Water Filtration of PFAS Chemicals
PFAS/Forever Chemicals:
ONIT Home Has Your Solution to Clean and Healthy Water
- Get rid of PFAS chemicals from your water with a home filtration system
- Remove 99% of contaminants from your water and avoid health risks
- Find an affordable solution to a toxic chemical with our flexible finance options
- Enjoy a water filtration system with free and professional installation
How We’re Exposed
We’re exposed either through inhalation or swallowing. For example, workers who use PFAS or work with materials with PFAS are exposed through inhalation. However, consumers are exposed to them through our drinking water, food, or the packaging products we use. Additionally, people can be exposed to PFAS when eating fish.
Although we can either inhale or swallow the chemicals, there are three main sources for how that exposure gets to us.
Household Products
- Through non-stick cookware
- Stain-resistant textile, leather, or carpeting
- Paper and packaging material
Food & Food Packaging
- Packaging material contains PFAS
- Packaging processed with equipment using PFAS
- Food was grown in contaminated water or soil
- Fish swimming in PFAS-contaminated water
Water
- Industrial sites that used PFAS to manufacture other products lead to water contamination
- Locations used for firefighting, oil refineries, and airfields.
A Home Filtration System Is Your Best Line of Defense Against PFAS/Forever Chemicals
This all sounds pretty scary, right? The good thing is that ONIT Home has the perfect solution for you.
Our whole home water filtration system is the most effective way to reduce forever chemicals. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that granulated activated carbon and reverse osmosis used in ONIT’s filters are proven to be effective in removing PFAS from water.
The whole home system from ONIT Home filters your water through multiple stages, giving you clean and contaminant-free water straight from the source! Filter your water with our professionally installed systems, equipped with technology that eliminates toxic chemicals like PFAS from your water supply.
FAQ’s About PFAS/Forever Chemicals
Sediments
Sediments are tiny minerals resembling sand. Sediment accumulation is hard to spot unless your well pump pulls in large amounts. Without treatment, sediment buildup can damage plumbing and appliances. It can also leave stains on clothing, sinks, and other fixtures. Well water tests can determine if this contaminant is present.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
VOCs are typically human-made chemicals used in a variety of products, from cleaning supplies to pharmaceuticals. Exposure can lead to irritation of the nose, throat, and eyes as well as kidney damage. Other symptoms include headache and nausea.
Excess Iron
Excessive iron concentration can leave a metallic taste in your water. If your water is yellow or red, you likely have too much iron in your water. It can also clog your water well and cause stains on plumbing fixtures, laundry, or dishes.
Hydrogen Sulfide
A quick whiff of your water should help you determine if hydrogen sulfide is present — it smells like rotten eggs. This contaminant is responsible for the growth of bacteria that can clog your well and plumbing, leading to costly repairs. It can also leave dark stains on silverware. Exposure to hydrogen sulfide may irritate your eyes or respiratory system. It may also cause dizziness, abdominal pain, or headaches.
Sulfur
An easy way to tell if you have sulfur in your water is through a smell test. This contaminant gives off a rotten-egg smell and can also leave your water with an unpleasant taste. The smell and taste can indicate bacteria growth in your water. This leads to problems with your appliances and plumbing systems.
Bacteria
Bacteria can enter our drinking water through a faulty septic tank or wastewater treatment system. Common bacterial strains include E.Coli and Salmonella. Bacteria in water can make you sick, causing symptoms such as cramps, nausea, and fever.
Copper
Copper arrives from our plumbing pipes. Our bodies have natural defense mechanisms for maintaining healthy levels of copper, but this doesn’t develop until after we are one year old. Therefore, copper poses a concern for newborn babies, infants, and those with a genetic copper metabolism disorder. This contaminant appears tasteless and odorless, so make sure to schedule home water testing today!
Lead
Lead is odorless and colorless, making it hard to spot. It can also make our water taste sweet. Long-term exposure leads to different health problems. Lead enters our systems through old pipes and infrastructure. If your home was built before 1986, schedule a water test today.
Mercury
Exposure to mercury in water can be damaging to our brain, nervous system, and kidneys. It can enter our home after flowing into underground water supplies. Mercury is odorless and hard to detect with the naked eye, however, a water test will help you evaluate if the contaminant is present.
Calcium & Magnesium
The levels at which these minerals are present determines the hardness of your water. It can leave mineral deposits on your glassware, dry out your skin, and give a sour smell to your clothing from the buildup of soap curds.
Fluoride
Fluoride naturally occurs in surface and groundwater systems, but is also added to many drinking water systems. While fluoride is often advertised for reducing dental issues, it can damage your teeth and bones through long-term exposure and ingestion. This contaminant is tasteless and odorless, however, it’s easily detectable in a water test.
Arsenic
Arsenic is one of the more dangerous contaminants, as it is odorless and tasteless. This contaminant becomes toxic after continuous exposure. Long-term exposure has been linked to various health and skin conditions. Arsenic is common in homes that use a private well or are close to an industrial or agricultural area.
Nitrates
Nitrates may be naturally occurring ions, but they’re a health concern when it goes beyond a certain concentration. Nitrates are common in our groundwater, as it enters our water sources from fertilizers, manure storage, and septic systems. This contaminant is nearly impossible to identify without a water test, as it is odorless, tasteless, and colorless.
Bromine Test
Bromine is a chemical disinfectant. High levels in your water lead to throat and eye irritation.
Chlorine Test
Chlorine is found in most city water, as it’s used as a disinfectant during the water treatment process. However, too much chlorine in your water leads to asthma and breathing problems. There are also negative effects if chlorine is combined with other chemicals present in your water. For example, if bromine and chlorine combine, it leads to the creation of chemicals called trihalomethanes. Ingesting this through your water is linked to cancer.
Nitrates Test
Nitrates are chemicals that enter our water through runoff from septic tanks, sewers, and fertilizers. This can cause thyroid complications of infant blue baby syndrome.
Water Hardness Test
Water hardness affects your skin, hair, and can shorten the lifespan of your appliances. We can test this by adding a solution to your tap water. This solution will respond to the hardness of water through a color change. If water turns pink, then the water is hard. If water turns blue, your water is soft. Hard water can affect your skin, hair, and shorten the lifespan of your appliances.
Precipitate Test
This tests just how hard your water is! For this, we take multiple samples from your home water sources and compare it to our filtered water. We then add a solution that draws out sediment, water impurities, and particulate matter from suspension to be visible. This way you can see exactly what’s in your water sources.
Chromium Test
Chrominum is a nitrate chemical deposited from steel through erosion. Health effects include allergic contact dermatitis or lung cancer.
Heavy Metals Test
We test for heavy metals including lead, mercury, cadmium, and cobalt. Heavy metals attract bacteria, further leading to liver or kidney damage.
Soap Shaker Test
Our final test is seeing how much soap is necessary for your tap water, based on the hardness or softness. Hard water requires more soap to be used, causing you to spend more money every year.
ONIT Conventional Series
Remove contaminants and soften every drop of water in your home! Our whole home water softener and filtration system are designed with full automation so you can enjoy more and worry about less. This revolutionary system takes your home water supply through a two-step process.
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Whole Home Water Softener - Softens your water to extend the lifespan of your plumbing, appliances, and quality of your clothing all while ensuring your hair and skin are healthier than ever.
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Media Filtration - The media in your system works as a permanent solution for filtering our chlorine, chloramine, and heavy metal throughout tap water entering your home.
ONIT Conventional Series is perfect for homeowners using a municipal system or rural water district. The system’s control valve has been perfectly configured to provide years of service with low maintenance. Enjoy both state-of-the-art design and top quality while transforming your home water system.
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Professional Control Valve. Monitors your system for peak efficiency and has built-in backup in case of a power outage.
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High-Quality Brine Tank. Provides high-quality construction using corrosion-free materials.
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Exclusive Media Bed. A high-quality chlorine bed inside your system for years of continuous use.
ONIT Ranger Series
A deeper and powerful filtration is possible with the ONIT Ranger Series. The ONIT Ranger Series upgrades your whole home water filtration system with a powerful additional medium and other components including:
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Quartz/Garnet. Provides sediment filtration and promotes even distribution of purification.
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Blackcat Resin. Establishes higher capacity to remove iron and hard materials.
The system enhances its overall capabilities by using a catalytic carbon filter instead of the standard coconut shell carbon filter. This guarantees a reduction in chloramine particles, a disinfectant made of ammonia and chlorine that shouldn’t be in our water supply. The system holds a higher capacity for chlorine reduction and can reduce the presence of THMs, VOCs, and Hydrogen Sulfide (rotten egg smell).
The Ranger Series uses a Bacteriostat 55 to aid in chlorine reduction and prevent bacterial growth in the media bed.
Customers who choose this system can enjoy the benefits of healthy-looking skin with a 5-year supply of moisturizing soaps from Pure and Gentle.
ONIT Delta Series
The ONIT Delta Series has everything you’re looking for in a whole house water filtration system and then some. It’s loaded with all of the innovative functions of the previous systems, like the additional medium and Bacteriostat 55, while also adding enhancements for ultimate functionality.
The system uses a dual tank system to provide double the filtration capacity, so you can clean more water at one time. With a 50% reduction in system maintenance, you don’t have to worry about scheduling rigid upkeep. Installing the ONIT Delta Series means you can rest easy knowing your filtration system is always doing its job. There’s no pause during regeneration cycles, so the system is always filtering water and ready to provide you with clean, healthy, and fresh-tasting water.
Customers who choose this system can enjoy the benefits of healthy-looking skin with a 5-year supply of moisturizing soaps from Pure and Gentle.
Reverse Osmosis System
Get a deeper clean with a Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration System. Boasting five levels of filtration and a specialized RO chamber, this system is effective at removing even the tiniest of particles. The system uses a carbon block pre-filter and special membranes to remove chlorine and hold pesticides, odors, and pollutants like fluoride captive before they can ever make it out of your faucet.
Installed out of the way, right under the sink, you don’t have to worry about refilling filter pitchers or waiting for the water to finish filtration. Instead, you have clean water each time you turn on the faucet.
ONIT Conventional Series
Our introductory package, the ONIT Conventional Series, offers the basics in whole home water filtration. The Conventional Series is built with a coconut shell carbon filter and removes contaminants in your water supply through whole home water softening, reverse osmosis, and media filtration for chlorine, chloramine, and heavy metals.
The Conventional Series is equipped with one fully automated filtration tank.
ONIT Ranger Series
A deeper and powerful filtration is possible with the ONIT Ranger Series. The system enhances its overall capabilities by using a catalytic carbon filter instead of the standard coconut shell carbon filter, reducing chlorine, THMs, VOCs, and hydrogen sulfide. Boasting a fourth medium, the Ranger Series provides advanced removal of varying contaminants, like chloramine, and is perfect for homes of all sizes.
The Ranger is equipped with a reverse osmosis system, water softener, and one fully automated filtration tank for comprehensive whole home water filtration.
ONIT Delta Series
Maximize your filtration capacity with the Delta Series. The Delta’s loaded with all of the innovative functions of the previous systems, and then some. Built with a two-tank design to clean more water at one time, the Delta is great for families in larger homes. With a 50% reduction in system maintenance, you don’t have to worry about scheduling rigid upkeep. Installing the Delta means there’s no pause during regeneration cycles, and the system is always doing its job.
The Delta is equipped with a reverse osmosis system, water softener, a catalytic carbon filter, and two fully automated filtration tanks.
Farming Methods
Some crop fields use biosolids as a form of fertilizer, which is often contaminated with PFAS. This leads to contamination in our food and groundwater.
Factory Pollution
Factories across America discharge the toxic compounds into our air and water. Additionally, some manufacturers still use PFAS in consumer-used packaging material.
Firefighting
Firefighting foam contains PFAS, which runs off into our fresh water systems to further the contamination.
Wastewater Treatment
PFAS are found in biosolids and sewage sludge from landfills, leading to groundwater contamination through agriculture.
Household Products
PFAS are found in household products such as non-stick cookware, stain-resistant textiles, leather, carpeting, paper and packaging materials.
Fishing Contamination
When fish swim in contaminated water, the PFAS accumulates in their body. The chemicals are then ingested through eating fish.