Arsenic Filters
What is Arsenic?
Arsenic, a chemical element which is naturally present within Earth’s outermost layers beside other minerals like metals and sulfur. It is a metalloid with various allotropes. Grey, yellow, and black are the most prevalent. Arsenic's purest form is a breakable, semi-metallic solid having a dynamic grey color.
According to Los Alamos National Laboratory, Arsenic is taken from a Persian word “zarnikh,” which means "yellow orpiment", which is called, "arsenikon" in Greek.
Arsenic can get into the water
Arsenic can get into your water through an outflow in the farm fields or industrial runoff. Your water supply is potentially at risk for arsenic contamination if you live close to large farms and factories.
This element tend to collect in water supplies surrounded by solid rocks. Maine, New Hampshire, and Michigan are said to have heavy concentration of arsenic ground. Also, the Southwest aquifers are prone to arsenic contamination due to the area’s ecological status.
Arsenic is odorless and tasteless. Thus, you can't tell arsenic presence in your water just by simply drinking it.
We highly recommend to test your water supply especially when you obtain it from a private well. The Groundwater Foundation recommends an annual water test at minimum. If your home lies in an area with reported high arsenic concentration, we suggests to regularly test your water supply for quality check.
If you think your drinking water is possibly contaminated with arsenic, there's several testing options to employ. Tap the health authorities near you for water test request. In case the free water test service is not available in your area, you may contact us for16-Point Rapid Water Test. It is a inexpensive water test to determine arsenic contamination on your drinking water.
Arsenic Water Filters
Five-Stage Reverse Osmosis System – A Reverse Osmosis water systems can purify drinking water by filtering out harmful substances. This five-stage reverse osmosis system can help minimize contaminants such dissolved solids, lead, fluoride, etc.
Iron & Manganese System – If water contains elevated iron-to-arsenic ratio, EPA recommends iron mitigating systems which addresses iron and manganese alongside conducting other water treatments.
