Does this filter remove any heavy metals?
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Activated carbon will absorb heavy metals, but their are a lot of factors like Ph and how long the contaminated water is exposed to the carbon. If your talking about trace amounts of heavy metals, it would help, I would not use water known to be contaminated with heavy metals for any thing, except to put out a fire.
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I really don't think it does. If you read the description, it says: *Removes Chlorine, Chloramines, VOCs, and Pesticides/Herbicides. My concern was the chlorine since I use it on my compost - chlorine kills the good bacteris. That said, all the other stuff in city water will probably kill me sooner or later! I hope this was at least somewhat helpful. Also, I mentioned in an earlier post, look at both ends before putting it on the hose, the one that does not have the screen should be tipped up when you remove it from the hose after use because the carbon will run out.
1936463
I don't know. I only used it to remove chlorine. You would have to ask the manufacturer.
80947
It is a purifier but it will not remove heavy metals . I'm not sure about viruses but it will removed bacteria.
1100946
No I don't see any filter at all. I don't think it is made for anything with substance in it.
1644835
Bill,Yes, this system does remove arsenic and many other inorganic matter. The 5 micron sediment filter is pretty much a standard RO filter and works great. To absolutely prove that its removed..idk, but I bought a TDS water quality tester to measure the water quality difference from my normal faucet...it was 240 and went down to 4 after the 7 stage filtration. Hope this helps.
1063438
You will need a water softener and this filter will not remove lead. It has 1 sediment filter and 2 activated carbon filters. See here for more info http://www.thewatersite.com/activated_carbon_water_filters.htm
2058639
Hi H,The filter adaptor in this kit is made out of metal. If there is anything else I can do for you please let me know.Sincerely,Customer Service Team
994790
It doesn't. I recommend a gold mesh filter or at least brown paper ones that don't contain chlorine.
978434
It does remove fluoride when the filter is fresh, but the longer you use the filter, the more metals will pass through. The water where I live is so bad, I only got two weeks from a filter. That costs too much for me, so we now rent a reverse osmosis system.
2189048
I bought this for a friend and don't remember a filter. Sorry I cannot be more informative.
1562855
No, I do not think that this filter will remove any significant amount of minerals dissolved in the water; nor does it "purify" water.
1819926
Filter is a metal screen and is meant to be reusable. Can easily be removed for cleaning. Unit came with an extra filter (unadvertised).
2126513
This filter removes over 90% of all chlorine and chloramine, I have one on my shower at the moment
1317468
Yes it does. I tried carbon filters, ionizers and many others. I tested this with the local health department, and ALL of the fluoride was removed. This is the ideal unit to remove this toxic chemical.
795611
Yes, removes chlorine with just the normal black filters! use it all the time to filter my city tap water to make the perfect "berkey" water! The other two supplemental filters are for fluorine and arsenic.
146600
According to the literature with the filter, it does remove fluoride. I have not had any tests run to counter the claim
1373655
Yes, it is my understanding that this filter is cleanable. I've had it less than 6 months, so haven't had to do it yet.
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Not at all. That's precisely what this kind of filter does. There will be no dust. Just make sure that you change the filter at least once a month.