TDS. RO. GPD. NSF 53. Inā ua manaʻo ʻoe e pono ana ʻoe i ke kēkelē ʻepekema no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao huahana o kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai, ʻaʻole ʻoe hoʻokahi. Hoʻokani pinepine nā mea kūʻai aku me he mea lā e ʻōlelo ana lākou ma ke code, e paʻakikī ai ke ʻike i ka mea āu e kūʻai maoli nei. E wehewehe kākou i nā huaʻōlelo koʻikoʻi i hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai me ka hilinaʻi.

ʻO ka mea mua, no ke aha he mea nui kēia?

ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole ia e pili ana i ka lilo ʻana i loea ʻenehana. E pili ana i ka ʻoki ʻana i ka noe kūʻai aku e nīnau i hoʻokahi nīnau maʻalahi: "E hoʻoponopono anei kēia mīkini i nā pilikia kikoʻī memywai?” ʻO kēia mau huaʻōlelo nā mea hana e loaʻa ai kāu pane.

Māhele 1: Nā Acronyms (Nā ʻenehana koʻikoʻi)

• RO (Reverse Osmosis): ʻO kēia ka mea hāpai kaumaha. E noʻonoʻo i kahi membrane RO e like me kahi kānana lahilahi loa e paʻi ʻia ai ka wai ma lalo o ke kaomi. Hoʻopau ia i nā mea haumia āpau, me nā paʻakai i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, nā metala kaumaha (e like me ke kēpau), nā virus, a me nā bacteria. ʻO ke kūkaʻi ʻana, hoʻopau pū ia i nā minelala pono a hoʻonele i kekahi wai i ke kaʻina hana.
• UF (Ultrafiltration): He hoahānau palupalu i ka RO. He nui nā pores o ka membrane UF. He mea maikaʻi ia no ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻāpana, ka ʻōpala, ka bacteria, a me nā cysts, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke wehe i nā paʻakai i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a i ʻole nā ​​​​metala kaumaha. He kūpono ia no ka wai i mālama ʻia e ke kūlanakauhale kahi ʻo ka pahuhopu nui ka ʻono maikaʻi a me ka palekana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻonele ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana RO.
• UV (Ultraviolet): ʻAʻole kēia he kānana; he mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ia. Hoʻopau ka mālamalama UV i nā microorganism e like me nā bacteria a me nā virus, e luku ana i kā lākou DNA i ʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana hou. ʻAʻohe ona hopena i nā kemika, nā metala, a i ʻole ka ʻono. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia.i ka hui pū ʻaname nā kānana ʻē aʻe no ka sterilization hope loa.
• TDS (Total Dissolved Solids): He ana kēia, ʻaʻole he ʻenehana. Ana nā mika TDS i ka nui o nā mea inorganic a me nā mea organik i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o kou wai—ʻo ka hapa nui o nā minelala a me nā paʻakai (calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium). ʻO ka TDS kiʻekiʻe (e ʻōlelo, ma luna o 500 ppm) pinepine ia he pono ʻoe i kahi ʻōnaehana RO e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono a hoʻemi i ka unahi. ʻIke Koʻikoʻi: ʻO ka heluhelu TDS haʻahaʻa ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo palekana ka wai—hiki nō ke loaʻa nā bacteria a i ʻole nā ​​​​kemika.
• GPD (Galani i kēlā me kēia lā): ʻO kēia ka helu o ka hiki ke hoʻopiha. Hōʻike ia iā ʻoe i ka nui o nā galani o ka wai i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e hiki i ka ʻōnaehana ke hana i loko o 24 mau hola. Maikaʻi kahi ʻōnaehana 50 GPD no kahi pālua, akā makemake paha kahi ʻohana o ʻehā i 75-100 GPD i ʻole e kali no ka hoʻopiha hou ʻana o ka pahu.

Māhele 2: Nā Palapala Hōʻoia (Nā Sila Hilinaʻi)

Penei ʻoe e hōʻoia ai i nā koi a kahi ʻoihana. Mai lawe wale i kā lākou ʻōlelo no ia.

• Nā Kūlana NSF/ANSI: ʻO kēia ke kūlana gula. ʻO ka palapala hōʻoia NSF kūʻokoʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua hoʻāʻo kino ʻia ka huahana a ua hōʻoia ʻia e hōʻemi i nā mea haumia kikoʻī.
  • NSF/ANSI 42: Hōʻoia i kahi kānana e hōʻemi ana i ka chlorine, ka ʻono, a me ke ʻala (nā ʻano nani).
  • NSF/ANSI 53: Hōʻoia i kahi kānana e hōʻemi i nā mea haumia olakino e like me ke kēpau, mercury, cysts, a me nā VOC.
  • NSF/ANSI 58: ʻO ke kūlana kūikawā no nā ʻōnaehana Osmosis Hoʻohuli.
• Sila Gula WQA: ʻO ka palapala hōʻoia a ka Water Quality Association kekahi hōʻailona kaulana ʻē aʻe, e like me NSF.
• He aha e hana ai: I ke kūʻai ʻana, e nānā i ka logo a me ka helu hōʻoia pololei ma ka huahana a i ʻole ka pūnaewele. ʻO kahi ʻōlelo maopopo ʻole e like me "kū i nā kūlana NSF" ʻaʻole like ia me ka hōʻoia kūhelu ʻia.

Māhele 3: Nā Huaʻōlelo Maʻamau (Akā Huikau)

• Wai Alkaline/Mineral: Hoʻohui kekahi mau kānana i nā minelala i loko o ka wai RO a hoʻohana paha i nā keramika kūikawā e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka pH (e hoʻemi ana i ka waikawa). Ke kūkākūkā ʻia nei nā pono olakino i ʻōlelo ʻia, akā makemake ka poʻe he nui i ka ʻono.
• ZeroWater®: He inoa hōʻailona kēia no nā ipu hao e hoʻohana ana i kahi kānana 5-kahua me kahi resin ion-exchange, kahi mea maikaʻi loa i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka TDS no ka wai ʻono maʻemaʻe loa. ʻOi aku ka pinepine o ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā lākou mau kānana ma nā wahi wai paʻakikī.
• Kānana Pae (e laʻa, 5-Pae): ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pae he nui. Hōʻike lākou i nā ʻāpana kānana kaʻawale. ʻO kahi ʻōnaehana RO 5-pae maʻamau paha: 1) Kānana Sediment, 2) Kānana Carbon, 3) Membrane RO, 4) Kānana post-Carbon, 5) Kānana Alkaline. E hoʻomaopopo i ka hana a kēlā me kēia pae.

ʻO kāu pepa hoʻopunipuni Jargon-Busting no ke kūʻai ʻana

1. E hoʻāʻo mua. E kiʻi i kahi mika TDS maʻalahi a i ʻole kahi kaula hoʻāʻo. TDS/mineral kiʻekiʻe? He moho RO paha ʻoe. Makemake wale i ka ʻono/ʻala maikaʻi? Hiki i kahi kānana kalapona (NSF 42) ke lawa.
2. E hoʻohālikelike i ka palapala hōʻoia i ka pilikia. Hopohopo e pili ana i ke kēpau a i ʻole nā ​​​​kemika? E nānā wale i nā hiʻohiʻona me NSF/ANSI 53 a i ʻole 58. Mai uku no kahi ʻōnaehana i hōʻoia ʻia e ke olakino inā pono ʻoe e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻono.
3. E hoʻowahāwahā i nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi maopopo ʻole. E nānā ma mua o ka "detoxifies" a i ʻole "energy." E kālele i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā mea haumia kikoʻī a hōʻoia ʻia.
4. E hana i ka Makemakika Mana. Hoʻopuka kahi ʻōnaehana 50 GPD ma kahi o 0.035 galani i kēlā me kēia minuke. Inā ʻoi aku ma mua o 45 kekona ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kahi ʻōmole 1-lita, ʻo ia kou ʻoiaʻiʻo. E koho i kahi GPD e kūpono i kou ahonui.