Minutus

At 08:22 AM 02/20/2004 -0600, you wrote:

As you probably know.....

Nitrate (NO3) comes into water supplies through the nitrogen cycle rather
than via dissolved minerals. It is one of the major ions in natural waters.
Most nitrate that occurs in drinking water is the result of contamination
of ground water supplies by septic systems, feed lots, and agricultural
fertilizers. Nitrate is reduced to nitrite in the body. The US EPA?s MCL
for nitrate is 10 mg/l.

Treatment
Reverse osmosis will remove 92 - 95% of the nitrates and/or nitrites. Anion
exchange resin will also remove both as will distillation.

RO & distillation only reduces - I don't know of any that totally remove

This NSF page gives some details about the different certifications
http://www.nsf.org/newsletters/waterwor ... page6.html

Important to be sure the filter you are buying is certified by them in one
of their classifications

The following treatment methods have been approved by EPA for removing
nitrates/nitrites: Ion exchange, Reverse Osmosis, Electrodialysis. I don't
think ion exchange or electodialysis is available for your home, just for
community water supply locations.

As far as I know you can only reduce nitrates at your home, not totally
remove them.

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Sheri and Shannon,

Electrodialysis is what the Alkalizer does‹it is an ionizing, water
structuring purification system. I have it and have been using it for
years.

Sara

"Sheri Nakken" wrote:

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At 08:57 AM 02/20/2004 -0600, you wrote:

Thanks for the info

I went to their webpage though and there is no information as to testing
that shows the results and no indication of certification by NSF which
helps as it is an outside body that assesses water units.

Do you have that information that shows documented testing such as
VOC's before and after
Nitrates before and after
etc for all the issues with water
and if an outside body has certified them?

Thanks
Sheri
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Thanks, Sheri!
I now vaguely remember reading about "ion exchange" but maybe lack of
availability for homes is the reason we didn't find more on it.
Thanks,
Shannon

on 2/20/04 8:57 AM, Sheri Nakken at homeopathycures@tesco.net wrote:

Hi Sara,

Do I remember right, you said the nitrates go with the *alkaline* side?
That would mean we'd be drinking them... Or did you mean they go with the
acid side? Sounds like a very neat system!
on 2/20/04 8:57 AM, Sara Klein Ridgley, Ph.D. at homeopathy@safire.net
wrote: