WHOLLY WATER ® The Ultimate Drinking Water Appliance *Patented Multi-Media Construction... 5 Filter Beds with 6 Different Filter Media in Our Specially Designed and Engineered Pressure Vessel. Here is a description of the media in the layers from the top down. The first Filter Bed Granules have irregular surface characteristics affording maximum removal of suspended matter throughout the filter bed. It is very lightweight, which makes it backwash clean very easily, removing suspended solids down to the 20-micron range; it has a very high dirt-removal capacity. This keeps all the following filter beds clean and free of these solids, thus improving their performance. The second Filter Bed A Natural Choice... A naturally mined mineral,which has been used in water treatment for more than 80 years. This media works on the principle of catalyst reaction, but itself remains relatively unchanged; this makes it last almost indefinitely. This will remove iron, sulfur, and manganese as well as certain heavy metals. It will also remove chlorine without being used up like carbon. Chlorine in municipal water supplies actually improves its performance, making it remove more than it does on its own and keeps the filter media clean. You already know how chlorine bleach removes stains. It provides a higher level of contaminant-oxidizing power. It can filter dissolved solids down to 20-microns. This keeps many toxic materials out of succeeding filter beds for purer drinking water and longer life. The third Filter Bed KDF is a patented media that is a giant step forward in water purification. In a nutshell (short version), KDF has several strong points: 1. Removes heavy metals and inorganic toxins that other media do not; so when it is used before our tightly packed coconut shell, carbon bed (GAC), the drinking water will not contaminate this filter bed, making it last many times longer. 2. Is proven to kill bacteria as copper and zinc ions are eluted through the carbon bed. It has EPA approval as a non-toxic device for controlling bacteria in drinking water systems. Unlike other media like Silver impregnated carbon, which is toxic and has to be registered with the EPA because of it. This media does not, and besides, it is much superior. 3. Removes iron, sulfur, and other common minerals that at higher levels are very offensive to smell and taste. These minerals are removed from the surface of this media in the WHOLLY WATER ® backwash cycle so it can remain clean to keep on working, protecting the carbon bed. This media works on the principle of Oxidation-Reduction or Redox potential. Redox media remove dissolved gases such as chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, and methane from water. They can also remove virtually any soluble heavy metal, help prevent mineral hardness scale accumulation, and reduce levels of microorganisms. NOTE: These upper 3 filter beds benefit greatly by the quick and easy, leak-free, push-button, backwash cycle built into every WHOLLY WATER ®. Will it ruin the WHOLLY WATER ® if you don't back-wash it? I have several owners who have never done this. Mrs. Shepherd from California called recently, informing me that she has never backwashed her 7-year-old unit, and she says it's working fine. I even offered her our new, improved version at a greatly reduced price. She just said, "No, I love the one I have. It is still giving us great drinking water & ice." The fourth Filter Bed contains: TWO Advanced Media. These are State-of-the-Art and are specifically formulated for selectively removing ARSENIC and FLUORIDE, the King and Queen of Poisons. From the beginning, WHOLLY WATER ® has been excellent in removing these. My patented technology allow me to enhance this purifier for specific contaminants without affecting the broad range that it removes. Please note that Nitrates and Nitrites will be the exception. My research has resulted in targeting arsenic and fluoride as they are extremely toxic and insidious. Their toxicity is cumulative; they buildup in your body over time. They are also very reactive and combine with other common substances making toxic compounds. They may do bodily harm in much less time. Example:Aluminum & Fluoride Aluminum is added to water at virtually all water treatment facilities. It is left in the water as a result of adding ALUM, a clarifying chemical. Fluoride is both natural and added to water as FLUORIDATION. However, it gets into the water, it does not change the fact that it is pollution. For more on this, read this Article by George Glasser. Our newest WHOLLY WATER ® model will now remove much higher levels of arsenic and fluoride with the two new water purification media. The fifth Filter Bed contains: Six pounds of highest grade premium coconut shell, de-dusted, Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC). This carbon has 200 to 300% the contaminant-removal capacity of coal carbon used in most filters. We pack it tightly with special vibrating tables before installing the separator disk. This is many times more carbon then other brands of filters. Now what does GAC remove besides bad taste and odor? GAC is best known for its ability to adsorb organic materials including most pesticides & many poisonous materials. The list is long, and that is great for you. GAC does have many draw backs - most notably a short life. Short because there are many things in water that GAC will filter out. When this fine material has to filter out sediments - iron, sulfur, chlorine, and even calcium will plug it up. GAC has billions of microscopic cavities and acres of surface area. The removal capability is enormous. To waste this area on filtering these other things robs it from its ability to do what it does better than any other water filter media. With Wholly Water ® we have removed the materials that shorten its life. We keep it clean so it can do what it does best for the longest possible time. One of the other major drawbacks is that bacteria is growing in this media. As described above for KDF, it solves that problem. But this patented design does something else other filters don't, and we patented it. Bacteria feed on the trapped materials (like the ones listed above) that plug up the GAC. Wholly Water ® removes most of these before they can get to the GAC, so there is much less of a bacteria threat to begin with. So these are our 6 media that make this such an incredible water purifying system! Author: James D. Fairgrieve, CEO/Owner *U.S. Patent 5,205,932 Trademark Reg. 1,727,385