Culligan Aqua-Cleer Owner's Manual page 16

Performance
Data Sheet
(con't)
16
Total Defense (TD)
The Total Defense has been tested according to NSF/ANSI 42 and 53 for the reduction of
the substances listed below. The concentration of the indicated substances in the water
entering the system was reduced to a concentration less than or equal to the permissible
limit for water leaving the system, as specified in NSF/ANSI 42 and 53.
Substance Influent
Challenge
Concentration
Standard 42
Aesthetic 2.0 mg/L + 10%
Chlorine
Aesthetic 3.0 mg/L + 10%
Chloramines
Particulate At least 10,000
(0.5 - < um) particles/mL
Class I
Standard 53
MTBE 0.015 + 20%
Cyst Minimum
t
50,000/L
Turbidity 11 mg/L + 1
NTU
Lead 0.15 mg/L +
(pH 6.5) 10%
Lead 0.15 mg/L +
(pH 8.5) 10%
Mercury 0.006 mg/L +
(pH 6.5) 10%
Mercury 0.006 mg/L +
(pH 8.5) 10%
Chloro- 0.300 mg/L +
form (VOC 10%
surrogate
chemical)
Flow Rate = 0.5 gpm (1.89 Lpm)
Capacity = 1,000 gallons (3786 L)
t Based on the use of microspheres or Cryptospordium parvum oocysts
Testing was performed under standard laboratory conditions, actual performance may vary.
Maximum Reduction
Permissible Requirements
Product water
Concentration
>50%
0.5 mg/L
>85%
0.005 mg/L
99.95%
0.5 NTU
0.010 mg/L
0.010 mg/L
0.002 mg/L
0.002 mg/L
0.015 mg/L
Minimum Average
Reduction Reduction
97.6% 98.0%
97.6% 98.0%
99.9% 99.9%
74.6% 83.3%
99.99% 99.99%
96.6% 98.0%
99.3% 99.3%
99.3% 99.3%
96.6% 96.6%
72.4% 95.4%
95.2% 91.0%