hype up ... water is jus another commodities tat being badly twisted.. water processor always hype their water .. saying this and tat.. at the end of the day is jus H2o.. y so fuzz.. i not saying tap water is clean.. but i believe water should not be a commodities.. y a swiss tap water is sold at rm6.5 per litre when normal drinking water is rm1? why the blue gold tat v drink is more expensive than tat of black gold-->fuel .. is jus a hype up thing.. water is safe to drink if v hav a proper active carbon filter , uv filter and some boiling... done.. RO water .. alkaline water .. mineral water, mountain water .. spring water .. all jus hype up water to push the value of this blue gold sky high..

This post has been edited by xavi5567: Mar 24 2009, 12:35 PM

great comment by alanyuppie, wat he said is very true....water and any thing which is able to make money has been exploited to make people believe they need it and thus buy it..now bac to this carbon filter and activate carbon thing... don u noe wat does activated carbon actually do.. it not jus act as filter it absorb the other metal and chemical.. the activated carbon is very reactive hence it will bind to virtually anything.. and the surface with come in contact for a small 1cmx1cmx1cm is equal to 2 football field.. go c how big is ur carbon filter.. but if u buy those ciplak carbon filter then i m spechless la.. so ur those small particle will still bind to the activate carbon.. then for those germs, normal UV light is already suffiecient to kill 90 of it.. hence jus left to normal boiling to further ensure urself it it safe..

This post has been edited by xavi5567: Mar 24 2009, 08:00 PM

the RO machine outside the shoplot is jus a money making machine.. rm0.3 per litre.... i doubt it is ever RO.. taste more like plain tap water which smell and taste a bit weird..

well i dont hav ur fancy TDS water testing system to test whether my water is RO or tap water.. but that is wat i c.. most of the time .. i jus those supplier come to take the coin.. i dont c they ever change the filter or membrane.. plus i never even c any membrane sytem in it.. ya i saw the inside of those RO water dispenser outside shoplot.. it hav 1 uv light 3 carbon filter and 1 big about 50 litre tank and the cooling system for cold water and coin system.. tat all.. each time they come they only take the coin.. they come once every 3 week.. and the machine is always used by people.. so i would roughly estimated bout 20+ people a day take at least 5 litre of water out of it.. so tell me how much it can be used b4 anything need to be changed?

got selled drinking distilled water de meh? i thought those r RO water.. to me the taste is the same but mineral water smell diff. regarding bacteria growth.. the water filteration system always employ alluminium in its(purest form) as storage and reflector to the UV light.. ya i agree that as time past the carbon filter will become breeding ground for other organism.. but tat up to us to change it and reactivated it to be reuse again..

i am not sure but tat wat i learn from a documentary bout water" for the flow of water" in india they jus use a aluminium tank and a aluminium cover to cover its water under the cover they employ UV light to kill the germs. but before the water enter the storage it passed by a series of carbon filter..it is the cheapest way to produce clean water in india.. only 2 US DOLLAR perperson a year

told u so.. tat at ur house there.. try go to those busy area and check.. inside all i c is jus 3 big filter and another 3 small filter.. and a uv lamp.. tat all. ur is 003 seem good enough.. but my area here i doubt is tat low.. and regarding the degradation of polymer by uv light.. well if the distributor uses normal plastic then i m speechless.. there is a special PET polymer which able to resist UV degradation.. polymer is addable.. so it depend the uses.. u need UV protection u jus add in UV guard substance into ur polymer--> uv resistant polymer.. hope it answer the question

sure the reading will went up.. in our breath alone there is more than jus carbon dioxide..N,H,O,Cetc sure will shoot up the reading..