
To save your hair from hard water in pool water or seawater you may use Hard Water Weekly Demineralizer. On a weekly treatment basis to remove harmful buildup, restore shine and manageability, junking follicles and help remove further formation of salts scales, or you can buy a water purifiers for shower which is more cheaper than water softeners and give you water free of chlorine, heavy metals, and harmful minerals found in hard water, Aquasana is the brand most recommended out there, I saw some guys out there recommend a L’anza clarifying shampoo instead of ordinary shampoo because it cheaper and do a clarification and purification jobs too unlike the convenient shampoos in addition to its ability to save hair color too especially for color-treated hair and get hair Color stays vibrant, More manageable and full, Silky, easy to comb and Dazzling shine, you can go to grocery store and buy one, or you can use Extra Gentle, Sulfate-Free and EDTA-Free Chelating Shampoo. Chelating shampoo such from L’anzo can be used on a daily basis and give your hair best performance and great consistency, just try the L’anza Daily Chelating Shampoo, I heard a lot of people recommend it out of there, many of good shampoo brands like Bumble and Bumble Sunday Shampoo, Pureology Purify Shampoo, and conditioners that contain natural ingredients and do not contain sulfate, such as pureology and l’anza. They are more expensive, but definitely worth it, I will mention these brands with full details soon, be with my blog, do not go away.
Best laundry detergent for hard water: people recommended me before t use a detergent called Sears detergent, and also may use a powder detergent as Tide more coming later…
Best soap for hard water for skin care and comfortable shower: I've read that synthetic detergents, like Irish Sport and Dial etc are best to use w/ hard water. Apparently, they use derivatives of EDTA and Sodium Carbonate to essentially attached to the minerals in hard water and prevent them from sticking to your skin and forming the scum, more explanations and products will recommended with the time… be here later.

Hard water benefits
It is not a joke, yes hard water is not completely bad and not completely neglected, so the question is; how can housewives use water with hardness?

Firstly I argue you, don’t ever use hard water for in-home or indoor uses as you may name it such as washing kitchenware or bathing tasks, do not take a shower with hard water, you will suffer of itching your skin, no kidding, as well as if you see your wife clean your cloths with hardened water screams her and tell her please no, my precious clothes will destroy and become white and old, trust me if she loves you, she will not do that again.

So let us make a deal, Use Soft water for your indoor uses and purposes, I mean water free of insoluble salts of minerals, and use hard water for outdoor activities as car washing, gardening works with some treatments off-course,...etc
Hmmm, you make me crazy, I told you hard water is useless, no please be patient I did not completed, let me advice you. Ok...
Now You have a car, nice car by the way, ok let’s wash your car with this water full of hardness, trust me it will not hurts your nice car body anyway.

I heard you say, any useful thing can hard water used or I have to pour it in recycling Bin or to waste water well, hahaha, please do not do that… I will tell you a little secret from a specialized chemist, you could make money from the hard water, I am not kidding anyway, it is a chemists concerns, just PM me and I will put the secret chemical information between your hand’s fingers.

Testing and measurements of bottled and well water for hardness deposits:

One of the most important water quality tests is the testing water for Hardness both Temporary hardness and permanent hardness, as become obvious of health and appliance damage by hardness of water it is clear that hardness of water is the most contaminant must be tested and therefore must be treated, so let us dive into the real process of how to get your drinking water tested

How to test water for hardness as chemists recommends you to do?
Hardness can be quantified by instrumental analysis. The total water hardness is the sum of the molar concentrations of Ca2+ and Mg2+, in mol/L or mmol/L units. there is a cheap solution to test water for hardness degree.

Test hardness of water with simple soap effect: measuring the grains of hardness (grains/gallon) with your simple soap by notice the weak soap bubbles and poor lathering which the simple detection method of hardness of well water and home drinking water, but id you asking how hard is my water? The answer Soap method will not tell you, you should utilize digital water meters to give you numerous determination of hardness of water.

Water hardness measured by any water testing labs which are chemical labs, which finally present you with the result of test as: how milligrams of calcium (Ca) per liter of water or the degree of hardness (dH) if the water sample is tested for tank and results accompanied by Langelier Saturation Index or LSI.
Many water meters out there can help you measure Hardness of water in less than a minute. More info. About water meters later…

Buy water low-cost but quite effective water hardness tests from available water hardness test Kits, I will mention more and more about the best and cheap and most effective kits of various water hardness test kits available out there.

Water test kits for hardness of water: One of the best kits you can buy to do this test is the Watersafe WS425W Well Water Test Kit. And a company called Splash Spas, which is the brand of these testing strips. It is a testing chemicals accompanied with drops come with the hard water test kit itself. They are reagents that react with the hard minerals in the water to give a color change which tells you how hard the water is. They are called DPD drops. There are also some great products that help with testing hard water such as the Watersafe WS425W Well Water Test Kit. Reports for water testing kits will be ready later…
water hardness test strips: more reportages about it later

My Final Tips to when searching for water free of hardness:
Bottled water has not enough characteristics as tap water especially in USA due to very strong regulation of tap water managed by the federal government.

Only distilled water is the highest purified water due to its lowest content of salts, distilled water has 0.00 PPM salts.

Later I will add more information, Solutions, and products or equipments to help you get Soft water free of calcium deposits, please continue follow my guide, more is coming, and feel free to ask, or comment if you find something must to be commented.

How to avoid Coliform Bacteria in Water (symptoms, treatment, and solutions)

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:33:00 -0700

What are Coli form Bacteria found in Water?
Coli forms (such as E-Coli Bacteria) are a broad class of microscopic organisms that could cause illness some times called Pathogenic Bacteria because it is disease-causing organisms of digestive tracts of Mammals (human and some animals) so that Coliform Bacteria is Harmful when found in drinking Water.
This Coliforms Bacteria in Water sources is also live in human and animals digestive tracts and doesn't cause illness.

What is the difference between Coliform Bacteria in Water and E-coli Bacteria?
Coliform Bacteria in Water include Total Coliforms that include Bacteria that found in the soil and from human and animal waste and the Fecal Coliforms are the group of the total Coliforms that found in gut and faces of warm-blooded animals so that it is considered a more accurate indicator of animal or human waste than the total Coliforms, and the specific type of Fecal Coliforms is Escherichia coli (E. coli) that is the best indicator of fecal pollution and the possible presence of pathogens. So that total the total coli forms in Water is not represents only the E-Coli type of Bacteria in Water but all forms of coli Bacteria in Water.

The common sources of Coliform

Well Water that it may be contaminated by sewage or manure, fecal material of human or animal sources and there is a risk of exposure to Water-borne disease such as Typhoid, dysentery, Cholera, Hepatitis and Giardiasis where adult animals are more tolerant of Bacteria than young animals which rapidly develops Coliform Bacteria symptoms of such diseases and require fast testing and treatment.
Naturally occurring Bacteria in Water supplies does not cause disease, but does form a reddish-brown slime that coats the inside of pipes and clogs pumps.

Main causes and Sources of presence the Coliforms in Water supplies

Bacteria in water wells present by contamination of Well Water by waste, septic systems and open surface of Water Well is the most common cause of Bacteria-contaminated Water. Also may be Coliforms Bacteria found in pool Water and contaminated Water bottles.

1- Presence of Coliform Bacteria in Well Water:
Missing or cracked Well cap will allow the contaminants to enter the Well, also Wells made of concrete, clay tile, or brick may have holes or seepages allow the entering of not filtered Water to Well, another cause of contaminating Well Water with Coliforms Bacteria is the defective Well caps and constructions beside Well flooding below the ground in frost pits that frequently flood during wet weather. That was the common causes of presence the Coliform in Well Water.

2- Bacteria in Reused Plastic Water Bottles:
Re-used water bottles for refilling it with tap water or that coffee cup you use for a few days can pose a danger only because it’s allowing bacteria to be grown.
While "Bottled water is considered to be a food product and is regulated under the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations. These regulations include requirements for microbiological quality, composition and labeling,"

The high bacteria levels were more associated with poor hygiene practices than with the plastic bottles themselves. Bacteria grow naturally in moist, warm environments, and virtually any container can provide the right circumstances for bacterial growth.
Containers designed with the narrow mouths of the bottles make them difficult to clean, the best factor allowing Bacterial growth beneath curves and corners.

Testing water sample from water bottle:
By providing an isolated sample from bottled water to the lab to carry out a Bacterial Culture test you can swabs the inside lip of the bottle and Go to Laboratory for testing water sample

Lab Analysis by making a Bacterial culture as following Procedures show you what steps do biologists take after finding bacteria in water bottles or whatever any source.

Biologists Spreads that swab on a petrie dish. And provide oxygen to simulate environment of kinds of microbes that inhabit our mouths and give the bacteria the perfect environment to grow in.
24 hours later we headed back to the lab to see what spawned in the plates.

The Bacterial culture for this water sample will be:

Un-opened bottle had no growth
The 24-hour plate, the one week and the one month all had a bevy of bacteria, if you see little bright, white colonies and all are the same. It could be staphylococcus.
May be other samples showed several different types of bacteria. "These could be streptococcus.
According to the USP, no more than 500 colony forming units (cfu) per milliliter of bacteria should be present in drinking water. In comparison, the average count for different tap water samples was 170cfu/mL .While some studies said that Bacteria found by water culture could be pathogenic and pose a risk for vulnerable populations such as the elderly, pregnant women, infants, and immuno-compromised patients.

How to Cleaning Bottles correctly to avoid Bacterial growth:

Make a suspension of water and soap then warm it on the fire
Put your plastic water bottles in this suspension after being warmed.
Still sinking bottles for 30 min to kill most of Bacteria already found in the bottle
Dry it in the autoclave or other disinfection tool you have to prevent Bacterial growth again

PS.: Please do not use old bottles for more than one month because it even cleaning can destroy plastic integrity of bottles and causing it to leach toxic chemicals into the water.

3- Bacterial Risks in water heater and in electric heated water bowls or bacteria in solar hot water tanks.
The often misdiagnosed as common pneumonia. Trace amounts of these bacteria are often present in municipal water supplies but do not thrive in the cold temperatures. Once inside a hot water heater, however, Legionella bacteria multiplies and is conveyed through Very young children and elderly people are particularly at risk.

That is all because the heated water and Oxygen exchange over the closed system of water heaters considered a Perfect growth medium for Bacteria, most hazardous bacteria found in water heaters is Legionella pneumophila (also found in the household plumbing, where it may be inhaled in the aerosol mist that accompanies showering, bathing or even washing dishes in a sink) , known to be the source of Legionnaires' disease, a potentially fatal lung infection

4- Bacteria in water coolers and in old bottled water Many Health risks associated with stored water in water coolers, even with low nutrients bacterial growth could be happens, the best solution is to clean coolers periodically to prevent such silent bacterial growth in multiple sources and supplies of drinking water.

Treatment of Bacteria in water from different sources:
1. Rising the temperature above 120 degree will kill al kinds of such bacteria even bacterial capsules are destroyed at temperature greater than 120°. And to get rid of sulfur eating bacteria in hot water tank sitable method for Hot water Sources and tanks (solar or electrical).

2. Shock chlorination may be another successful solution too (only 200 mg/L chlorine will do the job), especially for Iron and sulfur eating Bacteria that comes from unsanitary well drilling. To disinfect pipes, gravel pack material, pumps, and tools.
Also this method may applied for coliform bacteria in well water treatment process due to low cost of Chlorine and such derivatives in comparison with UV or Hydrogen peroxide

3. Hydrogen peroxide can kill Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or HIV viruses
Useful Therapy by H2O2, Ozone or rubbing alcohol, and other or other corrosive chemicals would destroy the bacteria or virus such as HIV virus or even Herpes too, but most chemicals are deadly if placed in the body. Hydrogen peroxide and ozone are two relatively safe chemicals.
Hydrogen peroxide breaks things down into water and oxygen and also Hydrogen Peroxide is known the break down viruses, bacteria, and fungi. When in contact, HP will change the structural make-up and create oxygen and water molecules. After removing H and O molecules from a compound, the complete structure of the virus, bacteria, or fungi would be destroyed. Also Acid treatment or base treatment with soda ash are good solution too

4. Ultraviolet light water treatment and disinfection
It is most expensive disinfection method but most effective way to kill al kind of viral and bacterial infections of many species of disease-causing microorganisms such as (e.g. Giardia, Cryptosporidium) found in drinking water. UV inactivates micro-organisms by destroying the DNA and RNA strips of such Organisms and thus makes it unable to multiplying and thus Viruses and Bacteria has been killed with clean disinfection method. Where UV water treatment systems allow UV light occurs with a wavelength ranging from 200 to 390 nanometers (nm). The most effective wavelength frequency, from the point-of-view of microbiological disinfection, is 254 nm as this is where the optimum energy intensity is found.

How you do know that you are infected by contaminated water? Drinking contaminated (impure) water causes high risk of infection by E-coli and enteric microbes. Symptoms appear after 7 days of infection date and are:

Sudden severe abdominal cramps
After hours, watery diarrhea due to dehydration (lose of fluid and electrolytes from the body) lasts for a day
Bloody diarrhea lasts for 2 to 5 days: stool becomes bright red bloody consistence due to Bacterial sores in your intestines, so may be stool become all blood and no stool indeed, with 10 or more bowel movements each day.
Symptoms are followed by Vomiting, cramps, nausea and fever that makes you feel sick and tired beside the blood and watery diarrhea.

Please when feel very tired with abnormal stomach pain go to your Doctor fast.

Why your drinking water should be filtered and cleaned?

noreply@blogger.com (Alfred Andreson) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:49:00 -0700

A long time ago before I know the exact answer of this question, one person of my family, certainly my mother have been infected with most dangerous and damn viral infection that called medically Hepatitis Virus C.
since that day I would not care if my water clean or not neither it clear or not, but finally and unfortunate I admitted to know why water should be cleaned and how water carry infectious diseases like virus C that my mom suffering from.

Two years Now, finally I knew many Facts about water filtration and the medical advices along with chemical tips that make me very aware of contamination of my drinking water and saved a lot of my family members from another infection, So I am very happy to do so.
This Blog came after I decided to learn how to filter water and make it safe for my family daily purposes, so I really attended to publish my two years acknowledge about medical and chemical properties of water.
You will find some recommendations about water quality, and some great tips about how to purify, filter then cleaning your water.

Again my first goal is to transfer acknowledge to all whom suffering from infectious diseases that came from water-borne diseases like Bacterium contamination and other viral or fungal contaminants.
My friends you should know that:
Not all colorless water is clean.
Not all tasty water is filtered.
Not all water sources is Pure

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