Returning toxins to public water supply

[Guest guest]

Dana,

The wholly-water system does not use replacement filters. Instead, you

" flush " the system every 3 months or so. All 5 of the filters are stacked on

top of one another in one canister. Normally the water goes through in one

direction. For flushing, the water is sent through in the other direction. I

imagine there must be a switch or something for you to tell the unit to

reverse itself. When flushing, the water comes out the same spout, loaded

with everthing you took out since the last flush, and goes down the sink

drain. Apparently this type of technology is banned in some States because

it concentrates the contaminants and returns them to the public water system

(not to the " fresh " water, to the waste water). The advantage is a cost

savings in not having to buy replacement filters. This is how I understand

it anyway.

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> > Message: 8

> > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:32:53 -0800

> > From: " Dana Milmeister " <danamilmeister@...>

> > Subject: Re: Water filters and fluoride removal

> >

> > " I have decided against the wholly-water filter because

> > it releases the toxic elements back into the public water system, and

> > I can get one of these other ones instead which won't do this. "

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> > What did you mean by this comment? How does the wholly-water filter do

> this?

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> > Dana

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