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Kinetico Water Purification System

Back in the basement, Bob explains how the Kinetico water purification system works. The system uses kinetic energy created by the flow of the water itself to filter out minerals, such as iron oxide, calcium and magnesium that produce hard water. The system has two purification tanks with one working while the other is cleansing itself. The tanks are filled with resin beads that attract mineral particles. When the beads are full, they are recharged with sodium ions and the minerals are washed out of the system. The second part of the system deals with eliminating arsenic content and other mineral particles from drinking and cooking water. First the water is filtered to remove sediment and particulate that may have made it through. Then the reverse osmosis filter gets rid of miniscule remaining particles and trace elements. The water then passes to a storage tank where it circulates until it is needed in the kitchen. On demand, it passes through a carbon filter to eliminate any unpleasant tastes that might still remain.

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Kinetico Water Purification System

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" Here in Vermont there's a lot of hard water especially when you've got well water week. Drilled our well about a month ago and this is basically the holding tank but what we want to talk about now is the Kinetico system. And the reason is called Kinetico is that it doesn't use any electricity -- kinetic energy. The flow of the water itself is driving the filtration system so that if you do have a power outage here you're still gonna have nice clean soft water. The system the basic parts of the system are right here and that you have two purification tanks because one of them is working while the other one is cleansing itself. These tanks are filled with the resin beads that attract. Attract the particles of magnesium. And calcium and these are the things that make it hard to get the clothing washed or even to have a shower and and and feel right after your shower. I mean from what I've read you can increase -- the life expectancy of your clothing and your bed linens by up to 15% by using softer water in the laundry. When the resin beads. Are full of the mineral particles they need to be recharged with sodium ions and that's done with a solution of this. It's salt that's right here in this tank and more softened water which flushes through the tank. Releases the -- And then of course the minerals have to be exited from the system through here. Now the other big concerns that people have. Are about drinking and cooking waters of the second half of the Kinetico system. It's right here and it's really your drinking water segment this is where you're dealing with all sorts of problem things including. Arsenic content in the water and -- other minute mineral particles -- the first. The system here is filtering out any of those larger particles so that it's getting rid of any sediment any particulate that has made it somehow through this process at this stage then the reverse osmosis. Filter is getting rid of any kind of micro. You know really. Miniscule particles. Of Trace elements and other. Elements like arsenic in the water which is such a concern these days and then once it's gone through here. It goes to a storage tank where it's kept circulating up there and then when there is a demand for drinking water up at the kitchen. It goes through our final stage in a carbon filter which is getting rid of any kind of bad taste whether it's from chlorine that might still be coming through anything that might make the water just not taste right."

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