Is
water with ionized Copper in it safe to drink?
Yes! In
fact, if you look at the label on your multiple vitamin bottle,
you'll see that 2 milligrams is the recommended minimum daily
value amount of copper.
Can
I drink too much Copper water?
Only by
drowning! You would have to drink 2.64 gallons of water per
day, (42.3 eight ounce glasses of water), just to get 100%
of your minimum daily value amount requirement of copper.
Is
Copper good for my plants?
Yes.
Copper is good and necessary for your plants. Hydroponic farms
add much higher doses of Copper to their nutrient solutions
than we do.
What
does the EPA say about Copper in drinking water?
The EPA's
Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLG) are desirable, non-enforceable,
health-based goals established to assure a safe water supply.
Water containing any chemical in an amount equal to or below
its MCLG is not expected to cause any health problems, even
over a lifetime of ingestion. The current MCLG for copper
in drinking water is 1.30 ppm (parts per million). Your CFWS
Whole House System is designed to maintain your drinking water
at between 0.15 and 0.20 ppm, just 13% of the EPA's MCLG.
Is
this a water softener?
No. Water
softeners use salt (either sodium chloride or potassium chloride)
to create sodium or potassium ions which exchange with the
calcium ions in the calcium carbonate suspended in the water,
thus removing the "hard" part of the water. Our system changes
suspended calcium carbonate into calcium bi-carbonate, which
can then precipitate or fall out of solution. Small amounts
of water spotting may occur, but are easily wiped or rinsed
away.
What
are the service requirements and/or expendables?
Based
on your water's hardness and other factors, the plates will
need cleaning once or twice a year. The copper plates will
need replacement every three to five years, every one to three
years for pool/spa, depending on usage. The titanium plates
do not wear out and should never need replacement.
"Oh
Yeah!!! Chlorine Free Water!!!"
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