We bought a house that has a system for water filtering in it and we think the earlier owners were kinda’ nasty and probably did not change the stuff in the system. Ever. And it looks like it’s been here a while. Do you know where we can get new filter stuff for out filter?

First of all, yes we know where you can get replacement water filter media, but we have no idea if they carry the right type of filter media for your filter. You will have to determine what type of filter you have (i.e water softener, iron/manganese removal system, fluoride removal system, arsenic removal system, general water filter, etc.) and what type of filter media it contains.

If you find yourself in possession of a whole house manganese and iron water filter and have a need to replenish the filter’s media, CQ-BR Filter Media offers an effective filtration solution.

In most cases raw water entering the home will contain iron in the +2 ionic state (ferrous) which makes it practically impossible to filter out. CQ-BR Filter Media enhances the oxidation reaction of ferrous iron to ferric iron and produces ferric hydroxide, an easily filtered precipitate.

CQ-BR Filter Media’s physical characteristics make it an excellent filter for removing the precipitate once formed. Simple backwashing of the filter system will then remove the precipitate from the CQ-BR Filter Media bed.

Testing for iron and manganese in water

Iron — To test for total iron in water, meaning both ferrous iron and ferric iron at the same time, most testing systems will require conversion of all ferric iron to the ferrous state first. The Visual Iron Test Kit offered by the makers of SenSafe Test Kits does an excellent job of converting all ferric iron to ferrous iron and then detecting the amount of iron in a water sample. Detection Range: 0.01 ppm to 5.00 ppm

Manganese — One testing option, SenSafe Manganese Check allows users to test for dissolved manganese in water in concentrations between 0.02 ppm and 2.0 ppm in under 3 minutes and eliminates interferences from several common ions such as copper, iron, cobalt, lead, nickel, and others.

While the debate over public water system fluoridation rages on,

    – Arsenic and Fluoride Still a Problem

    – Fluoride Exposure Linked to Sperm Damage

    – Fluoride in Drinking Water Facts

    – More Information on Fluoride in Drinking Water

… more and more people install filters to remove fluoride in their homes, offices and places of business.

While some fluoride removal systems use replaceable filter cartridges and/or reverse osmosis membranes, larger units and whole house systems use special filtration media that must get replaced every so often.

A good quality fluoride removal water filter media will work using both adsorption and chemical reaction and not rely exclusively on an ion exchange reaction only.

The newest fluoride removal water filter media carried by FilterWater.Com contains a synthetic aluminum oxide adsorbent media, a resin designed specifically to have a high affinity for Fluoride, Lead and Arsenic.