|
Learning
Center Categories:
Water
And Health
Learn
About Water Quality
Water
Can Heal!
Contaminants
Fact Sheets
Top
Water News
Did
you know?
Reverse osmosis is the finest water filtration method known. This process will
allow the removal of particles as small as ions from a solution. It is used
to purify water and remove salts and other impurities in order to improve the
color, taste or properties of the fluid. R.O. uses a membrane that is semi-permeable,
allowing the fluid that is being purified to pass through it, while rejecting
other ions and contaminants from passing.
This technology uses a process
known as crossflow to allow the r.o. membrane to continually clean itself. This
is the reason of why an r.o. element can last many years before clogging or
need replacement. This
water purification process requires a driving force to push the fluid through
the membrane, and the most common force is household water pressure or pressure
from a booster pump. The higher the pressure, the larger the driving force and
efficiency.
|
What
is Hydrology and how does it affect my water?
Hydrology...the
sound of this word tells you it seems like a serious word, probably not
used much in casual conversation. But in the world of water hydrology
rings loud and clear. Here's why... Like the framing of a house, the properties,
distribution, and circulation of water (hydrology) and the relief features
of the earth's surface (geomorphology) help give environments their character.
Simply put, hydrology determines the characteristics and 'personality'
of your drinking water.
The
quantity and timing of water flows influence many ecosystem parts and
processes, including those with direct effects on human activities. Loss
of topsoil, which can take millennia to replenish, has obvious implications
for agriculture, and moving sediment can cause sedimentation in harbors
and other facilities and can carry chemicals for long distances. High
and low water flows have important implications for ecosystem health.
Low water flows define the smallest area available to stream biota during
the year, and high flows shape stream channels and wash out silt and debris.
Some
fish depend on high flows for spawning. The timing of high and low flows
affects the status of aquatic species as well as human water supplies
and the flooding of farms, towns, and cities. Climate, dams, water withdrawals,
and changes in land use all affect the flow of water. High and low flows
for 867 streams and rivers with appropriate data (records between 1930
and 1949, and during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s) show little change from
the 1970s to the 1990s.The same is true for the timing of high and low
flows.
But there is one troubling bit of data...the number of streams with high
flows well above their historic (1930 to 1949) rates rose markedly from
the 1980s to the 1990s. This increase may be attributable, in part, to
earlier droughts, but may also be linked to widespread changes in land
use, which has a direct affect upon your water quality.
How?
By Erosion.
Erosion
can have significant effects on ecosystem condition. Wind and water erode
soils naturally, changing the character of the landscape. Human activities
such as development, road construction, timber harvesting, and agricultural
practices that disturb the soil surface or remove anchoring vegetation
increase the potential for erosion. Soil loss not only reduces soil quantity
and quality but also can degrade water quality by carrying nutrients,
pesticides, and other contaminants downstream. Sedimentation can raise
costs to maintain reservoirs, navigation channels, and water treatment
plants and can degrade habitat for aquatic organisms. All of these conditions
have a profound affect upon the overall quality of source water as well
as the methods used to treat them successfully.
Healthy and Convenient!
Our Featured Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System
|
=
Products of Superior Performance and Dependability 
