[Rob_Mac]

Been looking at Ceramic water filtration over the last couple of days and am awaiting a couple of emails from suppliers.

It seems to have no waste water, flushable filters and if impregnated with silver will take care of bacteria in the water.

The down side looks to be that the ceramic filters have a life of twelve months and I am waiting to find out what the water purity is as an end product.

A 300gpd per day unit from The Pure Water Cleaning Company is about £100.00, though one sold on ebay for £49.99.

Is this is a viable alternative to RO units and if so it deserves some investigation.

Does anyone know any more on the subject.

Rob

[Londoner]

Never heard of it but keep us in the loop. The no waste water bit sounds interesting

[Rob_Mac]

As the name suggests this type of filter is comprised of two parts, ceramic and carbon. This gives it the ability to filter out a wide range of contaminants. Some are also impregnated with silver to further reduce numbers of microorganisms as silver is a powerful antibiotic. These filters usually come as a cartridge that sits under the sink in the kitchen and is plumbed into the water supply and the filtered water is then sent to a counter top tap. A ceramic carbon filter will remove a large amount of contaminants including most bacteria and parasites, cysts, chlorine, some radioactive contaminants, most solvents, pesticides and chemicals as well as some heavy metals. These filters offer very good value for money with filters typically lasting 12 months or even longer in an average household.

 

Advantages: Relatively low cost, good filter life, effectively removes a large amount of contaminants.

 

Disadvantages: Some plumbing required, doesn't remove fluoride, some heavy metals, viruses and very small microbes.

This is taken from a website offering comparisons against water fitration units.

Rob

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

From what I've looked at it seems that a ceramic filter more a biological filter, it will colonize beneficial bacteria that will eat up certain unwanted chemicals making the water better to drink.  If this is the case it won't really affect the tds of the water.
I've looked for the exact filter but can't find the site.  If however the filter is being sold as a unit to produce pure water for window cleaning, then it has to be fit for purpose and should do what it says, so give it a go and if it doesn't work get your money back.

Simon.

[Rob_Mac]

Go onto Ebay and put a search in for Ceramic water filters.

There are only thre in the listing - as of today - Sunday.

Bottom one of three

Rob

[karlosdaze]

These systems are no good for window cleaners. They are mainly sold as drinking water units in Africa to remove organisms before drinking.

[karlosdaze]

http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.com/2008/03/next-big-thing.html

This ones probably nearer to what we need.

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.com/2008/03/next-big-thing.html

This ones probably nearer to what we need.

If this thing is real it looks like a brilliant invention, a lot cheaper than RO as well.

I like the video, the hist is crazy.

Simon.

[karlosdaze]

There was also this if you missed it....

http://robinson-solutions.blogspot.com/2008/02/water-out-of-thin-air.html