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Microbial Reduction

Microbial Reduction is essential for well water. Microbiological impurities like bacteria and cysts can be present in your well water or enter unexpectedly. An Aquaspace Microbial Cartridge is your best defense against dangerous contaminants and suspect well water. While we highly recommend getting your well water tested, the absolute best product we can offer for well water would be one of our AQUARIUS TRIPLE PLUS Sink Units (either countertop or under-the-sink). Microbial Reduction is available only in our sink units, and we have two options for cartridges: 

Microbial Reduction

  • Microbial Ceramic Cartridge
  • Microbial NanoCeram® Cartridge 

Cartridge Efficiency

The Ceramic cartridge will remove most microbiological impurities by 99.9% as well as serve as a pre-sediment filter for sink units. This cartridge is cleanable, rated at 0.5 micron, and will last for 1 year, and removes:

  • Bacteria
  • Parasites
  • E-coli
  • Cysts
  • Fungi
  • Cryptosporidium

The NanoCeram® filter is an electropositive fibrous filter media with high particle removal efficiency as well as high dirt holding capacity. When
incorporated into a pleated filter, its flow rate is equivalent to, or higher than pleated filters that are rated at 1-2 microns even though NanoCeram®’s nominal rating is 0.2 micron. As a “broad spectrum” particle “magnet”, the NanoCeram® cartridge removes both coarse and fine particulates. Most filters separate particles by the mechanisms of sieving, inertial impaction, interception and diffusion. This is true for most membranes as well as fibrous depth filters. Electropositive filters principally use adsorption (electro-adhesion) as the filtering mechanism. Unlike NanoCeram® filters, 
electropositive membranes have a very low dirt holding capacity and a tendency to foul quickly. They also have low reliability and high costs for 
materials, maintenance.

The cartridge will last for 12 months and removes:

  • Bacteria
  • Parasites
  • E-coli
  • Cysts
  • Fungi
  • Cryptosporidium
  • Viruses (NanoCeram only)
  • Endotoxins (NanoCeram only)
  • Polysaccharides (NanoCeram only)
  • Colloids (NanoCeram only)