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Years ago, new technology for treating water was first introduced. It has since evolved into much more. The methods of boiling the water, distilling the water, and adding chlorine to the water has gotten better over the years. You can find more advanced methods for treating your water.

Filtering Your Water

Filtering your water through a water filtration system is also technology that is older in nature. The process for filtering your water has changed for the better. You now do not need to use pieces of cloth or linen for water filtering. You will find every shape and size water filter. It will depend on what it is being used for. Foam water filters are one kind of water filter. They fit over the nozzle of the faucet and filter the flowing water as it goes through. This filter is all right but, it is only good for particle chunks that are twenty – five micrometers or larger. Excessive chlorine can also be removed with this filter.

Cartridge water filters are also available for water treatment. Households that are in need of mineral deposit removal can benefit from this treatment system. The cartridge was good for removing particles that were over twenty five microns but, not over the size of fifty microns each. There are also filters that will get rid of the nitrates and fluoride in the water. Lead removal is also possible because of resin use in the filter.

The problems with using a filter to clean your water are the build up of mildew and dirt on the filter. The filter is also prone to pathogens and other microorganisms that love to hang out in the water. Even if you kept he foam filter clean, you can not be guaranteed a clean water source that is pathogen free.

Deionizing The Water

Technology for water treatment is also used in the industrial setting. This includes laboratories and plants used for manufacturing. Deionization technology works together with both the cations and anions in the water. As with the dynamics of neutralizing the waters ph, deionization will work in like ways. Water softening is done by the cations in the resin filter. Anions will harden the water that goes through the filter. The passing of the cations and anions in the water will be a positive and negative reaction into the water and cause the ions to deionize completely.

Osmosis In Reverse

Reverse osmosis is one of the newer technologies available for treating your drinking water. It is a little more complicated to use but, it produces cleaner and healthier water. Osmosis in reverse will dispel the byproducts found and will discard this water. It is wasteful because the water bad water is thrown out and the clean water is the only water that is used. Wasting the amounts of bad water will cost more but, the safety of the water is ensured. Commercial and residential osmosis equipment is available for purchase.

Technology for treating water is always getting better. Technology used in wastewater treatment facilities has a set of standards in place that provide safe water to you. These facilities dispose of the discharged water in ways that provide you with a healthy and safer environment.

Source by David Faulkner