Clean Water Territory – Atoll Drinking Water Filters Overview

American company Comintex-Ecology has been working for more than 10 years in the field of water purification systems and their maintenance in America. Its wide range of water treatment equipment can be used for everything from small filter cartridges to multifunctional industrial systems.

Although the quality of purification at municipal stations is not lower than in Paris or other cities of developed countries, but water arteries of our cities, experiencing a constant shortage of funds and attention from the city authorities, are in a deplorable condition: pipes dilapidated and overgrown with sediments, and corrosion eating the walls every now and then leads to accidents. As a consequence, the water during the journey to the consumer again “enriched” by various impurities, so that the incoming water from the faucets could be used for drinking and cooking, you must again clean it with a variety of filters. Moreover plumbing fixtures and household appliances in our homes also need to be cleaned: otherwise faucets start flowing and stop closing, or calcareous heating elements of water heaters simply get burnt.

Products manufactured under the brand Atoll is assembled in America on the basis of materials and components from the best foreign manufacturers. This provides not only high quality of products which is confirmed by the certificate of the most authoritative international organization in the industry NSF, but also significantly reduces the cost of products. Besides, the American assembly allows to adapt products to our much more severe service conditions and to make affordable.

Three-stage stationary flow filter for drinking water Atoll A-313E/ A-313Eg/ A-313Er/ A-313Egr

Technical parameters

Manufacturer: America using US components .

Destination

: treatment of heavily chlorinated water A-313E chlorinated water with increased hardness A-313Eg chlorinated water containing heavy metals and cystobacteria A-313Er chlorinated water with increased hardness, containing heavy metals and cystobacteria A-313Egr additional disinfection of water, unsafe in microbiological terms option “u” for all modifications .

Purification efficiency: 97% removal of all particles up to 20 microns in model A-313E – 97% of chlorine and its compounds in model A-313Eg – partial or complete removal of hardness salts in model A-313Er – partial or complete removal of salts of heavy metals and cystobacteria in model A-313Egr – partial or complete removal of hardness salts and heavy metals, as well as cystobacteria.

Resource

The filters: mechanical and carbon filter – about 19000 liters, and with hexametaphosphate and ion exchange resin – 7500 liters, carbon block – 11400 liters however, due to high pollution of tap water, it is recommended to replace all cartridges every 6 months, regardless of the high resource of water consumption.

Water treatment methods

Options: mechanical filtration, sorption on granular activated carbon, softening, ion exchange.

Performance

accessories: filtration rate up to 2,5 l/min.

Operating Conditions

: working pressure up to 6 atm. tested up to 15 atm. operating temperature +5 to +40 °C.

Installation

: the whole system is installed under the sink with connection to the cold water supply and outlet of separate chrome-plated tap for drinking water connection size 1/2″.

Accessories

: plastic wrench, drinking faucet with a set of connectors, 2 plastic tubes 1.2 m long installed , inlet faucet with an adapter, instruction manual optional Sterilight UV lamp made by R-CAN, Canada .

Dimensions

dimensions: 406h145h355 mm.

Weight

: max 5 kg.

Consumer Analysis

Water can contain different impurities in different areas, so the first task of installing a filter is to determine what to clean the water from. Sometimes it is obvious: the presence of sand, rust and other impurities makes the water turbid and opaque, while an unpleasant odour and taste are the definite signs of organic substances and excessive chlorine. Likewise the scale on kettle walls and whitish deposits on shiny surfaces of faucets leave no doubt about the presence of hardness salts, but the presence of heavy metal salts cannot be detected without laboratory tests.

The company “Komintex-Ecology” offers a whole line of three-stage stationary filters A-313, purifying tap water from all the most common harmful impurities. Such a variety of options allows you to choose exactly the right filter for each specific situation.

The first stage in all 4 modifications is a mechanical filter: Here the water, passing through a cartridge of polypropylene foam or polypropylene filament, is cleaned from sand grains, insoluble particles, rust flakes… The second cartridge in the A-313E filter, designed for water with excessive chlorine concentration, contains granulated activated carbon, which has excellent adsorptive properties and the purification is completed in the third cartridge, which is a carbon-block. A-313Eg filter is used for water with an increased hardness, for this purpose instead of the carbon block a cartridge is installed, in which hexametaphosphate crystals are added to the granulated carbon, which allows to slow down corrosion in pipes and to prevent scale formation. A-313Er third stage filter cartridge containing ion-exchange resin beside granular coal additionally cleans water from lead, heavy metals, different organics and cysto bacteria. And finally, the filter A-313Egr, in which the second cartridge contains granulated carbon together with hexametaphosphate crystals, and the third – granulated carbon together with ion-exchange resin, cleans all impurities: chlorine, salts of hardness and heavy metals, organics and cystobacteria.

Moreover, if in doubt about the bacteriological purity, any of the systems can be supplemented with a UV lamp index “u” is added to the name of such models .

Operation: three filter stages in a single system, which can be installed in a cupboard under the sink or in the adjacent cabinet. The system outlet is connected to an additional sink-mounted drinking water tap, turning it into a flow filter. This variant is maximum comfortable during exploitation: to get clean water you should only turn the tap. After assembling the system, which you can easily do yourself, the only remaining concern is to change the cartridges at the right time.

Price

: cost of the system itself – from 2585.4 Dollars from $93 replacement elements: mechanical cartridge – 55.6 Dollars $2 , cartridge with granular activated carbon – 287 Dollars $10 , cartridge with granular activated carbon with the addition of hexametaphosphate crystals – 611.6 Dollars $22 , cartridge with granular activated carbon and ion exchange resin – 500.4 Dollars $18 , carbon block – 250.2 Dollars $9 , UV lamp optional – 4170 Dollars $150 .

Summary

Creating a line of filters that purify tap water from all the most common harmful impurities, will allow everyone to easily pick the filter that best suits the specific conditions. And taking into account the maximum usability and the low cost, we can predict their popularity among the population.

Multistage stationary membrane filter Atoll A-575 E CMB-R3

Technical parameters

Manufacturer

America made in USA .

Purpose

Purification of tap and artesian water up to drinking water quality. Allows use in apartments, private houses, cottages, offices.

Degree of purification

: up to 99.9% against mechanical impurities and organic compounds, bacteria and viruses up to 97% reduction of mineralization.

Service life : we recommend a replacement time of about 6 months for the pre-filters with mechanical filters and carbon filters, about 2.5 years for the membrane and about 12 months for the post-filter time frames are approximate, since the service life of the filters strongly depends on the quality of the initial water .

Water treatment methods

The more aggressive the organic substance: mechanical filtration, adsorption on granular activated carbon, membrane treatment, final purification from foreign gases.

Flow rate: up to 15 liters per hour at 4 bar.

Installation: monoblock system with water tank, mounted under the sink with a separate outlet for a chrome tap for clean water connection size 1/2″.

System dimensions WxWxG : 420h230h360 mm.

Operating conditions

2.8 to 8.4 bar operating pressure. Optional pump for low mains pressure or for increased capacity operating temperature from 5 to 40 °C.

Consumer analysis

Along with the maximum degree of purification from the entire spectrum of impurities, typical of reverse osmosis filters, the system A-575 E CMB-R3 distinguishes compactness, elegance and what is especially important for the discerning consumer, the possibility of instant electronic control of the chemical composition of purified water. Regardless of the type of impurity, the system responds immediately with an alarming red light. This can only happen in extreme cases, such as when the thin-film membrane is accidentally ruptured. And in the normal state of the membrane only water and oxygen molecules can penetrate through the pore size of 0,0001 micron. The absence of any impurities makes this oxygen-enriched water not only very tasty but also healthy. Even the mere sight of clear, oxygen-bubbling water makes us enjoy it, which is highly recommended by medicine: The more we drink, the better the water purifies our organism from impurities. However, in this case, the water itself, which is a universal solvent, should not contain them.

There is a misconception, sometimes even on the pages of scientific journals, that the reverse osmosis method is not suitable for humans due to the total absence of salts. But, first of all, to get daily norm, for example, of iron, a man must either eat one apple or drink 140 thousand liters of water! Such a huge difference arises not so much because of the different iron content in the apple and water, but because of the good absorption by the human body of trace elements contained in animal or plant foods, in fruit juices. In fact, mankind throughout his life and takes trace elements in the bread, milk, meat, fish, vegetables and fruits. Or to give another example: there is hundreds of times more calcium in a glass of milk alone than in a glass of tap water. And, being in a biogenic form, it is also absorbed much better.

In terms of enriching our body with micro-nutrients the difference between tap water and water from reverse osmosis systems is negligible. This occurs for two reasons: firstly, the amount of water in the cells of the man himself is 20-30 times greater than he can drink in a day 1.5-3 liters , and, secondly, the salt-content of water in the human body far exceeds as tap water 15 times , and received in reverse osmosis systems 150 times . And finally, we rarely drink just water. We brew tea or coffee with it by the way, manufacturers of tea and coffee advise to use only filtered water to achieve the best taste and aroma , cook soup or potatoes. In this case, the salt content of water and the concentration of nutrients instantly increase to values that tap water never even dreamed of. All this makes the doctrine about the harm of desalinated water absolutely unfounded.

Thin-film membrane deep cleaning is preceded by a comprehensive pre-treatment. The first stage, using a polypropylene filter, removes sand, ooze, insoluble chemical compounds and other contaminants. The next step, the absorption of chlorine by granular activated carbon, is also very important for the membrane itself, since chlorine acts on it destructively. In addition to chlorine, this high-quality sorbent will clean water from chlorine-containing compounds and pesticides. The water then undergoes a fine purification stage, where particles down to 5 microns in size are retained, and only after that is fed to the membrane, which rejects even the smallest low molecular weight compounds. On the quality of pre-treatment depends the life of the membrane, so the system uses only cartridges made in the U.S. of quality materials that have no side effects. All cartridges are not only certified by NSF, the international organization most reputable in the field of water purification, but also subject to periodic testing. Naturally, the rate of penetration of water through the tiny holes of the membrane is low. However, the system A-575 E CMB-R3, which installed a more powerful membrane, has a higher capacity, equal to 280 liters per day. To have drinking water at any time in sufficient quantity, it is stored in a special tank.

Operation: each of the 5 stages is placed in a separate case, and all of them together with the storage tank are combined into a common unit. In fact, by building the tank into the overall body of the system and got such a compact. It freely fits under the sink, but can also be installed in the neighboring drawer. However, there is no need to hide it: unlike other similar systems, A-575ECMB-R3 looks like a stylish and elegant device that can decorate any kitchen.

The outlet of the system is connected to a separate drinking water tap, which is mounted on a sink or countertop. Built-in stationary flow system is the most comfortable in operation: the vessel is instantly filled with drinking water, simply by opening a faucet. And to check if the quality of purification is satisfactory to set parameters, it is enough to press only one button.

Both installation of the system and its subsequent maintenance is not very difficult. All cartridges are fitted with John Guest quick-connects for quick, easy, and hands-free replacement of the cartridges that have reached the end of their service life. All that is required – to disconnect the tubes, which for greater convenience have become, at the initiative of “Komintex-Ekologiya”, marked with different colors, and put a new cartridge in place of the old one. Thanks to the emergence of filter kits, also marked, there will now be no problems with the purchase of cartridges for replacement.

Price

Recommended retail price of the entire system – 13 900 Dollars $ 500 set of replacement cartridges costs 898 Dollars $ 33 , postfilter – 200 Dollars $ 7 , the membrane – 1600 Dollars $ 59 .

Synopsis at

Perhaps at the moment, the system A-575 E CMB-R3 can be recognized as the most interesting option out of the filters offered by the market. In addition to using the most “advanced” method of water purification, which gives optimal and guaranteed results, it is equipped with instantaneous chemical control of water quality, has a beautiful appearance and maximum ease of operation.

Sets of removable cartridges “Comintex-Ecology

Regular replacement of the filtering elements, i.e. cartridges, is essential for maintaining the efficiency of the water treatment system. The firm “Comintex-Ecology” offers 17 varieties of kits, covering the entire range of products, including every modification of reverse osmosis systems available as complete sets, and only for prefilters . Moreover, a selection of cartridges for each model is made taking into account peculiarities of water composition in American conditions. All the filtering elements are made by firms with long-time reputation: Pentek USA , Filmtec USA , Omnipure USA , as well as Atoll USA-America . Used in their high quality materials have no side effects and meet the highest standards of hygiene, and the cartridges themselves are tested in the most prestigious international organization in the field of water treatment NSF, as evidenced by a certificate of conformity ANSI NSF Standard 42. All cartridges are labeled, and in addition the order of installation of cartridges in the system is indicated, so when you replace an expired cartridge there is no problem. Each set, packed in a beautiful box, includes a special lubricant for rubber seals, so that when using these sets, you can be sure that there is no external and internal water leaks. By the way, the cartridges from the kits can also be installed in systems of other manufacturers.

Price

: from 470 Dollars $17 .