OPUS - NANO-2024 Water Purification System

Product Notes:

The NANO-2024 Water Purification System shares all the same filters as the OPUS Advantage in its first 6 stages, featuring several types of activated carbon filters, bone char fluoride filtration, and 0.5 micron micro-filtration technology that removes 99.5% of mercury, lead, and giardia, cryptosporidium, entamoeba, and toxoplasma cysts to ensure contaminant-free water.

But as its name implies, it also adds a final nano-filtration membrane filter (a category with pore sizes between 0.01 and 0.001 microns) to provide an additional safety net to protect you from the bacteria and slimy 'biofilm' that might build up in your own home's plumbing if the water has been left standing in the pipes for quite a while, or for the initial period between when there is a temporary problem in your municipality's water treatment operations or delivery system (such as a water main break) and when you first hear about the resulting boil-water advisory (which you should still heed to be on the safe side, once you do hear of it). In this particular nanofilter, the 0.01 micron pores still lets the clean water and healthful minerals through, but traps both bacteria (which range from between 1 to 10 microns in length and from 0.2 to 1 micron in width, according to The Water Quality Association [WQA]) and pathogenic viruses (which range from about 0.02 to 0.5 microns in size [ibid.]) which do not fit through those pores, like insects on fly paper.

* E.g., Radjenovic et al. found nanofiltration had a high rejection percentage (>85%) for almost all the pharmaceuticals they investigated; see: Radjenovic J, Petrovic M, Ventura F, Barceló D (2008) Rejection of pharmaceuticals in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane drinking water treatment. Water Res 42(14): 3601-10.

Replacement filters can be bought individually or as part of an Annual Filter Replacement Kit. For directions, please download the OPUS NANO-2024 water purification system Installation Guide [PDF]

ANNUAL COST OF OPERATION: $320.00
COST PER GALLON (BASED ON 5 GALLONS PER DAY): 18 CENTS
COST PER LITRE: 3.9 CENTS

The OPUS NANO-2024 water purification system uses five advanced filtration components to provide seven filtration stages, using three 10" vertical filters and two horizontally mounted inline filters. 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.

Included Components and Specifications:

1. Triple filter wall mount housing that can be installed under a sink or in a basement with the 5 micron sediment filter (Stage 1) and Nanofiltration filter (Stage 7) horizontally mounted on the metal frame.

2. Inline horizontally mounted 5 micron filter, adsorbs chlorine, unwanted tastes and odors, organic chemicals, and dirt/rust/sediment 5 microns and larger. (Stage 1)

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

4. 10" tall 1 micron catalytic carbon chloramines filter. (Stage 3 & 4)

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

6. Inline horizontally mounted .01 micron Nanofiltration filter (Stage 7)

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

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

9. Two 5 foot lengths of flexible LLDPE ¼" BPA free tubing.

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

11. Filter Wrench, to enable easy opening of the filter housings (the three vertical components).

FILTRATION UNIT DESCRIPTION:

Stage 1 – Horizontally Mounted 5 Micron Sediment and Chlorine/Taste/Odor Filter. This is an inline plastic filter horizontally mounted on the top of the system with plastic clips. Under normal use, this filter should last between six months and a 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 water pressure drops to an unacceptable level, but at minimum it must be changed annually.

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 – Micron Catalytic Carbon Filter. This is the middle, or centre vertical stage of the unit. It combines 1 micron filtration with a special catalytic carbon filter that removes chlorine and chloramines. Replace this filter annually.

Stage 5 & 6 – .5 Micron MTBE/VOC/lead/mercury microfilter. This is the right vertical stage of the unit, and consists of a .5 micron carbon microfiltration filter with multiple functions, including:
• trapping fine carbon particles from the filter in stage 3 & 4, and bone char particles from the stage 2 fluoride filter;
• 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 7 – .01 Micron Inline Nanofiltration Filter. Mounted horizontally on the unit with two plastic clips to the 5 micron carbon block filter on the top metal bracket, this filter blocks protozoa, (cryptosporidium, giardia), bacteria (campylobacter, salmonella, shigella, E. coli), and viruses (enteric, hepatitis A, norovirus, rotavirus), and removes over 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, thereby maintaining the pH of the incoming water.

OPTIONS:
Replacement Filters (Individual)
Annual Replacement Filter Kits