Increasingly, people have to deal with the need to purify the water they use - these are the current realities associated with environmental factors, as well as with the peculiarity of water in different regions. Choosing the right equipment for water treatment on your own is not an easy task, requiring certain knowledge and understanding of this process, in addition, a huge number of manufacturers can confuse anyone who has encountered a similar problem.
Water treatment systems
Water purification complexes can include several types of filter elements, each of which performs its specific function. Depending on the nature and intensity of water pollution, the following filters are used:
- rough cleaning (to remove various aqueous suspensions: particles of sand, clay, small stones, etc.);
- iron removal (there are several types: reagent, non-reagent, non-reagent with a connection to the aeration system, with an accurate dosage of sodium hydrochloride) ;
- water softeners (remove hardness salts);
- fine cleaning (removal of small residues that could get from other elements of water treatment);
- ultraviolet and ozone sterilizers (kill pathogenic bacteria);
- acidity correction systems.
In addition, water treatment systems in their design are of the following types:
- balloon;
- cartridge;
- membrane (reverse osmosis).
Balloon-type cleaning systems are widely used in the water supply of country houses, and cartridge and membrane systems are used in urban apartments and offices. But in any case, the decision to install a particular system is taken individually by each consumer.
What factors influence the choice
To select the necessary water treatment systems for a country house, apartment or office, the first thing to do is chemical and bacteriological analyzes of water. To do this, take water samples and send them to a certified laboratory. This procedure can be done both independently and with the help of attracted specialists from a company that is engaged in the sale, installation, service and warranty of water treatment equipment.
After receiving the results of the water analysis, specialists will need to inspect your water supply and sewage system, and also consider what materials they are made of (metal, plastic), pipe diameters, characteristics of the water source (borehole, well, settlement water supply system), daily water consumption rates, frequency of consumption (seasonal or continuous). Based on these data, they will develop technical documentation and select the necessary types of filters, control systems (manual or automatic) and other additional elements of the water treatment system.
A successful solution may turn out to be very close: if one of the neighbors in your cottage or summer cottage village has any water treatment system installed, you can find out their reviews about the company that installed it, and you can also ask for water for analysis from their crane to be sure of efficiency. This will come in handy if you have one source of water or the identical results of its analysis.
Water Treatment Plant Manufacturers
The market for water purification equipment is represented both by foreign (Ecosoft FK 1252, Aquachief, Filtromatic FDP, Raifil, etc.), and domestic systems ("Aquafor", "Barrier", "Nortex", etc.). It should be noted that the Nortex Osmo water treatment system is a five-stage complex, which is designed to remove from the water all common pollution.
The main thing you should pay attention to when choosing is the availability of product quality certificates and serial numbers. It will be useful to check the water in the laboratory after installing the system to make sure the quality of the equipment and its connection.
Water Treatment System "Nortex": reviews
The Internet is replete with reports of fraud, which is associated with the name "Nortex". The scheme is as follows. Under the guise of employees of managing organizations, people come to apartment buildings and invite residents to meetings. There they inquire about the quality of the water and receive the expected answers. Then they announce that they are acting in accordance with the federal (municipal, state, etc.) program to improve water quality and for discounts they declare a discount on equipment and its installation. Moreover, prices for water treatment systems vary depending on the well-being of the regions.
Judging by the reviews about this equipment, it does not have serial numbers on the units, there are no quality certificates for it, and it is suspected that low-quality Chinese filters are sold under the guise of a domestic manufacturer at inflated prices. Be carefull!