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Absorption, Adsorption, and Ion Exchange
In order to remove or reduce contaminants in your water that are dissolved in the water, you need filters that can do adsorption, absorption or ion exchange. These filters come as either throw away cartridge type filters or as a … Continue reading
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Particle Size Filters
What I call particle size filters are filters that have a set ‘pore’ size so that particle matter of a certain size and above cannot penetrate the filter. These filters can be both surface area filters made of a material … Continue reading
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Tortuous Path Filters
Tortuous path filters, or as they are called, sand filters, media filters, or multimedia filters, are filters that are a hollow vessel filled with a media of some sort. Typically this media is a crushed rock, sand, various grades of … Continue reading
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