THE AQUARAIN CERAMIC WATER FILTER SYSTEM
The AquaRain™ Ceramic Water Filtration System has been engineered to provide safe drinking water from raw water sources such as rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, ponds, wells, and cisterns. At the heart of the AquaRain™ Ceramic Water Filter System are state-of-the-art ceramic elements utilizing a long-proven filtration process that is over 100 years old which will safely remove dangerous waterborne pathogens such as cysts (Cryptospordium, Giardia lamblia) and bacteria (E. coli, Samonelli typhus, etc...). These innovative ceramic elements are also filled with a high grade silvered granulated activated carbon (GAC). The GAC reduces pesticides, chemicals, chlorine, tastes & odors, while leaving the naturally occurring minerals found in the water unaffected.
The AquaRain ceramic elements are carefully manufactured through a patented extrusion process that results in a very consistent, close tolerance wall thickness. This allows for accurate measurement of their remaining life and thereby maintenance of the highest level of reliability and security. Additionally, the kilns used in our manufacturing process are compact and operate within very close tolerance temperature ranges. This provides extremely tight control of the ceramic’s final porosity. Every batch of ceramic elements out of the kilns is tested with mercury porosimetry equipment to confirm proper pore size distribution. Each finished element is fully flushed at the factory and is tested twice in the production process to insure complete product integrity.
Traditional ceramics are produced through a slip-cast method in bulk quantities, utilizing a crude plaster-of-paris style mold process. Typically, they are then fired in large room-sized kilns with a wide variance in temperatures. The result is inconsistent product quality. Traditional ceramic water filters therefore cannot achieve the consistency and reliability of our new patented process extruded ceramics.
One of the most important benefits of the use of a ceramic produced by the extrusion process is the consistent, symmetrical, and measurable wall thickness. This symmetry allows us to externally measure the remaining wall thickness to determine when the element has reached the end of its usable life (minimum wall thickness). Determining the minimum safe wall thickness by independent lab testing and being able to measure that safe minimum on an element in service, are absolutely critical to having a Ceramic Water Filtration system you can trust.
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