Articles by Tai Pham
UV Disinfection Systems -
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Tai Pham
Ultraviolet disinfection is a means of killing or rendering harmless microorganisms in a dedicated environment. These microorganisms can range from bacteria and viruses to algae and protozoa. UV disinfection is used in air and water purification, sewage treatment protection of food and beverages, and many...
PURA UV (All in one Whole House Filtration) -
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Tai Pham
Ultraviolet (UV) technology has been used for more than seven decades to eliminate disease-causing microorganisms, primarily in industrial and commercial applications. Today; however, this technology is gaining popularity in the residential sector because it can be applied to almost any water system, It adds no...
Kinetic Degradation Fluxion (KDF) Water Filters -
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Tai Pham
KDF is an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in most shower filters and some drinking water filters. It removes free chlorine from water by reversing the electrochemical process that originally produced the chlorine. Chlorine is created by separating chloride ions from sodium...
Distillation Vs. Reverse Osmosis -
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Tai Pham
The two most commonly recommended types of water by doctors are distilled water and reverse osmosis water. Both types are generally very pure although both can allow the carry over of trace contaminants if boiling points are similar or if molecular size is similar. Unfortunately,...
Best Whole House Water Filter -
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Tai Pham
If you have a whole house water filtration system you can take advantage of the benefits of bottled water by bottling your own! Many companies saw the selling of bottled water as a way to provide so called clean and healthy drinking water. It even...
Water testing before buying filters -
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Tai Pham
The term “ water filter ” can be a bit misleading, because there are drastically different types of equipment for filtering water that share the same name. Pitchers and faucet mounts filter tap water for drinking, while whole-house water filters reduce contaminants like sediment and...
Is city water really that safe -
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Tai Pham
We often take the purity of our tap water for granted — and we shouldn’t. A carefully researched, documented and peer-reviewed study of the drinking water systems of 19 U.S. cities, found that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might...
Chloramines -
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Tai Pham
Chloramine, which consists of a mixture of chlorine and ammonia, is added to the water of many cities as a substitute for free chlorine. It is often referred to in the plural, as “chloramines,” because it can take on a number of forms according to...
Magnetic Water Conditioner -
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Tai Pham
Magnetism is a mysterious phenomenon to most people, and even many of us who have taken a few courses in college physics often don’t feel we really “understand” it. In the 19th century, hucksters and scam artists were taking advantage of the public’s ignorance of...
TDS meters for checking water quality and hardness -
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Tai Pham
TDS stands for Total Dissolved Solids In Water. “Dissolved solids” refer to any minerals, salts, metals, cations or anions dissolved in water. This includes anything present in water other than the pure water (H20) molecule and suspended solids. (Suspended solids are any particles/substances that are...
What is the difference between a WATER CONDITIONER and WATER SOFTENER? -
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Tai Pham
The purpose of this article is to clarify different terms which consumers come across when buying water treatment products. The terms Water Softening and Water Conditioning are used interchangeably in the industry and do cause some confusion. First of all you should know what is...
Best Shower Filter -
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Tai Pham
If you love to spend hours in the shower but are unaware of the disadvantages of not having a shower filter then this article is for you. Showers are both necessary and beneficial. It has been confirmed by the experts that the shower is the...
Home Water Test -
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Tai Pham
One of the most common sources of toxic metals, pollutants, bacteria, and fungi come from home water or well water. Even though foods saturated with artificial chemical food additives are a source of many body pollutants at the root of human disease, one of the...
