Does the filter remove sodium or salt from water? Desalination?
261089
I can't find anything in the description that says it does, so my guess would be no.
261090
I have not used it with salt water, but I was on a mission trip and had to drink water from a dirty well. It did filter the sand from the water. Not sure if this helps, but I do love this water bottle and plan to buy more.
2090188
Just salt. The filter and hoses are included. I love this system. Add 2 bags of salt and then add gradually. I put in 3 bags for the same size pool and the salt was high. The only way to fix that is to drain 20% of the water and refill. Did that and now it is working beautifully. So easy!!!!!
536652
Anything not soluble in water will filter out but NaCl is soluble and reduces to its separate ions in water. Any soluble chemicals or ions will be present in the water that comes through the straws. Anything insoluble in water (solids that cause the water to be cloudy) will be filtered.
1273624
Yea it does, the built in filter removes a lot of sediment and chlorine smell and taste.
1041621
No it is not designed for removing salt from sea water. That is a different style and much more expensive.
2284142
Yes, you need a filter system (either sand or the paper cartridge type)...the pump pushes the water through the filter. I have the saltwater with the sand pump...I LOVE IT...
2224398
Yes it does. I have now been using this for a few months and have found it to work perfectly. No more bad smells or taste in my water. (filters can be purchased for about $10 each)
1493917
This was for my husband but I dont think it uses filters. The sand is the filter. You "back wash" it once in a while and sand is clean. Never change it.
967724
Yes, the RO process removes up to 98% of everything and the DI filter removes all ions left after the RO process. Giving you distilled quality water for use in lab or aquarium use. afwfilters
1168223
It has a sand filter that is designed for fresh water. It could be converted to salt bath at would require additional expense
745424
You can get a filter that is specifically set up for salt and not chlorine like the standard option. I personally have the standard chlorine option, but supposedly the salt water system saves money in chemicals and does not burn the eyes like chlorine can.
1651513
unfortunately no. It just removes other sediment, which we get quite a lot from broken pipes In our city. After the water goes through these house filters then our drinking water goes through a reverse osmosis system and that runs to a spigot in the kitchen and ice maker. The reverse osmosis removes the horrible chlorine taste the house filters do not.
888649
It does not say minerals are removed, either on their website or in the user sheet which came with the filter. But it works just fine for drinking water. Minerals must usually be removed by steam distillation. I'd stick with distilled water for the humidifier until you are sure. You may contact Culligan for more information 1-800-721-9243 Mon-Fri. 8:00 AM-4:30 PM CST
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To desalinate water, you need a still or a reverse osmosis system, both of which take a lot of energy. The problem with filtering salt, which is dissolved in water (as opposed to being suspended in water like bacteria), is that the holes in your filter must be smaller than the tiny salt molecules (not much bigger than atoms). So a salt filter is not a mesh, it's a membrane and it takes a substantial pressure and energy to push water through those atom sized holes.
178882
The filters are designed to remove particulate matter and bacteria.They are not designed to desalinize water.
1112887
My pool builder installed this for my salt water pool. We haven't had any issues and there isn't any indication that it is filtering out the salt. From the manufacturers FAQ "Nature2 can be used with every type of chemical treatment program available except biguanide products and copper-based algaecides."
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Yes, it filters chlorine plus a lot of other bad things. If you want the floride to be removed, you need to buy additional filters.