If you are considering a uv system for residential water treatment, keep in mind that many people cannot use this method without first filtering and softening the water due to “shielding” concerns. Beware of companies who will let you add this UV technology on hard water or on water with iron or any other type of sediment issues such as sand, manganese, clay, dirt, turbidity etc. We would recommend that if you have greater than 0.2 ppm of iron or greater than 5 GPG of hardness that you treat your water before the UV lamp.  

Advantages of UV Sterilization over other forms of treatment are:

Low cost, low maintenance, normally the only maintenance required is changing the bulb once a year on average. They require very little space and add no chemicals to your water. And they have alarm to let you know if the system is not working properly. 

Disadvantages are:

You must have relatively pure water to prevent shielding and to keep the quartz sleeve clean. The bacteria is only killed while in the unit and it does not provide any residual disinfectant, if any bacteria were to get “Shielded” by the lamp, it would not be treated, unlike chlorination where you still have residual chlorine in your water lines to treat any bacteria that may get by. Beware of any company who would sell a UV light on untreated water. Also beware of any company who would treat your water and have the UV light as the first thing in the line before other treatment. In a perfect world you would read and perform the following on ANY private well BEFORE buying anything from anyone:

In order for us to help you properly we would need you to gather the information requested under items 7, 16 and 17 on this page:

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It should only take a few minutes around the house to get us what we need. Once you have that information, please contact us again and we can tell you EXACTLY what you need and EXACTLY what it will cost. And you can be SURE it will work. Most people are pleasantly surprised how low priced our solutions are. Any company that doesn’t insist on this information probably hasn’t a clue on how to properly treat water, or they are selling marginal products. You should be very skeptical of such companies.

Please don’t hesitate to give us a quick call for an evaluation of your issue. And don’t worry; our technicians are not allowed to ask you to buy anything or pressure you in ANY way. They just answer your questions and give you great advice. We are the online leader for water treatment worldwide. We set the standard for all others to follow.

We offer all types of home water filtration equipment for commercial and residential water treatment.

We appreciate your patience.

WARNING: When it comes to treatment equipment you should NEVER do business with ANY company who does not have the same certifications as we do. It is just plain crazy. There are so many "Fly by night" companies out there that it should be the very FIRST rule in your decision making process. It is your first, and some times ONLY, line of defense. Just look at our home page to see our many appropriate certifications. You will find them all in the top third of the page.

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We carry water treatment equipment and water filter sizes ranging to 1,200,000 grain water softeners and water conditioners, as well as virtually every other type of water treatment system or water filter available for city water or private well water systems. Larger commercial water treatment systems are available too. If it exists and it works, we have the finest water treatment technology. We build every unit we sell to order, from scratch. Unlike most other in-home and online companies who have them in a warehouse collecting dust and going out of date sometime for years at a time. Every unit we sell is made from the very latest, up to date, state of the art technology. We are the industry leaders for analyzing and recommending the following water filtration systems: Water softeners, iron filters, sulfur filter systems, acid neutralizers, manganese filtration filters, bacteria removal, tannin removal, smell and odor treatment systems, water conditioners, rust filters and virtually all types of well water treatment and purification systems. If it exists and it works we have it or can build it. Premium Quality Equipment at Budget Prices, 7 days a week Budget Water® USA.

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