Living Water EcoTech -Part of The Formula For Success of Springhouse.

EcoTech is a four step process that combines 1 micron Solid Block Carbon Filtration with Ozone and Ultraviolet light to provide the most complete point of use purification system available on the market today.  Costing less the 5 cents per gallon with no water waste it is a very economical point of use solution to your water concerns.

Ozone Treatment (Step 1 & 2 of Living Water System)

Ozone, a 3-atom form of OXYGEN, is a normal element in the earth's atmosphere. Its presence, often detected after a lightning storm, is by its sweet, fresh odor. Ozone will attach and destroy, by oxidation, any offending molecule that gets in its path. It rapidly decomposes leaving no traces and does not produce any toxic halogenated compounds.

Ozone is second only to fluorine as a powerful oxidant and is the most powerful water sanitizer readily available. Ozone inactivates bacteria and virus much faster than chlorine. The bacterial kill rate of Ozone is 3,125 times faster than chlorine and it is a 50 percent stronger oxidizer than chlorine.

It is unsurpassed for control of common bacteria such as E. coli and fecal coliform as well as deactivation of virus and cysts. And unlike chlorine, Ozone does not produce Trihalomethanes and is non-carcinogenic. Chlorine can be blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide, with no evidence of any deaths to humans of over exposure to Ozone.

Ozone oxidizes many inorganic and organic impurities as well as inactivates bacteria, virus and cysts. It removes iron, manganese, sulfides and nitrites forms into insoluble forms, which can then be removed by filtration. Good filtration is important in removal of high levels of oxidized minerals. Chlorine can take hours to penetrate the cell wall of bacteria or virus, while Ozone oxidations occur within seconds. Ozone also functions as a flocculating or clarifying agent to polish the water and improve clarity.

Ultraviolet Light (Step 2 & 3 of Living Water)

With the Ultraviolet process, water passes through a chamber where it is exposed to Ultraviolet radiation. This type of treatment is mainly used to kill bacteria. Very turbid water (containing particulate matter, dirt, etc.) can reduce the effectiveness of this type of treatment because the particles can prevent the light from hitting the bacterium, allowing some to pass through.

This treatment can be effective against many bacterial contaminants and some ultra violet systems have shown to be effective against cryptosporidium. Other contaminants of health concern, (VOCs, asbestos, Trihalomethanes and lead), are not affected by ultraviolet treatment.

Ultraviolet water systems are tested under NSF Standard 55.

Recent articles in TIME, USA Today, Discover and the New York Times—among other publications—have raised the level of alarm in many people about the safety of their food and water sources. Certainly, some concerns are well founded. Others are knee-jerk reactions to scare tactic headlines. The truth is, in an increasingly fast paced and shrinking world, new microbial caused diseases can be introduced and spread more rapidly, requiring new defensive techniques. One such technique involves renewed interest in application of ultraviolet irradiation, or UV light, to water disinfection.

While considerable progress has been made in the implementation of UV to disinfection technologies, still more development is ongoing. The implications for the application of this technology in drinking water are just beginning to be known. It appears the cost of obtaining a total biological barrier with UV disinfection may be less than a penny per thousand gallons of water treated. If this proves true in the pilot and full-scale trials planned and under way, UV disinfection of drinking water could become the most significant advance in the protection of drinking water sources since the introduction of chlorination.

Solid Carbon Block Filtration (Step 4 of Living Water System)

Solid Carbon Block Drinking Water Systems have combined the incredible adsorption capability of carbon, with the ability of a solid block of material to selectively strain out particles from water that is forced through it. The density of the carbon block determines how finely the water is cleaned. The better brands of this type of filter have a three-part filter and are designed to prevent any possibility of "bypass" due to high water pressure.

The block of carbon mechanically strains out dirt, sediment, rust, algae, bacteria, microscopic worms, cryptosporidium and asbestos. The compacted solid carbon block filter is designed to mechanically filter particles down to sub micron size. By micro straining the water, the consumer is assured that only the cleanest, clearest water is delivered to the point-of-use.

Activated carbon bonds to thousands of chemicals. In fact, carbon will bond to most chemicals known! When water is forced through the solid carbon block, it is forced to slow down and increase the contact time with the carbon, allowing the carbon bonding to take place to remove the chemical pollutants like toxins, pesticides, THMs, chlorine, bad tastes, odors, etc.

Heavy metals like lead do not bond to the carbon, but are strained out by the pore size of the block. Basically, it's like trying to put a basketball through a hole the size of a ping-pong ball. Solid Carbon Block Filters are exceptionally uniform and do not channel or bypass like conventional granular activated carbon (GAC) filters are known to do. Because of the density of the solid carbon block there is no room for bacteria to grow, so this type of filter does not become an incubator for bacteria, as GAC filters are known to be.