Pentair Water Components Catalogue 2023

Fact and figures Chemicals in drinking water can have serious health effects so the levels permitted in dialysis water are greatly reduced. Did you know? MKT-BRO-060-EN-A 10% Worldwide population affected by chronic kidney disease Chemical Drinking water limit (milligrams per liter) Dialysis water limit (milligrams per liter) Potential effect in dialysis Aluminum 0.05 – 0.2 0.01 Dialysis dementia Chloramine 4.0 0.1 Acute hemolytic anemia Fluoride 4.0 0.2 Toxicity, bone disease Lead 0.015 0.005 GI pain, muscle weakness Nitrate 10 2.0 Nausea, metabolic acidosis per week Typical patient dialysis trea t ment (over 3 days) 560 liters per week Water required for typical dialysis patient PROCESSES Carbon tank absorption Water is exposed for at least 10 minutes for chloramine to bind to the carbon filters. The allowable concentration of chloramine is <= 0.1 parts per million. Reverse Osmosis Reverse osmosis can remove 95% of ionic contaminants 5 Angstrom Size of particles removed by reverse osmosis 1 Million Angstrom Size of a human hair 260 psi Pressure exerted in reverse osmosis tank 3.4 million People worldwide benefitting from dialysis 180 liters per day Blood filtered by working kidneys 204 billion liters annually Estimated freshwater consumed by dialysis treatment