What is this? How to improve the quality of drinking water

The quality of drinking water in urban networks leaves much to be desired. And, as always, "the salvation of drowning people is the work of the drowning themselves". Specialists, using various achievements of science and technology, invent more and more perfect devices for daily water purification in everyday life.

Purifier Functions

One of these new devices is the purifier. What it is? Automatic, which not only cleans the water, but also heats it to the set temperature at any time in the required quantity.

The purifier performs three main functions. First, it cleans and disinfects tap water. Purification of water from impurities and precipitation, viruses and bacteria, as well as chlorine in the purifier is more effective than conventional boiling.

Secondly, it can cool it to + 4 ° C faster than in the refrigerator.

Thirdly, to warm up to the boiling point water for tea or coffee can be without a kettle.

Features of the Purifiers

A special strong hose with a diameter of only 8 mm, which is easy to hide not only in the decorative box, but also under the baseboard, can stretch for a distance of up to 100 mm from the water supply system to the place where the purifier is installed. What does it mean? Only that you can install the device in any convenient office or home, without being tied to the place where the water pipe is located.

In addition to the built-in filtration system of various purification levels, which improves the quality of drinking water, a bactericidal ultraviolet lamp is included in the design, which already cleanses water further.

These modern devices are certified, recommended by sanitary services for the organization of drinking regimens in offices and enterprises.

Today they are no longer an inaccessible rarity, in any city you can buy a purifier, and replaceable filters, and order its maintenance.

Advantages of the Purifier

Water purifiers are connected to the water supply, and no longer need to order, monitor delivery and pay for water in twenty-liter bottles. An additional plus in this case - to the water and the house or office do not have access to strangers.

Presence of constant cold and hot water at any time is both convenient and comfortable.

Let the device itself is not cheap, but having spent money once, in the future it is possible to use exclusively pure water practically for free.

Another advantage is stylish design, which is distinguished by a floor purfier. What can this give? Pleasant impression of the reaction of guests to the device. Trivial, of course, but it's nice!

Water, purified in a purifier, can be used for cooking. And what's more important - the water in the apparatus is flowing, it does not stagnate, and bacteria do not multiply in it, but in the event of a violation of water supply, tea can be consumed during the day.

Filtration systems

The price of the device is primarily affected by the filtration system. And it can consist of three, four or five stages of purification. Purifier filters purify water from insoluble large (more than 5 microns) mechanical impurities in the first stage; On the second, improve the taste of water, removing the active chlorine and ions of heavy metals and organic substances; On the third it is disinfected and prevents the appearance of scale, removing hardness salts; On the fourth clean, removing even the most microscopic amount of impurities.

At the fifth stage of purification practically all salts, bacteria and viruses are removed with the help of a reverse osmosis membrane , which only transmits water molecules.

After mechanical cleaning, the UF-lamp is sterilized by water.

Any filter for water, the price of which depends on the design, dimensions and manufacturer, has its own resource and is a replaceable element, the quality of water purification directly depends on how many liters of water were spilled in the filtration system.

Principle of operation and design of the apparatus

In any purifier on polypropylene pipes, tap water is fed into the filter system and, after purification, into the storage tank with a capacity of 4 to 30 liters, from which it is distributed over the hot (92 - 98 ° C) and cold (+ 4 - + 8 ° C ) Of the filling. In some designs, there is no storage device, water enters the tank for cold, and from it - into the tank for hot water.

The maintenance of temperature is monitored by electronic sensors, so the cooling or heating functions are switched on automatically. In offices where a lot of people can simultaneously need hot water for tea, this function is very important.

The performance of one device, depending on the model, can be up to 190 liters of purified water per day.

Install a purifier can not only a plumber, but any person with a minimum set of tools.

Types of devices

According to the design features, the purifiers can be with or without a storage tank, with a mechanical or sensory control.

By type of installation there are small desktop devices up to half a meter or floor more than a meter tall.

According to the filtration method, the devices are ultrafiltration with ultrathin cleaning or reverse osmosis with an RO membrane.

Modern devices can be equipped with ozonizers, built-in ice makers or a water gasification system.

Therefore, if a purifier is installed in the office, what does this mean? This means that the management of the health of employees cares - this is the first, and secondly, they can all drink refreshing crystal clear soda water very cheaply in the right quantities and at any time.

What determines the choice of the purifier

The choice of the device depends on the expected volumes of water consumption and on the location in which the house or office is located, where the cleaner should be located.

In a small kitchen for a normal family, a desktop purifier is quite suitable, which does not take up much space, and the degree of cleaning is the same as in the floor.

In an enterprise with a large number of employees it is better to install an apparatus with a large storage tank, so that hot tea or clean, cold water would suffice for everyone.

If an enterprise or a private house is located outside the city, it is better to install a reverse osmosis purifier that will purify water and salts of hardness, and from viruses and pathogens.

In the city water supply, water is already more or less purified, but the purifier (UF) with ultrathin filtration, preserving the balance of minerals, will remove chlorine and sterilize it.

A successful choice for an office, business or shopping center can be the Ecotronic V42-R4L UV White Purifier with a South Korean UV lamp. It costs about 65 thousand rubles, but this is a super-productive (15 liters per hour of both cold and hot water) model with an ultraviolet lamp in the storage tank, which automatically turns on for a few minutes every 4 hours, and a four-stage filtration system with an RO membrane, Which reduces the amount of salts in the water.

The device is equipped with a pressure pump that allows to purify water in systems with low pressure, 12-liter storage and five-liter tanks for cold and hot water from stainless steel, water supply faucets with a "mug", while the hot water tap is switched to child protection mode.

Serving the Purifiers

Of course, any device should be serviced periodically. This is understood as the replacement of filters. For one filter for water, the price today ranges from 1.5 to 5 thousand rubles. We can not say that it is cheap, especially considering that the filters of the first and second stages of purification need to be changed at least once every six months, and the third and fourth - once a year, depending on the volume and quality of the source water. But, as a rule, service centers offer a comprehensive service, which ultimately is cheaper than replacing replacement items one at a time.

It includes the installation of a complete set of filters, at which the price can range from 6 to 10 thousand rubles, and sanitizing or replacing connecting fittings and water pipes.

So, what is it? It is a device with the use of nanotechnology for cleaning, heating, cooling and dispensing of running water, providing a drinking regime for many employees of companies or companies, as well as for one family.