Drinking Water Systems

cottage water filter

Drinking Water System 1

For city or rural homes and cottages

Reverse Osmosis System

Reverse Osmosis (RO) System

For city or rural home

undersink chlorine removal filter FC200

Undersink/Inline Models

Models that attach to existing kitchen faucet

water filter for well water UCS2

Drinking Water System 2

For city or rural homes and cottages

Rainfresh TWIST home water filter system Canada

TWIST Filter System

For homes in the city

undersink water filtration system

Drinking Water System 3

For city or rural homes and cottages

undersink chloramine removal filter

TWIST Dual Drinking Water System

For homes in cities where water has chloramines

Rainfresh drinking water systems provide pure, clean, fresh drinking water for your family
Fresh, safe and great tasting water for drinking, washing vegetables & fruits, coffee, tea, juices etc.
Installed under the kitchen sink
Inline systems attach to the cold water pipe of the existing kitchen faucet. All other drinking water systems include a chrome faucet

Product Type	Drinking Water Systems
Product Name	DWS 1	DWS 2	DWS 3	Reverse Osmosis	TWIST DUAL	TWIST
Model	SST	UCS2	UCS3	RO450/RO450M	QS2/ QS2X/ QS2K	QS1/QS1X/QS1K
For use with municipally treated water	√	√	√	√	√	√
For use with well, lake or river water	√	√	√
Includes Filtered Water Chrome Faucet	√	√	√	√	√	√
Type of Filtration (See text box)	CM + ACB	CM + ACB	CM + ACB	RO	ACB	ACB
PERFORMANCE
Bacteria (e.g. E. coli)	√	√	√
Chemicals		Some^	√		√	√
Chloramines

Types of Filtration

ACB – Activated Carbon Block CM – Ceramic Filtration RO – Reverse Osmosis

Many municipalities across North America treat water by a process called “Chloramination”. It involves disinfecting water by chloramines , which are formed when ammonia is used in addition to chlorine . Chloramines reduce the formation of potentially cancer-causing Trihalomethanes (THMs ), but Health Canada states that there is potential for formation of other potentially dangerous by-products such as haloketones, chloropicrin, haloacetic acids etc, whose health effects are still under study.

Among the known effects of chloramines are bad tastes and odours in drinking water & beverages made from such water. In addition, chloramines can cause skin irritation, are corrosive by nature, and are toxic to fish.
It is estimated that 1/3rd of all Canadians now drink water that has been treated by Chloramines . Major urban populations in Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Greater Victoria, Dauphin, St John’s, Toronto & surrounding areas, Saskatoon and many more are now on chloraminated water.
Boiling water or allowing water to sit at room temperature does not remove chloramines from drinking water. Most undersink activated carbon based filters or reverse osmosis systems are also ineffective in removing chloramines .

Rainfresh QCA and CA1 filter cartridges are specially formulated and are tested and certified for chloramine reduction. Rainfresh Whole House Chloramines reduction system reduces chloramines from all the water in the home.