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Excerpts from expert's reports
Extract of various test series with PROaqua 4200
Carried out by several independent analytical laboratories:
e.g. Department of Health (Bavaria/Germany), LGA (Bavarian Institute of Farming),
Department of water resources (Germany), Max-v.-Pettenkofer-Institute for Virology (Germany),
Department of Health (Vienna/Austria), etc.
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Result before filtering |
Result after filtering |
Unit |
DL |
LV |
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| Test series in laboratory |
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| Nitrate |
116 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
1 |
50 |
| Atrazine |
1,66 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
| Desethylatrazine |
1,37 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
| Simazine |
0,84 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
| Metazachlorine |
1,29 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
| Tetrachlormethane |
2,3 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,5 |
3 |
| Tetrachlorethene |
2,3 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,3 |
7 |
| Chlorine |
0,25 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,01 |
0,3 |
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| Test series - "family T..." |
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| Nitrate |
23 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
1 |
50 |
| Nitrite |
0,10 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
0,002 |
0,1 |
| Ammonium |
5,0 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
0,002 |
0,5 |
| Iron, total |
1,6 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
0,005 |
0,2 |
| Manganese |
1,2 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
0,01 |
0,05 |
| Potassium |
380 |
0,63 |
mg/l |
0,5 |
12 |
| Colony count at 20 °C / °F 68< |
55 |
0 |
l/ml |
— |
100 |
| Colony count at 36 °C / °F 96.9 |
170 |
0 |
l/ml |
— |
1000 |
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| Test series - "nursery school in U..." |
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| Ammonium |
2,48 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
0,002 |
0,5 |
| Iron, total |
0,65 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
0,005 |
0,2 |
| Water hardness (German hardness degree) |
17,4 |
n.d. |
°dH |
— |
— |
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| Test series - "Water supervisor P..." |
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| Colony count at 20 °C / °F 68 |
27 |
0 |
l/ml |
— |
100 |
| Colony count at 36 °C / °F 96.9 |
21 |
0 |
l/ml |
— |
100 |
| Nitrate |
56,4 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
1 |
50 |
| Sulfate |
93,1 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
1 |
240 |
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| Test series - "family F..." |
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| Nitrate |
78 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
1 |
50 |
| Desethylatrazine |
0,34 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
| Sebuthylazine |
0,12 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
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| Test series - "family Le..." |
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| Colony count at 20 °C / °F 68 |
86 |
0 |
l/ml |
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100 |
| Colony count at 36 °C / °F 96.9 |
142 |
0 |
l/ml |
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1000 |
| Nitrate |
122 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
1 |
50 |
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| Long-term test series - "family K..." |
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| after a test period of 4 years and approx.11,200 ltr. |
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| Nitrate (after approx. 14 regenerations) |
89 |
n.d. |
mg/l |
1 |
50 |
| Desethylatrazine |
0,18 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
| Atrazine |
0,14 |
n.d. |
µg/l |
0,02 |
0,1 |
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n.d. = not detectable
DL = detection limit
LV = limiting value
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