Newbie question about RO/DI systems

[Heatherabel3]

In a system that has a built in Chloramine remover, would you still need to treat the water to remove Chlorine and Ammonia? I guess I don't understand why you would pay more for that one stage of removal if your still going to have to treat the water anyway.

 

[ryeguyy84]

it depends on what your local water company treats their water with. some use chlorine and some use chloramine. from what I understand the filter that removes chloramine will also remove chlorine

Get a water report from your town. thats how I found out mine uses Chloramines

 

[serbusfish]

My RO unit only has 3 stages, 5 micron pre-filter, Carbon filter, and the RO membrane. These 3 things are enough to remove all chlorine, chloramine's, ammonia, and all other nasties from my water, so if your unit has the same or more filters then you shouldn't have a problem. My TDS comes out at 9, so I then run it through a DI pod to take it down to 0.

 

[ryeguyy84]

My RO unit only has 3 stages, 5 micron pre-filter, Carbon filter, and the RO membrane. These 3 things are enough to remove all chlorine, chloramine's, ammonia, and all other nasties from my water, so if your unit has the same or more filters then you shouldn't have a problem. My TDS comes out at 9, so I then run it through a DI pod to take it down to 0.

so your township adds chloramines and you tested to see they were removed?

 

[serbusfish]

so your township adds chloramines and you tested to see they were removed?

My water company use both chlorine and chloramines, no I havent tested for them but I have been running my tank since March and it wouldn't be thriving if I were dumping chloramines into it every week!

 

[ryeguyy84]

I was still showing total chlorine amounts post carbon block before I swapped out one of my carbon blocks for the refillable carbon "blocks" after that I was reading 0 total and free Chlorine.

I will add though my tap water smells like chlorine coming out of the faucet, I live very close to the processing center so maybe I get full strength.

 

[disc1]

A normal carbon filter will remove chlorine. In reality they do a really good job at chloramine too, but BRS would never tell you that or you won't buy the special chloramine block.

 

[serbusfish]

I was still showing total chlorine amounts post carbon block before I swapped out one of my carbon blocks for the refillable carbon "blocks" after that I was reading 0 total and free Chlorine.

I will add though my tap water smells like chlorine coming out of the faucet, I live very close to the processing center so maybe I get full strength.

Interesting fact for you, Chlorine is actually odorless, you will only get 'that smell' if it has come into contact with fecal matter/urine/etc. That is why you get 'that smell' at the swimming pools, **** and fecal matter in the pool :hmm2:

I have never experienced that smell with my tap water!

 

[ryeguyy84]

Well that's disgusting... I have a shower filter because my wife said the chlorine strips her hair and we only drink the RO water but dishes. Hmm

 

[CStrickland]

Interesting fact for you, Chlorine is actually odorless, you will only get 'that smell' if it has come into contact with fecal matter/urine/etc. That is why you get 'that smell' at the swimming pools, **** and fecal matter in the pool :hmm2:
I have never experienced that smell with my tap water!

Would you mind citing a source for that?

My muni water is treated with chloramine, and occasionally they flush the pipes with safe levels of chlorine to clear everything out. It smells like a pool, and afaik nobody is #2ing in it. I mean, it comes from the ground, so worms and animals prolly feces upstream of the reservoir, but it's a closed system between the treatment plant and my faucet.

I feel like you are trying to make me afraid of something, but I don't really get what to be scared of

 

[disc1]

Interesting fact for you, Chlorine is actually odorless, you will only get 'that smell' if it has come into contact with fecal matter/urine/etc. That is why you get 'that smell' at the swimming pools, **** and fecal matter in the pool :hmm2:

I have never experienced that smell with my tap water!

The pool smell is chloramine. It can be formed by the action of the chlorine on any nitrogenous organic matter, not just poo.

 

[serbusfish]

Would you mind citing a source for that?

My muni water is treated with chloramine, and occasionally they flush the pipes with safe levels of chlorine to clear everything out. It smells like a pool, and afaik nobody is #2ing in it. I mean, it comes from the ground, so worms and animals prolly feces upstream of the reservoir, but it's a closed system between the treatment plant and my faucet.

I feel like you are trying to make me afraid of something, but I don't really get what to be scared of

'disc1' explained it more accurately than I did, but I saw it on an episode of QI (british panel show hosted by Stephen Fry).

Here is the clip:

https://youtu.be/JUHszXyHbfc?t=41m27s

So what I said stands true, the chlorine itself is odorless, if you smell 'that smell' it means chloramines have formed because of bad stuff in the water. Not trying to scare you im just saying its entirely possible your water could contain (decontaminated) poop :lol2: