Knowledge Base
Turbidity testing, Omicron 10 (Brooklyn NY)
What's the true impact of Omicron 10 on tap water?
It’s easy to fix on the micron rating of a filter:
10 is smaller than 25, 1 is smaller than 5, 0...
We are serious about water.
Don’t get us wrong. Most building filters we supply are smaller than this Omicron Twin 21300-10(H) 316L, for up to 800 gallons/minute @ 10 micron....
What if all building water is filtered to bottled-quality?
Let’s make all the water in our building bottled quality!
A worthy goal, but in reality, there are some limitations in play:
Water that is “bottled...
In-depth essay: What to understand when choosing a filter for drinking water
Here is info we think can be useful to help you choose the best filter for your needs.
In the selection table, you’ll find the essential values of ...
Water Filtration for High Volume Locations
The sub-micron drinking water filtration we supply is applicable to home, work, educational and recreational environments. The key distinction is v...
Choosing a Water Filter (short version)
At Better Waters, we believe that high performance water filtration resolves two important points that are otherwise in conflict:
People need gre...
NYC tap water before / after XL7000 filtration
New York City often proclaims its tap water to be some of the finest in the nation. That’s not entirely incorrect; the problem with the claim is th...
About NSF Certification
What is NSF International?
NSF International is an accredited, independent third-party certification body that tests and certifies the safety and p...
Capturing Rainwater for Reuse
Unlike municipal water, rainwater is captured in a raw state, neither disinfected nor filtered. Collected from surfaces exposed year-round to outdo...
The Pump Supplier's Bundle
A certain pump supplier routinely seeks to overturn engineering specifications by offering to replace Omicron with their alternate filtration produ...
10 Micron Filtration for NYC Water
New York City is one of the few United States cities that does not filter its drinking water. Between source and destination, nothing is removed. T...
About NYC Water
Does NYC have great water? Well, yes and no.
No
Yes
High levels of dirt particles (Total Suspended Solids).
Average TSS load is about the...