OPUS - AlkaPlus Chloramine Redox Water Purifier

Product Notes:

Replacement filters can be bought individually or as part of an Annual Filter Replacement Kit. For further options and add-ons for your water filtration system (including ultraviolet sterilization and nanofiltration), see the OPUS Replacement Parts and Upgrades page. For further information, download the OPUS AlkaPlus Chloramine Redox water purification system Installation Guide [PDF]

The OPUS AlkaPlus Chloramine Redox water purification system uses five advanced filtration components to provide seven stages of filtration, with three vertical stages and two horizontally mounted inline filters. Included are two five foot lengths of tubing, a brushed nickel ceramic disk designer faucet with John Guest quick connect, a filter wrench, and a John Guest ball valve that is inserted into the 5 micron Stage 1 sediment filter to make water shut-off for filter changes easy.

Included Components and Specifications:

1. Triple filter wall mountable housing designed to be installed either under a sink or in a basement or lower level (additional tubing required for lower level installations).

2. Inline horizontally mounted 5 micron Omnipure sediment filter. (Stage 1)

3. 10" bone char fluoride adsorption filter. (Stage 2)

4. 10" 3 lb KDF media with 0.6 lb granulated activated carbon (GAC) filter. (Stage 3 & 4)

5. 10" 1 micron catalytic carbon chloramine filter that removes bad tastes and odors, chloramines, chlorine, and sediment to 1 micron. (Stage 5 & 6)

6. 14" inline bioceramic filter, connected by plastic clips to the 5 micron Omnipure sediment filter, mounted horizontally. (Stage 7)

7. Brushed nickel lead-free ceramic disk designer faucet with standard sink installation components, including a John Guest quick connect that screws onto the end of the faucet for fast and easy connection of the blue tubing from the output of the system.

8. Two 5 foot lengths of flexible LLDPE ¼" tubing – one blue, and one red. Red is used to connect to the cold water source and to the John Guest ball valve (shut-off valve) installed in the input of the 5 micron Omnipure horizontally mounted inline sediment filter. The blue tubing is connected to the output of the system and to the John Guest quick connect that is screwed onto the bottom of the supplied faucet.

9. John Guest Ball Valve (blue and white shut-off valve): a convenient shut-off valve that is installed with a short piece of red ¼" tubing in the horizontally mounted Stage 1 sediment filter input to make it easy to turn the water on and off for initial filter preparation (flushing), and for future filter changes.

10. Filter wrench, to enable easy opening of the filter housings.

11. Quick connects throughout for all ¼" tubing connections, including on the beautiful brushed nickel ceramic disk designer faucet.

ALKAPLUS CHLORAMINE REDOX FILTRATION UNIT DESCRIPTION:

Stage 1 – Horizontally mounted 5 micron Omnipure sediment filter: This is an inline plastic unit horizontally mounted to the metal bracket on the top of the system with plastic clips. In normal use, this filter will last one year, but if there are higher than normal sediment levels in your water, it may need to be changed earlier. Change when water pressure drops significantly.

Stage 2 – Bone Char Fluoride Filter: This is the left vertical stage of the three vertically mounted filters. This filter is specifically designed to remove fluoride. Replace this filter annually.

Stage 3 & 4 – 3 lb KDF Media/0.6 lb GAC: This is the middle, or centre vertical stage of the unit. This filter consists of two components (two stages), including the equivalent of 3 pounds of KDF media and over half a pound of granulated activated carbon (GAC). KDF media is a copper-zinc formulation that combines electrochemical and catalytic technology to remove chlorine, lead, mercury, iron, aluminum, arsenic, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, chloroform, trichloroethane, lindane, nitrates, nitrites and hydrogen sulfide from water. KDF media has a mild anti-bacterial, algaecitic, and fungicitic effect, and may reduce the accumulation of lime scale. Replace this filter annually.

Stage 5 & 6 – Catalytic Carbon Chlorine and Chloramine Filter. This is the right vertical stage of the unit, and is a 1 micron catalytic carbon block filter with multiple functions, including:
• trapping particles down to 1 micron from the bone char fluoride filter in stage 2, and from the KDF/GAC filter in Stage 3 & 4;
• removing chlorine, chloramines, odors, and bad taste.

Stage 7 – Bioceramic Alkalizing Antioxidant Filter: Using bioceramics, alkalizing minerals (magnesium, calcium and potassium), and other unique minerals and ceramics, the OPUS Bioceramic alkalizing antioxidant filter is a large 14 inch horizontally mounted inline filter which transforms water purified by the previous six stages into antioxidant, oxygenated, alkalizing drinking water with a reduced oxidation reduction potential (ORP) and a higher pH.

BENEFITS OF THE BIOCERAMIC FILTER:

• Increased pH, creating more alkaline (higher pH) drinking water. Alkaline liquids help flush acidic metabolites and toxins at the cellular level, while increasing the body’s alkalinity.
• Addition of healthful ionic (ionized) minerals, including magnesium, calcium, and potassium.
• Increase in oxygen. Ionized water can deliver twice as much oxygen to your cells as tap or bottled water. German biochemist Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize for research indicating that cancer cells are anaerobic and that cancer cannot survive in the presence of oxygen.
• Added Vitamin C, which contributes to the antioxidant functionality of the filter.
• The antioxidant function scavenges oxygen free radicals (reactive oxygen species), and may help reduce the risk of degenerative diseases including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
• Tourmaline – Far-infrared ceramic balls produce negative hydrogen (hydroxyl) ions and create a smaller water cluster size.
• Smaller water clusters (51.497 Hz) hydrate the body up to 3 times more effectively than normal water, while helping to increase the absorption of nutrients and minerals.

ANNUAL COST OF OPERATION: $400.00 PER YEAR (plus taxes)
– COST PER LITRE: LESS THAN FIVE CENTS