ITS has developed a test strip for Ultra Low Hydrogen Sulfide detection in under 2 minutes. No laboratory equipment is needed, simply dip the test strip in the water sample to be tested, mix the reagents and compare your results to the color chart provided.
Total Hardness test strips are perfect for service work, classroom demonstrations, or for homeowners to help set up their softener. Total Hardness test strips offer a wide range of detection and are calibrated to be both accurate and sensitive. With their low cost and high accuracy, Total Hardness test strips also offer you a time-savings. No more counting drops or waiting for laboratory results. With total hardness test strips you are in control and can find out exactly where your calcium level is before it becomes a problem.
The SenSafe Total Chlorine Water Check test strip is a TMK (Thio-Michler's Ketone) Colorimetric Aperture Strip designed around patented technology to meet USEPA guidelines for screening all drinking water sources. The test reports accurate results from 0.02 ppm (mg/l) to 10.0 ppm (mg/l). US Patented SenSafe Total Chlorine Water Check promises to make on-site and field testing quicker and easier than current methods available.
MacLellan Water Technology was founded in 1982 by Kevin MacLellan. Since then, we have grown exponentially and now provide a full range of solutions to drinking water problems. As licenced well drillers we can recommend the right kind of well or surface water intake and oversee its construction. We carry out site inspections and water sampling. MacLellan Water Technology will design, install, and maintain the right water treatment system for your needs and budget whether you are an individual home owner or the provider of a regulated public water supply.
Water softeners contain a specific filter media which is normally saturated with sodium ions. When water flows through this media, positively charged ions within the water trade places with the sodium ions. In this way hardness and certain heavy metals, which are positively charged, are removed from the water and stick to the media. Periodically, the softener is flushed with salty water. This replenishes the supply of sodium ions on the filter media and washes all the accumulated hardness and heavy metals down the drain.
Wells are shocked to combat bacterial contamination. Shocking involves introducing a chemical compound directly into the well. There are two major types of well shocking, chlorine shocking and sodium percarbonate shocking. The advantage of shocking is that it provides a quick and inexpensive response to bacterial problems. The disadvantage is that the effects of shocking are temporary and do not prevent the re-contamination of a well at a later date.
In a UV disinfectant system, water passes beside a lamp which exposes it to ultra violet light. This light - which is the same type that causes sunburn - damages the DNA of bacteria, rendering them sterile and therefore incapable of causing disease. Ultra violet disinfectant systems provide on-going protection against bacteria.
The heart of a reverse osmosis system is a semi-permeable membrane with very fine pores. Water is forced through this membrane, and any particles or impurities that are too big to fit through the pores are flushed away. The pores are approximately 0.0005 microns in size - for comparison, bacteria range from 0.2 to 1 micron and viruses are 0.02 to 0.4 microns. A typical human hair is about 100 microns wide.
