Home Installs & Office Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Service For Southern California & Los Angeles

Different Water Filtration Set-Ups Are Desingned To Do Differnt Jobs

This is an abbreviated list of municipal drinking water ingredients (full reports here)

**Contaminant Removal Comparison**
Contaminant	Granulated Carbon (GAC)	Solid Carbon Block	Reverse Osmosis with Carbon	Distillation with Carbon
Rust/Sediment	YES	YES	YES	YES
Taste/Odor	YES	YES	YES	YES
Chlorine	YES	YES	YES	YES
Chloramine	YES	YES	YES	YES
Trihalomethanes (THM)	YES	YES	YES	YES
Chemicals	YES	YES	YES	YES
Lead - particulate	-	YES	YES	YES
Lead - dissolved	-	-	YES	YES
Hydrogen Sulfide	-	-	YES	YES
Iron	-	-	YES	YES
Arsenic	-	-	YES	YES
Barium	-	-	YES	YES
Cadmium	-	-	YES	YES
Chromium	-	-	YES	YES
Fluoride	-	-	YES	YES
Mercury	-	-	YES	YES
Nitrate	-	-	YES	YES
Calcium*	-	-	YES	YES
Magnesium*	-	-	YES	YES
Potassium*	-	-	YES	YES
Cysts	-	YES	YES	YES
Bacteria	-	-	-	YES
MTBE		-	YES	YES

Note: I have noticed that the KEYWORD to look at in many filter performance claims is REDUCTION. Deliberate low levels of certain substances may be supplied in some tests in order to produce such results. Manufacturers can make higher claims by lowering the rating (How many gallons it will service before needing replacement ) on the very same filter. The whole thing is confusing and whatever system you choose must be maintained. I suggest a good working Reverse Osmosis system that actually REMOVES OVER 95% of these and other dangerous chemical elements. These systems require maintenance regularly, once a year.
Surprisingly, what is most important to people is flavor and if they don't taste chlorine they perceive that as "clean".

In Fact: Good, "pure" water is quite boring to most, having literally no taste at all. Mineral water is yummy simply because it is full of rocks and many bottled pure waters add ingredients to make it's flavour unique to that brand.

Proper consideration for some households, is cost effectiveness, over a period of time.

Drinking Water System Comparisons Over 5 Years

Brand

Unit Cost

Filter Cost & Replacement Frequency

5 Year Operating Cost

Rental Water System

$20 per month

None & 6-12 Months

$1200

10" Carbon Filter

$90

$30 every 6 months

$ 300

Brita

$35

$7 every 2 weeks

$ 938

Innova

$ 7

$6 every 2 weeks

$ 800

Multipure

$329

$35 every 6 months

$ 644

NSA 50C

$179

$179 every 3 years

$ 358

Reverse Osmosis

$599

$100, 2 years; $24, six months

$1,015

Bottled Water

$0.79

N/A

$2,960

Note: The above prices do not include any labor fees that may be attached to installation or service.

Service Areas

LA Water Quality

Office Cooler Maint.

Ice Maker Machine

Home

E-Mail Water Drinkers@aol.com

Brand	Unit Cost	Filter Cost & Replacement Frequency	5 Year Operating Cost
Rental Water System	$20 per month	None & 6-12 Months	$1200
10" Carbon Filter	$90	$30 every 6 months	$ 300
Brita	$35	$7 every 2 weeks	$ 938
Innova	$ 7	$6 every 2 weeks	$ 800
Multipure	$329	$35 every 6 months	$ 644
NSA 50C	$179	$179 every 3 years	$ 358
Reverse Osmosis	$599	$100, 2 years; $24, six months	$1,015
Bottled Water	$0.79	N/A	$2,960