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Drinking Water Purifiers

Look at What's in Drinking Water

Guarantee Safe Drinking Water

With an AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier, you can be sure your drinking water is as pure, great-tasting, and clear as possible. In fact, no other system is documented to reduce or destroy as wide a range of contaminants as the AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier. But what are these contaminants and where do they come from? This section gives you the answers.

Disinfection By-Products

During disinfection processes at local or regional water treatment facilities, low levels of by-products can form when a disinfectant (typically chlorine or chloramine) reacts with naturally occurring organic matter. These compounds are referred to as disinfection by-products.

  • Some of these compounds are suspected carcinogens, and are an increasing concern to regulatory agencies. Different disinfectant by-products may be reduced with varying degrees of success by activated carbon
  • During testing by NSF International, the AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier met or exceeded required reduction of THMs (trihalomethanes), including chloroform, bromoform, bromodichloromethane, and chlorodibromomethane

Inorganic Contaminants

The AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier effectively removes lead, mercury, and asbestos.

  • Lead is rarely found naturally in water, but can enter into drinking water through lead pipes or from solder which contains lead. Even at low levels, lead poisoning - particularly in children - may cause IQ deficiencies, reading and learning disabilities, impaired hearing, reduced attention spans, hyperactivity, and other behavior problems. Lead can exist in different forms in water, depending on the pH. A water treatment device may be effective at one pH, but not the other. The eSpring Water Purifier was tested at two different pHs to accurately determine lead reduction
  • Mercury gets into water through erosion of natural deposits, discharge from refineries and factories, and runoff from landfills and farms. It may cause kidney damage
  • Asbestos can get into water by eroding from natural deposits, or in runoff from glass and electronics plant wastes. Chronic exposure can cause skin damage, circulatory system problems, and an increased risk of cancer

Pesticides and Pesticide By-Products

Pesticide contamination of groundwater and surface water is an increasing concern, particularly in agricultural areas. Although pesticide contamination of drinking water does not appear to be widespread, surveys have shown contamination does occur. The extent of drinking water contamination and the health effects of consuming low levels of pesticides are not known yet. Tests conducted by NSF International have resulted in the certification of the AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier for the reduction of a number of pesticides and pesticide by-products.


Radionuclides

Radionuclides are radioactive health-effect contaminants. The AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier reduces radon and radon decay products in drinking water. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that has no taste, odour, or colour.

  • Radon is produced by the natural breakdown of uranium and is found in soils and rocks containing uranium, granite, shale, phosphate, and pitchblende
  • Most radon rises out of soil and rock and is harmlessly released into the atmosphere. However, radon can dissolve and accumulate in underground water sources, such as wells
  • Drinking water contaminated with radon may increase our risk of stomach cancer

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

VOCs are a group of organic chemicals that may leach into ground water or are discharged into lakes and streams in wastewater from chemical, plastic, or petroleum plants, landfills, dry cleaners, or petrol storage tanks. They may cause liver problems, anemia, kidney or spleen damage, or an increased risk of cancer.

  • The AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier reduces these VOCs in water: Benzene, Carbon Tetrachloride, p-Dichlorobenzene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1- Trichloroethane, Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride, and xylenes
  • Vinyl chloride is a gas used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a material often used for drinking water pipes. In the mid-1970s it was discovered that vinyl chloride could cause cancer. Prior to that, PVC pipe often contained high levels of residual vinyl chloride, which could contaminate drinking water
  • While PVC pipe manufacturing methods have changed to significantly reduce any vinyl chloride in the plastic, older pipes are still in use, and vinyl chloride contamination of drinking water is still occurring

Particulates

Particulates are tiny solids suspended in water, either visible or invisible dirt, rust, or other materials. They can affect the taste, odour, or clarity of your water.

  • The spaces between the carbon particles in the AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier's compressed carbon block filter are extremely small, and able to filter out particles as small as 0.2 microns (300 percent smaller than a human hair) including asbestos, sediment, dirt, and scale

Microorganisms

Microorganisms is a general term describing thousands of bacteria, protozoans, and viruses that are known to pose health risks to humans, such as e. coli and rotovirus. The AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier has been tested to:

  • Destroy more than 99.9999% of bacteria
  • Destroy more than 99.99% of viruses
  • Reduce more than 99.95% of cysts, including giardia lamblia and cryptosporidium

    *Note: The above contaminants may not be in your drinking water.

Note: The AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier is designed for use with any municipally treated drinking water source or potable well/bore water. It is not intended for use on lake, river, or any other non-approved water sources.


Contaminants - Alphabetical List

Holy Toledo, look at all this stuff in the water ...

The following is an alphabetical list of all the health-effect contaminants the AVIVAPURE™ Water Purifier reduces or effectively removes, as validated by independent third-party laboratories. (These contaminants may not be in your drinking water)


Health-effect Contaminants

Acenaphthene
Acenaphthylene
Alachlor
Aldicarb (Temik)
Aldrin
Anthracene
Asbestos
Atrazine
Benzidine
Benzo(a)anthracene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Benzo(b)fluoranthene+-
Benzo(ghi)perylene
Benzo(k)fluoroanthene
alpha-BHC
beta-BHC
delta-BHC
gamma-BHC (Lindane)
Bis(2-chloroethoxy)methane
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether
Bis(2-chloroisopropyl)ether
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
Bromochloroacetonitrile
4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether
Butyl benzyl phthalate
Carbaryl
Carbofuran
Chloral Hydrate
Chlordane
Chlorobenzene
2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether
4-Chloro-3-methyl phenol
2-Chloronaphthalene
2-Chlorophenol
4-Chlorophenyl phenyl ether
Chloropicrin
Chlorpyrifos
Chrysene
Cryptosporidium
2,4-D
4,4-DDD
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
Dibromoacetonitrile
4,4-Dibromo-1,1-biphenyl
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)
Dichloroacetonitrile
o-Dichlorobenzene
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
3,3-Dichlorobenzidine
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
trans-1,2-Dichloroethyene
2,4-Dichlorophenol
1,2-Dichloropropane
cis-1,3-Dichloropropene
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
1,1-Dichloropropanone
cis-1,3-Dichloropropylene
Dieldrin
Diethyl phthalate
Dimethyl phthalate
2,4-Dimethylphenol
Di-n-butyl phthalate
4,6-Dinitro-2-methyl phenol
2,4-Dinitrophenol
2,4-Dinitrotoluene
2,6-Dinitrotoluene
Di-n-octyl phthalate
Dinoseb
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine
alpha-Endosulfan
beta-Endosulfan
Endosulfan Sulfate
Endrin
Endrin Aldehyde
Ethyl benzene
Ethylene dibromide (EDB)
Fluoranthene
Fluorene
Giardia lamblia
Guthion
Heptachlor
Heptachlor epoxide
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Hexachloroethane
Hydrocarbons (Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel Fuel)
Isophorone
Lead
Malathion
Mercury
Methoxychlor
Microcystin LR
MTBE
Mutagen X (MX or 3-chloro-4-dichloromethyl-5-hydroxy-2[5H]-furanone)
Naphthalene
Nitrobenzene
2-Nitrophenol
4-Nitrophenol
N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine
Parathion
PCB-1016
PCB-1221
PCB-1232
PCB-1242
PCB-1248
PCB-1254
PCB-1260
Pentachlorophenol
Phenanthrene
Phenol
Pyrene
Simazine
Strychnine
Styrene
TCDD (2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin)
TCDF (2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran)

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Chlorodibromomethane
Chloroform
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
Toluene
Toxaphene
2,4,5-TP(Silvex)
Tribromoacetic Acid
Trichloroacetonitrile
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
1,1,1-Trichloropropanone
Turbidity

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

Benzene
Carbon Tetrachloride
p-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Tetrachloroethylene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl chloride
m-xylene
o-xylene
p-xylene