OPUS - Freedom NANO-2024 Water Purification System

Product Notes:

The Freedom NANO-2024 features three types of carbon filters to improve your drinking water's taste and remove sediments, odours, chlorine and chloramines; plus 0.5 micron microfiltration technology to remove giardia, cryptosporidium, entamoeba, and toxoplasma cysts, and 99.5% of the mercury and lead; and a 0.01 micron nanofiltration filter which blocks even more protozoa, bacteria (including campylobacter, salmonella, shigella, E. coli), viruses (including enteric, hepatitis A, norovirus, rotavirus), and over 85% of tested pharmaceutical drugs, to ensure contaminant-free water.

It uses four advanced filtration components to provide seven filtration stages, using three 10" vertical filters and one horizontally-mounted inline filter. Tubing, a designer faucet, a John Guest quick connect for the faucet and a John Guest ball valve to allow easy water shut off for filter flushing and future filter changes are all included, as well. The system is rated for up to 5 gallons per day, or 1,825 gallons per year.

This system can be used with municipal water supplies that have been treated with either chlorine or chloramines (it can remove the tastes, odours and irritations associated with those chemicals), but it has not been designed to remove fluoride.

Annual replacement filter kits are available, as well.

Included Components and Specifications:

1. Triple filter wall mount unit (with the nanofiltration filter horizontally mounted on the metal frame on top) for installation under a sink or in a basement, to allow easy access to the system for future filter changes.

2. 10" long 5 micron carbon block chlorine and sediment/dirt/rust filter. (Stages 1 & 2)

3. 10" long 1 1 Micron Catalytic Carbon Block filter for Chlorine, Chloramines, Taste and Odor, and sediments down to 1 micron (Stages 3 & 4)

4. 10" long 0.5 micron carbon block microfiltration filter that removes MTBE, VOCs and chlorine, with up to 99.5% removal of lead and mercury. (Stage 5 & 6)

5. Horizontally mounted .01 Micron Nanofiltration filter, connected to the 5 micron sediment filter. (Stage 7)

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

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

8. Two 5 foot lengths of flexible LLDPE ¼" tubing – one blue, and one red.

9. A John Guest ball valve, to make it easy to shut off water to the system for initial filter flushing and future filter changes; this is connected to the water input of the horizontally mounted 5 micron sediment filter.

10. A Filter Wrench, to enable easy opening of the filter housings (the three vertical components) that hold the filters.

The individual components included in this design include:

Stage 1 & 2 -- 5 micron carbon block sediment filter, to trap dirt/rust/sediment down to 1 micron in size and larger (Stage 1), and to adsorb chlorine, and improve taste and odor (Stage 2). This filter is installed in the left vertical stage of the three vertically mounted filters. Under normal use, it should last six months to one year; however, depending on the quantity of water purified and the level of sediment in your water, it may require changing more often. Replace this filter if the flow rate for the filtered water drops to an unacceptable level, but at minimum it must be changed annually with the other filters.

Stage 2 & 3 -- 1 micron activated catalytic coconut carbon block : This two-stage filter, which is installed in the middle or central cylinder of the unit, is both for removing chlorine and chloramines and for any sediment/dirt/rust the first filter may have missed, down to 1 micron.

Stage 4 & 5 -- 0.5 Micron MTBE/VOC/Lead/Mercury Microfilter: This is in the right vertical chamber of the unit. This filter must be changed annually even if less than five gallons of water are purified daily. This filter has multiple functions, including:
• Trapping particles down to 0.5 microns, including particles from the neighbouring catalytic carbon block filter. (Stage 4)
• Removing chlorine, odors, dissolved and particulate lead, mercury (99.5% removal rate for lead and mercury), and giardia, cryptosporidium, entamoeba and toxoplasma cysts. A unique feature of this filter is the filtration of MTBE and VOCs – contaminants that very few filtration systems can remove. (Stage 5)

Stage 6 -- .01 Micron Inline Nanofiltration Filter: Mounted horizontally on the unit with two plastic clips, this filter blocks protozoa (cryptosporidium, giardia), bacteria (campylobacter, salmonella, shigella, E. coli), and viruses (enteric, hepatitis A, norovirus, rotavirus), and up to 85% of pharmaceutical drugs. This filter is an excellent low cost alternative to germicidal ultraviolet radiation, and will provide peace of mind should the municipal water supply fail to provide sterilization. This filter does not affect the mineral content in water, maintaining the pH of the incoming water.

Annual cost of operation: approximately $250.00 (before taxes), based on 5 gallons per day
Monthly cost of operation: $20.83
Weekly cost of operation: $4.81
Daily cost of operation: $0.68
Cost per gallon: 14 cents
Cost per litre: 3.0 cents
5 year limited warranty if filters are changed annually

OPTIONS:
Replacement Filters (Individual)
Annual Replacement Filter Kits (select store code 24375)

For further information, download the Freedom NANO-2024 Installation Guide [PDF]