Super Sterasyl Ceramic Filtration Elements

The re-cleanable Super Sterasyl™ filter elements remove suspended solids, parasites, cysts and pathogenic bacteria and reduce organic chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, organic solvents, trihalomethanes, SOCs, VOCs and foul tastes and odors. These filter elements are produced using the latest ceramic techniques to provide a hollow porous ceramic which is fired at a temperature in excess of 1000C. They are designed to operate with water flow going from the outside to the inside of the element. Each element has a unique domed ceiling assuring that leakage cannot occur, which may happen with capped filters.

The ceramic shell exhibits a strictly controlled pore structure, so as to provide efficient sub-micron filtration, a proven defense against hard shelled parasites, as well as removing other less harmful, but equally unpleasant debris, such as rust and dirt. The bore of the filter contains granular activated carbon that aids in the reduction of chlorine and reduces organic chemicals along with improving the color, taste, and odor of the source water. The filter needs to be kept in a place where the temperature is between 40 – 100 F for proper filtration.

The Sterasyl™ ceramic contains pure silver. This silver is a material designed to significantly inhibit bacteriological mitosis grow through. The result is that bacterial growth is inhibited from occurring within this ceramic element (which is possible with the other ceramic filter elements). This silver content insures that filtered water contains levels well below those required by international standards. Because of the silver, Sterasyl™ filter elements do not require sterilization after cleaning.

• Contaminant Reduction and Removal - Pathogenic bacteria, Cholera, Typhoid, Salmonella, Serratia, E.Coli, Fecal Coliform > 99.99% removal

• Cysts - Cryptosporidium Parvum and Giardia Lamblia - >99.99% removal (based on tests by Arizona State University)

• Remove Pathogenic Bacteria - Cholera, Typhoid, Salmonella, Serratia, E.Coli, Fecal Coliform > 99.99% removal.

• Remove Cysts (>99.999%) - Cryptosporidium Parvum and Giardia Lamblia - 100% removal (based on tests by Arizona State University).

• Reduce Organic Chemicals - Pesticides, herbicides, organic solvents, SOCs, VOCs, trihalomethanes.

• Reduce Chlorine > 90%.

• Reduce Turbidity, Sediment and Particulate - @ 0.9 micron > 99.99%, @ 0.5 – 0.8 micron > 99.9%, @ 0.2 – 0.3 micron > 98% (based on tests by Spectrum Laboratories, Minneapolis, MN).

Super Sterasyl™ ceramic filters are manufactured to the following international standards and have been tested and approved by the following independent bodies or agencies:

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