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WATER WISE 4000 Distiller:
Pure and Simple! Enjoy the incredibly
refreshing taste and convenience of purified water with your own
WATER WISE 4000 Distiller. The WATER WISE 4000 Distiller
removes up to 99% of most tap water contaminants, including lead,
nitrates, bacteria, sodium, chlorine, turbidity, cysts
(protozoan), arsenic, barium, mercury, and many more!
It's one of the purest forms of water you can give to your
family! Convenient
. . . Cost Less than Bottled Water! Only pennies per gallon to
produce your own distilled water. Completely portable, no
plumbing required. Easy to use, just fill with
tap water and plug into a 120 volt outlet. Produces up to 4 gallons of
high quality distilled water each day. 1 gallon (3.78
liters) at a time. Automatically shuts off when
cycle is complete. Euro-style design
compliments any decor or countertop. Stainless steel boiling
pot. Weighs 8.3 lbs.
(3.76 kilos)/15" (38.1 cm) tall, 10" (25.4 cm) wide, and
9" (22.9 cm) deep. UL
listed.
Why
Choose Distillation? Distillation replicates the HYDROLOGIC
CYCLE, nature's own way of purifying water. In the
hydrologic cycle, water
in streams, rivers and lakes is heated by the sun and water vapor is
formed. The vapor rises into the atmosphere leaving behind
most of the contaminants it may have contained. Eventually the
vapor condenses and returns to the earth as purified rain or
snow. The problem is that as soon as the water hits the ground
it begins to get contaminated all over again. A distiller uses a heater to boil
the water and produce water vapor. The vapor rises, leaving
the contaminants behind. The purified vapor enters a condenser where
it is converted back to it's liquid state...purified water.
The important difference is that in a distiller the purified water
is collected in a storage tank or bottle so it's ready for cooking
or drinking. Filters and reverse osmosis start to lose
effectiveness soon after they're installed. Distillers produce
a consistent supply of healthy, delicious water. And
distillation removes a very wide spectrum of
contaminants. Consider these important points when you
select a purification system: Frequently
Asked Questions Q: How does a distiller
work? Distillation is really a very simple
process. Water is boiled in a boiling chamber. Steam rises
from the boiling water. The rising steam is very clean as most
of the contaminants remain in the boiling chamber. The steam
enters a condenser where, with the aid of a fan, the steam cools and
returns to its liquid state, clean healthy water.
Q: Why do I need a distiller if I have
"city water"? The city is charged with giving you
water that meets standards set by the EPA. While they usually
do a good job of meeting those standards, occasionally problems
occur. For example, cryptosporidium found its way into the
municipal water supply in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1993... 400,000
people got pretty sick. Not only that, chlorine is typically
used to control bacterial contamination in our water. There
are a lot of folks who believe that consuming chlorine is really
unhealthy. Finally, let's assume your local municipality does
a great job of removing the bad stuff from your water. Then they
send the water to you through pipes in the street that may be
contaminated (maybe even made of lead); eventually the water
enters your home. Are the pipes in your home lead; or lead soldered
copper? The best way to provide healthy water for you and your
family is to take charge yourself.
Q: Is well water safe? The
major advantage that municipally supplied water is that it is
unlikely to contain (living) bacteria and other
microorganisms. Chlorine is used to control them. Well
water may contain bacteria and other contaminants.
Q: Does a distiller kill
bacteria? Yes, the boiling process kills bacteria and most
other microorganisms.
Q: So why not just boil my water on
the stove? Well convenience is one factor. Do you
really want to boil all your consumable water on the stove?
But more important is the fact that as you boil the water the
concentration of contaminants can be increased! Example: If
you take a gallon of water that contains a teaspoon of sand and boil
away half of the water, the end concentration of sand to water will
be a teaspoon to each half gallon...twice as much as you started out
with! The same is true of many other contaminants, like lead,
mercury, iron, calcium, magnesium etc. All of the pure water
escaped as steam.
Q: What about those minerals, aren't
they beneficial to my diet? The dietary benefit of the minerals
found in water is the cause for a good deal of debate. Some
feel that those minerals are essential for good health. Others
believe that those minerals are not readily absorbed by the body;
and that the best ways to get essential minerals is with a healthy
diet and/or high quality vitamin/mineral supplements. The problem
with relying upon your water to provide minerals for your health is
that it's an "all or nothing" proposition. If you drink
water that contains the minerals you desire, there's also the
possibility that you're consuming the metals that are harmful, like
lead or mercury. So, we recommend removing all of the
contaminants and then supplementing your diet with only the minerals
you want to consume. This way you really take control of what
you put into your body. A distiller
removes more than 99.9% of most metals.
Q: Isn't reverse osmosis
and carbon filtration about the same as distillation? Not
at all. Carbon filters are designed to control pesticides,
chlorine and other hydrocarbon based chemicals; And they do that
very well. But these methods aren't very effective at removing
metals, bacteria or other microorganisms. Reverse osmosis is quite effective at removing metals
but won't kill microorganisms. In fact, bacteria can begin to
grow on a reverse osmosis membrane or on activated carbon.
Both systems require regular replacement of elements or
membranes. The moment you place a carbon filter or reverse
osmosis system into operation, it's efficiency begins to drop
off. A distiller kills bacteria and removes metals and many
other contaminants consistently. As long as your distiller
is running and properly maintained it will produce the same, high
quality water forever!
Q: Isn't it expensive to distill
water? Doesn't a distiller use a lot of electricity?
Not really. It takes about 3 kilowatt hours to make a gallon of
distilled water. A kilowatt = 1000 watts, a kilowatt hour is
1000 watts per hour. The power company sells you electricity
by the kilowatt; the average kilowatt cost is about 8 cents.
Since the distiller will use three kilowatt hours to make a gallon
of water the cost is about 24 cents per gallon. That's a whole
lot cheaper than bottled water.
A note about bottled water: The
bottled water you buy may not be any better than your tap water! In
most states a water bottler isn't required to meet any government
regulations unless he/she ships the bottled water across state
lines'. Some bottled water is simply bottled tap water. There
are no water bottling regulations. If you buy 1000 gallons of
bottled water a year at 89 cents a gallon, distilling it yourself
can save you $600 or more a year; and you'll have water that you
know is of the highest quality.
Quality Water for Your Family . . .
Make it fresh each
day. Makes coffee, tea, juices, and soups delicious. Use
distilled water when you prepare vegetables, fruits, organic foods
and even baby formula. Cleaner, healthier, better tasting
water . . . don't you deserve it?
Purely the Right Answer . . .
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How It Works . . .
Your water is boiled to kill bacteria, and becomes
steam which leaves behind the chemicals and minerals. The
steam is cooled to condense back to liquid and filtered to produce a
gallon of pure, refreshing distilled water in just 6
hours.
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