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Ua hoʻohui pū mākou i kahi koho maikaʻi loa, ʻo Cyclopure Purefast, kahi kānana kūlike Brita i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF/ANSI no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka PFAS.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i ke ala maʻalahi loa e loaʻa ai ka wai inu kānana ma ka home, paipai mākou i ka Brita Elite Filter i hui pū ʻia me ka Brita Standard Daily 10-cup pitcher a i ʻole (inā hoʻohana nui kou ʻohana i ka wai) ka Brita 27-cup pitcher. Mea hoʻolako wai Ultramax. Akā ma mua o kou koho ʻana i kekahi o lākou, e ʻike ma hope o kahi kokoke i ʻumi makahiki o ka noiʻi ʻana i ka kānana wai home, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ʻo nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi a i ʻole ma lalo o ka faucet ke koho maikaʻi loa. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ko lākou ola, hāʻawi wikiwiki i ka wai maʻemaʻe, hoʻemi i nā mea haumia, ʻaʻole hiki ke paʻa, a he mau minuke wale nō e hoʻokomo ai.
Loaʻa i kēia kumu hoʻohālike ma mua o 30 mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF—ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe i loko o kāna papa—a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e mau i ʻeono mahina ma waena o nā pani. Akā, e like me nā kānana āpau, hiki ke paʻa.
ʻO ka ipu hao Brita kaulana e wehewehe nui ana i ka māhele ipu hao kānana a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona Brita ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa i ka mea hoʻopuka wai Brita ka wai i lawa no ka lā no kahi ʻohana nui, a ua maʻalahi hoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana o kona piula wai pale leaka no nā keiki.
Ua hoʻāʻo pono ʻia ka LifeStraw Home Water Dispenser e wehe i nā ʻumi o nā mea haumia, me ke kēpau, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hiki ʻole o kāna kānana ke paʻa ma mua o nā dispenser ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka mea kānana Dexsorb e like me nā kūlana NSF/ANSI a hopu pono i nā ʻano kemika paʻa (PFAS), me PFOA a me PFOS.
Loaʻa i kēia kumu hoʻohālike ma mua o 30 mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF—ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe i loko o kāna papa—a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e mau i ʻeono mahina ma waena o nā pani. Akā, e like me nā kānana āpau, hiki ke paʻa.
ʻO ke kānana Brita kūpono loa ʻo ia ka kānana Brita Elite. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ANSI/NSF a kānana i nā mea haumia he nui ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai me ka umekaumaha; ʻo kēia mau mea me ke kēpau, mercury, cadmium, PFOA a me PFOS, a me nā ʻano hui ʻoihana like ʻole e loaʻa nui nei i ka wai paipa. Aia nā "mea haumia hou". He 120 galani kona ola a ʻeono mahina paha, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻekolu manawa o ke ola i helu ʻia o ka hapa nui o nā kānana ʻē aʻe. I ka wā lōʻihi, hiki i kēia ke hoʻolilo i ke kānana Elite i mea emi ke kumu kūʻai ma mua o ke kānana ʻelua mahina maʻamau. Eia nō naʻe, ma mua o ka hala ʻana o ʻeono mahina, hiki i ka sediment i loko o ka wai ke pani iā ​​ia. Inā ʻike ʻoe ua maʻemaʻe kāu wai paipa akā makemake ʻoe e ʻono maikaʻi, ʻoiai inā he ʻala ia e like me ka chlorine, ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o ke kānana wai Brita maʻamau a me ka mea hoʻokaʻawale wai a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pani ʻana, akā ʻaʻole ia he kēpau a i ʻole kekahi hui ʻoihana.
ʻO ka ipu hao Brita kaulana e wehewehe nui ana i ka māhele ipu hao kānana a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona Brita ʻē aʻe.
Ma waena o nā ʻōmole wai Brita he nui, ʻo kā mākou punahele ka Brita Standard Everyday Water Bottle 10 Cup. ʻO ke ʻano ʻaʻohe nooks-and-cracks e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma mua o nā ipu Brita ʻē aʻe, a ʻo ka uhi lima hoʻokahi e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana. ʻOi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o kona lima ʻano C piʻo ma mua o ka lima ʻano D angular i loaʻa ma ka hapa nui o nā ʻōmole Brita.
Loaʻa i ka mea hoʻopuka wai Brita ka wai i lawa no ka lā no kahi ʻohana nui, a ua maʻalahi hoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana o kona piula wai pale leaka no nā keiki.
Hiki i ka mea hoʻokahe wai Brita Ultramax ke paʻa i kahi o 27 mau kīʻaha wai (18 mau kīʻaha i loko o ka waihona kānana a me 9 a 10 mau kīʻaha ʻē aʻe i loko o ka waihona luna). Mālama kona hoʻolālā lahilahi i kahi i loko o ka pahu hau, a pani koke ka piula wai ma hope o ka ninini ʻana e pale aku i ke kahe ʻana. He ala kūpono kēia e loaʻa mau ai ka wai anuanu i kānana ʻia.
Ua hoʻāʻo pono ʻia ka LifeStraw Home Water Dispenser e wehe i nā ʻumi o nā mea haumia, me ke kēpau, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hiki ʻole o kāna kānana ke paʻa ma mua o nā dispenser ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai.
Ua holo mākou i 2.5 galani o ka wai i haumia nui ʻia e ka popo ma o kahi mea hoʻokahe wai home LifeStraw, a ʻoiai ua lohi iki ka wai i ka hopena, ʻaʻole i pau ka kānana. No ka poʻe i ʻike i nā paʻa i nā kānana wai ʻē aʻe (me kā mākou koho kiʻekiʻe ʻo Brita Elite) a i ʻole e ʻimi nei i kahi hopena no ka wai piula wai popo a lepo paha, ʻo kēia kānana kā mākou koho maopopo. Loaʻa iā LifeStraw ʻehā mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF (chlorine, ʻono a me ke ʻala, kēpau a me ka mercury) a ua hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa ʻia e kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua i hōʻoia ʻia e hoʻokō i nā kūlana decontamination ANSI/NSF hou aʻe.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka mea kānana Dexsorb e like me nā kūlana NSF/ANSI a hopu pono i nā ʻano kemika paʻa (PFAS), me PFOA a me PFOS.
Hoʻohana nā kānana Cyclopure Purefast i ka mea Dexsorb like i hoʻohana ʻia ma kekahi mau hale hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai ʻino e wehe mau i nā kemika (PFAS) mai nā lako wai lehulehu. Kūpono ia i kā mākou mau ipu Brita a me nā dispenser i ʻōlelo ʻia. Ua helu ʻia ma 65 galani a kānana koke i kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo a ʻaʻole lohi nui i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ʻoiai e like me kekahi kānana umekaumaha, inā he nui ka sediment i loko o ka wai hiki ke paʻa. Loaʻa pū ka kānana me kahi pūʻolo i uku mua ʻia; e hoʻouna i ke kānana i hoʻohana ʻia iā Cyclopure a na ka hui e hana iā ia e luku i kekahi PFAS i hopu ʻia i ʻole hiki ke komo hou i ke kaiapuni. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻo Brita iho i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kānana ʻaoʻao ʻekolu, akā no ka mea ua hōʻoia ʻia nā kānana Purefast a me nā mea Dexsorb e NSF/ANSI e hōʻemi i ka PFAS, hilinaʻi mākou i ka paipai ʻana iā lākou. E hoʻomaopopo he hopu wale ia i ka PFAS a me ka chlorine. Inā ʻoe e hopohopo nei no nā mea ʻē aʻe, e noʻonoʻo i ka Brita Elite;
Ua hoʻāʻo au i nā kānana wai Wirecutter mai ka makahiki 2016. Ma kaʻu hōʻike, ua kamaʻilio lōʻihi au me NSF a me ka Water Quality Institute, nā hui hōʻoia kānana nui ʻelua ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e hoʻomaopopo pehea e hana ʻia ai kā lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana. Ua ninaninau au i nā ʻelele mai nā mea hana kānana wai he nui e hoʻopaʻapaʻa i kā lākou mau koi. Ua hoʻohana au i kekahi mau kānana a me nā pitchers i nā makahiki i hala iho nei no ka mea he mea nui loa ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi, ka maʻalahi a me ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana, a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana no kahi mea āu e hoʻohana ai i nā manawa he nui i ka lā.
Ua noiʻi a kākau ʻo John Holecek, he ʻepekema NOAA mua, i kahi mana mua o kēia alakaʻi, ua hana i kāna hoʻāʻo ponoʻī, a ua kauoha i nā hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa hou aʻe.
ʻO kēia alakaʻi no ka poʻe e makemake ana i kahi kānana wai ʻano pitcher e hoʻopiha i kā lākou wai paipa a mālama i loko o kā lākou pahu hau.
ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi o kahi kānana pitcher, ʻo ia ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana. ʻO kāu wale nō e hana ai, ʻo ia ke hoʻopiha iā lākou mai ka piula wai a kali i ka hana ʻana o ke kānana. He mea kūʻai haʻahaʻa hoʻi ke kūʻai ʻana, me nā kānana pani (e pono pinepine ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻelua mahina) ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai ma mua o $15.
He nui ko lākou mau hemahema. Hiki iā lākou ke wehe pono i kahi liʻiliʻi o nā mea haumia ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi a i ʻole ma lalo o ka paipa no ka mea hilinaʻi lākou i ka umekaumaha ma mua o ke kaomi wai, e koi ana i kahi kānana emi ka mānoanoa.
ʻO ke hilinaʻi ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o ke ʻano hoʻi he lohi nā kānana ipu: hiki i ka hoʻopiha hoʻokahi ʻana o ka wai mai ka waihona wai luna ke hala i 5 a 15 mau minuke e hele ai ma o ke kānana, a pinepine pinepine i kekahi mau hoʻopiha hou ʻana e loaʻa ai kahi ipu piha o ka wai maʻemaʻe.
Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia nā kānana jug ma muli o ka lepo i loko o ka wai paipa a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​hue ea liʻiliʻi mai nā aerators faucet.
No kēia mau kumu, paipai mākou e hoʻokomo i kahi kānana ma lalo o ka poho holoi a i ʻole ma ka faucet inā pono ke kūlana.
Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻoponopono ʻia nā lako wai lehulehu e ka Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ma lalo o ke Kānāwai Wai Inu Palekana, a pono e hoʻokō ka wai e puka ana mai nā hale hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai lehulehu i nā kūlana maikaʻi koʻikoʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia nā mea haumia āpau.
Eia kekahi, hiki i nā mea haumia ke komo ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka wai i ka hale hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma o nā paipu liki a i ʻole (i ke ʻano o ke kēpau) ma o ka leaching i loko o nā paipu ponoʻī. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka wai i hana ʻia a i ʻole ka nānā ʻole ʻia ma ka hale hana hiki ke hoʻonui i ka leaching ma nā paipu ma lalo, e like me ka mea i hana ʻia ma Flint, Michigan.
No ka ʻike pono ʻana i ka mea i loko o ka wai o kāu mea hoʻolako, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi ma ka pūnaewele no ka Hōʻike Hilinaʻi Mea kūʻai aku (CCR) i ʻāpono ʻia e ka EPA a kāu mea hoʻolako kūloko. A i ʻole, pono nā mea hoʻolako wai lehulehu āpau e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kā lākou CCR ma ke noi ʻana.
Akā ma muli o ka hiki ke haumia ma ke kahawai, ʻo ke ala wale nō e hoʻoholo ai i ka mea i loko o ka wai o kou home, ʻo ia ke hoʻāʻo. Hiki i kāu keʻena hoʻokolohua maikaʻi wai kūloko ke hana i kēia, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kahi pahu hoʻāʻo home. Ua nānā mākou i 11 o lākou i loko o kā mākou alakaʻi a ua pīhoihoi mākou i ka SimpleLab's Tap Score, he maʻalahi ke hoʻohana a hāʻawi i kahi hōʻike kikoʻī a kākau maopopo ʻia o nā mea haumia i loko o kāu wai paipa.
Hāʻawi ka hoʻāʻo wai kūlanakauhale ʻo SimpleLab Tap Score holomua i kahi loiloi piha o kāu wai inu a hāʻawi i nā hopena maʻalahi e heluhelu.
I mea e hōʻoia ai mākou e paipai wale aku mākou i nā kānana hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi, ua koi mākou no ka manawa lōʻihi e hoʻokō kā mākou mau koho i ke kūlana gula: ka palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF. ʻO ka American National Standards Institute (ANSI) a me ka National Science Foundation (NSF) he mau hui pilikino, waiwai ʻole e hana pū ana me ka Environmental Protection Agency, nā mea hana a me nā loea ʻē aʻe e hoʻomohala i nā kūlana maikaʻi koʻikoʻi a hoʻāʻo i nā tausani o nā huahana, me nā protocol wai. kānana.
Ma hope wale nō o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hāpana "hoʻāʻo", kahi i ʻoi aku ka haumia ma mua o ka hapa nui o ka wai paipa, ua hiki i nā kānana ke hoʻokō i nā kūlana hōʻoia, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ko lākou ola i manaʻo ʻia.
ʻO nā keʻena hoʻokolohua hōʻoia kānana wai nui ʻelua ʻo NSF ponoʻī a me ka Water Quality Association (WQA). Ua ʻae piha ʻia nā mea ʻelua e ANSI a me ka Canadian Standards Council ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a hiki ke hana i ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia ANSI/NSF.
Akā ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa kūloko, ke ʻae nei mākou i ka ʻōlelo palupalu o "hoʻāʻo ʻia e nā kūlana ANSI/NSF" ma mua o ka hōʻoia kūhelu, e pili ana i kekahi mau kūlana koʻikoʻi: ʻO ka mea mua, hana ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole e kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa. Mea hana kānana; ʻo ka lua, ua ʻae ʻia ka keʻena hoʻokolohua ponoʻī e ANSI a i ʻole nā ​​​​hui aupuni ʻē aʻe a i ʻole nā ​​​​hui aupuni ʻole e hana i ka hoʻāʻo koʻikoʻi e like me nā kūlana i hoʻokumu ʻia; ʻo ke kolu, hōʻike ka mea hana i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka keʻena hoʻokolohua, kāna mau hopena a me nā ʻano hana; Loaʻa i ka mea hana ka ʻike nui i ka hana ʻana i nā kānana i hōʻoia ʻia he palekana, hilinaʻi a wehewehe pono ʻia.
Ua hoʻohaiki hou mākou i lalo i nā kānana i hōʻoia ʻia a i ʻole like me ʻelua o nā kūlana nui ANSI/NSF (Standard 42 a me Standard 53) (e uhi ana i ka chlorine a me nā mea haumia "aesthetic" ʻē aʻe a me nā metala kaumaha e like me ke kēpau, kēlā me kēia) a me nā pesticides. a me nā hui organik ʻē aʻe). Uhi ka maʻamau 401 hou i nā "mea haumia e kū mai ana," e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, e loaʻa nui ana i ka wai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo ia ke kumu e nānā nui ai mākou i nā kānana.
Ua hoʻomaka mākou e ʻimi i nā ipu hao kaulana me ka nui o nā kīʻaha he 10 a 11 a me nā mea hoʻokaʻawale wai nui aʻe, he mea pono loa ia no nā ʻohana me ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai. (Hāʻawi pū ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana i nā ipu hao liʻiliʻi no ka poʻe ʻaʻole pono i kahi kumu hoʻohālike nui.)
A laila ua hoʻohālikelike mākou i nā kikoʻī hoʻolālā (me ke ʻano o ka lima a me ka ʻoluʻolu), ka maʻalahi o ke kau ʻana a me ke hoʻololi ʻana i ke kānana, ka wahi e lawe ai ka ipu a me ka mea hoʻopuka i loko o ka pahu hau, a me ka lakio o ka nui o ka pahu hoʻopiha luna i ka pahu "kānana" lalo. (ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lakio, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, no ka mea, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka wai kānana hou aʻe i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e hoʻohana ai i ka piula wai.)
Ua hana mākou i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua ma kekahi mau kānana i ka makahiki 2016, e hoʻohālikelike ana i kā mākou mau hopena i nā palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF a me nā koi a ka mea hana. Ma kāna keʻena hoʻokolohua, ua ana ʻo John Holecek i ka wikiwiki o ka wehe ʻana o kēlā me kēia kānana i ka chlorine. No kā mākou mau koho mua ʻelua, ua ʻaelike mākou no ka hoʻāʻo wehe kēpau kūʻokoʻa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hopena haumia kēpau ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā mea e koi ai ʻo NSF i kāna ʻaelike hōʻoia.
ʻO kā mākou mea nui e lawe mai ana mai kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, ʻo ia ka hōʻoia ANSI/NSF a i ʻole ka hōʻoia like he hōʻailona hilinaʻi ia o ka hana kānana. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kupanaha no ka ʻano paʻa o nā kūlana hōʻoia. Mai ia manawa, ua hilinaʻi mākou i ka hōʻoia ANSI/NSF a i ʻole ka hōʻoia like e hoʻoholo ai i ka hana o kahi kānana i hāʻawi ʻia.
Ke kālele nei kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana ma hope aku i ka hoʻohana maoli ʻana o ka honua maoli, a me nā hiʻohiʻona pono a me nā hemahema e ʻike wale ʻia ke hoʻomaka ʻoe e hoʻohana i nā huahana i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa.
Loaʻa i kēia kumu hoʻohālike ma mua o 30 mau palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF—ʻoi aku ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe i loko o kāna papa—a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e mau i ʻeono mahina ma waena o nā pani. Akā, e like me nā kānana āpau, hiki ke paʻa.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia nā kānana Brita Elite (ʻo Longlast+ ma mua) e ANSI/NSF e ʻike i nā mea haumia he 30 a ʻoi aku (PDF), me ke kēpau, ka mercury, nā microplastics, asbestos, a me ʻelua PFAS maʻamau: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) a me ka perfluorinated octane sulfonic acid (PFOS). ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai ia i kānana pitcher i hōʻoia ʻia loa a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai, a ʻo ia kekahi a mākou e paipai nei no ka poʻe e makemake ana i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia e wehe i nā ʻili maʻamau ʻē aʻe he nui. ʻO kēia mau mea me ka chlorine (kahi i hoʻohui ʻia i ka wai e hōʻemi i ka bacteria a me nā pathogens ʻē aʻe a ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka wai paipa ʻono ʻole); carbon tetrachloride, kahi hui organik volatile e hōʻino ana i ke akepaʻa a ke loaʻa nui nei i nā lako wai; Ua ʻike ʻia nā "hui hou", me ka bisphenol A (BPA), DEET (kahi mea pale pepeke maʻamau) a me ka estrone (kahi ʻano synthetic o ka estrogen).
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānana pitcher he pōʻaiapuni hoʻololi o kēlā me kēia 40 galani a i ʻole ʻelua mahina, ʻo ka Elite he pōʻaiapuni hoʻololi o 120 galani a i ʻole ʻeono mahina. Ma ke kumumanaʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ʻelua mau kānana Elite i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o ʻeono, e hana ana i ka emi ʻana o ka ʻōpala a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hoʻopiha hou ma kahi o 50%.
No kahi kānana pitcher, hana wikiwiki ia. I kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo ʻana, ua lawe wale ʻia ka kānana Elite hou i ʻelima a ʻehiku mau minuke e hoʻopiha ai. ʻO nā kānana like ka nui a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai he lōʻihi ka manawa—ʻo ka maʻamau he 10 mau minuke a ʻoi aku paha.
Akā, aia kekahi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. E like me nā kānana pitcher āpau, hiki i ka Elite ke paʻa maʻalahi, hiki ke hoʻolohi i kona helu kānana a pale paha iā ia mai ke kānana piha ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻololi pinepine iā ia. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka nui o nā mea nona e pili ana i kēia pilikia, a i kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, ua hoʻomaka ka Elite e kū ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i kona mana 120-galani. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia i ʻike ʻia me ka sediment i loko o kāu wai piula (pinepine he hōʻailona o nā paipu ʻōpala), e like paha kāu ʻike.
A ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e pono i ka palekana āpau o ka poʻe elite. Inā ʻike ʻoe he maikaʻi ke ʻano o kāu wai paipa (hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia kēia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea hoʻāʻo home), paipai mākou e hoʻohana i ka ipuhao kumu a me ke kānana o ka Brita Standard dispenser wai. ʻElima wale nō palapala hōʻoia ANSI/NSF (PDF), me ka chlorine (akā ʻaʻole ke kēpau, nā mea ola, a i ʻole nā ​​mea haumia hou), kahi mamao loa mai ka pae o ka palapala hōʻoia a ka Elite. Akā, he kānana emi ke kumukūʻai, emi ka paʻa ʻana e hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono o kāu wai.