TEST RESULTS
The Water Machine Black carbon filters have been rigorously tested by several 3rd Party Laboratories and meet the same standards set by NSF/ANSI 42 and 53 certifications. Test performed with SGS, (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance)) a Swiss multinational company headquartered in Geneva, which provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services with branches in more than 80 countries and regions around the world.
Purify your water from harmful chemicals, trihalomethanes, silt, sediment, heavy metals, chlorine, fluoride, sulfites, sulphates, foul tastes, microplastics, forever chemicals (PFAS) and odors, yet they leave in the healthful and beneficial minerals that your body needs.
3rd Party Lab Results
VIRUSES – Removed to >99.999% (Log 5)
Exceeds Purification Standard (Log 4):
MS2 Coliphage ; Fr Coliphage.
PATHOGENIC BACTERIA (AND SURROGATES) – Removed to >99.9999999%
Exceeds Purification Standard (Log 6): Bacillus atrophaeus (Anthrax surrogate); Raoultella terrigena (Pathogenic Bacteria Surrogate); Salmonella Enterica.
TRIHALOMETHANES – Removed to >99.8%
(Below Lab Detectable Limits):
Bromodichloromethane ; Bromoform ; Chloroform ; Dibromochloromethane.
INORGANIC MINERALS
Removed to Below Lab Detectable Limits: Chloramine; Chloride; Chlorine Residual (Total Residual Chlorine); Free Chlorine
HEAVY METALS (HIGH & LOW pH LEVELS)
Aluminum (>99%); Antimony (>99.9%); Barium (>80%); Beryllium (>99.9%); Bismuth (>99.9%); Cadmium (>99.7%); Cobalt (>95%); Chromium (>99.9%); Chromium 6 (>99.85%); Copper (>99.9%); Iron (>99.9%); Lead (>99.9%); Mercury (>99.9%); Molybdenum (>90%); Nickel (>99.9%); Vanadium (>87.5%); Zinc (>99.9%).
PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS CONTAMINANTS – Removed to >99.9%
Acetaminophen; Caffeine; Carbamazepine; Ciprofloxacin HCl; Erythromycin USP; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim; Bisphenol A; Diclofenac Sodium; 4-para-Nonylphenol; 4-tert-Octylphenol; Primidone; Progestrone; Gemfibrozil; Ibuprofen; Naproxen Sodium; Triclosan.
ALSO REMOVES OR REDUCES: Arsenic (>99%), MBAS (>96.67%), Nitrites (>95%), Selenium (>97.5%), Thallium (>99.5%), Rust, Silt, Sediment, Turbidity, Foul Taste and Odors
More Testing Highlights:
1) Bisphenol-A - Removed to greater than 99.9.
2) Chloramines - Removed to greater than 99.9%. With many water municipalities switching to chloramine disinfection instead of chlorine, there was a growing chorus of our customers wanting the answer to this question.
3) Pharmaceuticals - Removed to greater than 99.5%. This has been a hot button also. Many studies and articles have come out over the past 5 years showing how these pharmaceuticals are washing down our toilets and not being removed from our water supply by the local municipal filtration plant. The filters were tested for 17 different types of pharmaceuticals and they were all removed.
4) Petroleum Contaminants - Removed to greater than 99.9%. With the unfortunately too common event of oil spills and petroleum contamination of waterways and water sources, our filter removes these contaminants.
5) Methylcycohexane-methane - Removed to greater than 99.9%. This was the contaminant that was involved in the March 2014 West Virginia oil spill.
6) Coliform and e-Coli - Removed to greater than 99.9%.
Our powerful filtration elements will remove or reduce the following:
Pathogenic Bacteria and Cysts (E. Coli, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Raoltella Terrigena, Bacillus Atrophaeus) - Reduced to > 99.9999%
Microcystin - Removed to > 99.7% (Released by Cyanobacteria Algae)
Microsystis - Removed to > 99.97% (Genus species of freshwater Cyanobacteria)
Parasites - Reduced to > 99.9999%
Herbicides and Pesticides
Pharmaceuticals - See Table Below - Reduced to > 99.9%
Chlorine - Removed to Below Detectable Limits
Chloramines - Reduced to > 99.9%
Perfluorochemicals (PFAS) - Reduced to > 99.9%
BPA -Reduced to > 99.9%
Detergents
Nitrites - Removed to > 95%
Glyphosate > 75% (75% was reporting limit of testing equipment. Removal rate may be higher)
Organic solvents
THM's (Trihalomethanes - Bromodichloromethane, Bromoform, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane) - Removed to Below Detectable Limits
MTBE's (Methyl tert-Butyl Ehter) - Removed to Below Detectable Limits
Other VOC's - Removed to Below Detectable Limits
MBAS (Methylene Blue Active Substances)
Cloudiness
Silt
Sediment
Radiologicals - Removed up to 99.8%
Selenium and Thallium - 95% and greater
Heavy metals - 99% and greater
Iron
Foul tastes and odor
HEAVY METALS reduced by 99.9%+
Lead
Cobalt
Mercury
Molybdenum
Aluminum (99.1%)
Nickel
Cadmium (99.7%)
Vanadium
Chromium
Chromium-6 (Hexavalent)
Copper Antimony
Barium Arsenic
Manganese
Thallium
PHARMACEUTICALS reduced by 99.5%+
Acetaminofen
Bisphenol-A
Caffeine
Ibuprofen
Triclosan
Naproxen Sodium
Ciprofloxacin HCL
Primidone
Erythromycin USP
Progesterone
Trimethoprim
Gemfibrozil
Diclofenac Sodium
4-para-Nonylphenol
Carbamazapine
4-tert-Octylphenol
PETROLEUM CONTAMINANTS reduced by 99.9%+
Gasoline
Diesel
Crude Oil
Kerosene
Mineral Spirits
Refined Oil
RADIOLOGICALS reduced by 95%+
Americium-241
Uranium-235 & -238
Mendelevium-258
Californium-251 & -252
Neptunium-237
Cesium-137
Plutonium-238 & -239
Promethium-145
Polonium-210
Strontium-90
Protactinium-231
Technetium-99
Radium-226 & -228
Iodine-129 & -131
Thorium-232
Uranium
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Removed to below Lab detectable limits
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,1,1-Trichloroethane (TCA)
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichlorotrifluoroethane
1,1-Dichloroethane (1,1-DCA)
1,1-Dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE)
1,1-Dichloropropene
1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene
1,2,3-Trichloropropane
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)
1,2-Dibromoethane
1,2-Dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (CFC 123a)
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichlorobenzene-d4
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,2-Dichloropropane
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
1,3-Dichloropropene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
2,2-Dichloropropane
2,4,5-T
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
2,4-D
2,4-DB
2-Butanone (MEK)
2-Chlorotoluene
2-Hexanone
2-Methyl-2-propanol
3,5-Dichlorobenzoic Acid
3-Hydroxycarbofuran
4-Bromofluorobenzene
4-Chlorotoluene
4-Isopropyltoluene
4-Methyl-2-pentanone
4-Nitrophenol
5-Hydroxydicamba
Acetone
Acifluorfen
Alachlor
Aldicarb
Aldicarb Sulfone
Aldicarb Sulfoxide
Aldrin
alpha-Chlorodane
Ametryn
Aroclor (1016, 1221, 1232, 1242, 1248, 1254, 1260)
Atraton
Atrazine
Baygon
Bentazon
Benzene
Bromacil
Bromoacetic Acid
Bromobenzene
Bromochloromethane
Bromodichloromethane
Bromomethane
Bromoform
Butachlor
Butylate
Carbaryl
Carbofuran
Carbon Tetrachloride
Carboxin
Chloramben
Chlordane
Chloroacetic Acid
Chlorobenzene
Chloroethane
Chloroform
Chloromethane
Chlorpropham
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
cis-1,3-Dichloropropene
cis-Nonachlor
Cycloate
Dacthal Acid
Dalapon
Diazinona
Dibromoacetic Acid
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP) Dibromomethane
Dicamba
Dichloroacetic Acid
Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC 12)
Dichloromethane
Dichlorvos
Diclorprop
Dieldrin
Dinoseb
Diphenamid
Disulfoton
Disulfoton Sulfone
Disulfoton Sulfoxidea
Endrin
EPTC
Ethoprop
Ethylbenzene
Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)
Fenamiphos
Fenarimol
Fluorobenzene
Fluridone
gamma-Chlorodane
Glyphosate
Halo acidic Acids (HAA5)
Heptachlor
Heptachlor Epoxide
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene (CCC)
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Hexazinone
Isopropylbenzene (Cumene)
Lindane (Gamma-BHC)
Merphos
Methiocarb
Methomyl
Methoxychlor
Methyl Paraoxon
Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)
Metolachlor
Metribuzin
Mevinphos
MGK 264
Molinate
Monochlorobenzene
m-Xylenes
Naphthalene
Napropamide
n-Butylbenzene
Norflurazon
n-Propylbenzene
Oxamyl
o-Xylene
Pebulate
Pentachlorophenol
Picloram
Prometon
Prometryn
Pronamidea
Propazine
p-Xylenes
sec-Butylbenzene
Simazine
Simetryn
Stirofos
Styrene
Tebuthiuron
Terbacil
Terbufos
Terbutryn
tert-Butylbenzene
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)
Tetrahydrofuran (THF)
Thiobencarb
Toluene
Toxaphene
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene
trans-Nonachlor
Triademefon Tribromoacetic Acid
Trichloroacetic Acid
Trichloroethene (TCE)
Trichloroethylene
Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC 11)
Tricyclazole
Vernolate
Vinyl Chloride
