The Story of UV Water Sterilization
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UV & Filtration
How and when do I change my water filters?
Top tips: 1) In most average household applications (i.e. two standard-sized 10″ filter housings mounted together before a UV system) — rainwater and well service — you should be changing your filters out every 2 -6 months. (2-6 times per year). If you’re changing more than that, it usually indicates a problem with well turbidity, … Read more
Changing Filters
How to change your filters . . . Many of our customers asked for this. Check out Youtube for a selection of videos on how to change a “whole house water filter”. https://youtu.be/FC1XVZQLSsg Top three problems people run into are: 1) not depressurizing the water lines to get all the water pressure off (i.e. turn … Read more
All carbon filters are not created the same…
We’ve done thousands of water filter changes and UV equipment service calls, and we’ve seen too many instances where homeowners buy those cheap carbon-cellulose filters. Essentially they are carbon powder impregnated onto filter paper. . . Don’t use them! They are crap. UV sleeves get coated with a blackish film from them, and for … Read more
Smelly sulfur water…what to do…?!
One of the most common well water quality complaints on the West Coast is dealing with smelly, rotten-egg water or sulphur water. The telltale rotten-egg smell is almost always caused by H2S (hydrogen sulphide) — a gas produced naturally and as a byproduct of bacteria (that is not a pathogenic strain) that “eats” sulfur. … Read more
When it comes to changing filters…
There are only three mistakes people tend to make: 1) not changing their filters enough; 2) changing their filters way too much; and 3) strong-arming the filters on and off. . . In most average household applications (i.e. two standard-sized 10″ filter housings mounted together before a UV system) — rainwater and well service — … Read more