Nsf Performance Data Sheet - Amway eSpring Owner's Manual

NSF PERFORMANCE DATA SHEET

The eSpring™ Water Purifi er is listed with the NSF International. NSF Inter-
national is an independent testing and certifi cation agency established to set
quality standards for a wide variety of home and industrial products. Many
regulatory agencies, municipal water treatment offi cials and residential builders
look for NSF International listing as certifi cation that a product will meet high
performance standards.
The following product information is presented in compliance with NSF Interna-
tional disclosure requirements.
eSpring Water Purifi er No.: 10-0185
Replaceable Cartridge No.: 10-0186
Functional Description: The eSpring Water Purifi er is comprised of a compressed
activated carbon block fi lter, and an ultraviolet lamp. The fi lter is composed of
two outer non-woven pre-fi lters, and a layer of immobilized activated carbon.
This water treatment system is certifi ed as a class B system in compliance
with NSF/ANSI Standard 55 and is equipped with an ultraviolet (UV) lamp that
requires replacement at intervals in accordance with the manufacturer's instruc-
tions. The system is designed for the supplemental bactericidal treatment of
either treated and disinfected public drinking water or other drinking water which
has been tested and deemed acceptable for human consumption by regional or
local health authorities having jurisdiction. The system is designed to reduce
normally occurring non-pathogenic or nuisance microorganisms only. Class B
Systems are not intended for the treatment of contaminated water.
This Water Purifi er has been tested according to NSF/ANSI 42, and 53 for
reduction of the substances listed below. The concentration of the indicated
substances in water entering the system was reduced to a concentration less
than or equal to the permissible limit for water leaving the system as specifi ed in
NSF/ANSI 42 and 53.
Average Influent
Challenge
Substance Concentration
Required
NSF/ANSI Standard 42 Aesthetic Effects
Particulates-Class I
(#/mL at 0.5 to <1 micron) >10,000
Chlorine Taste and Odor
(mg/L as chlorine) 2 ± 10%
Chloramine (mg/L) 3 ± 10%
NSF/ANSI Standard 53 Health Effects
Asbestos (fibers/mL >10 µm) 10 -10
4 5
Lead at pH 6.5 (µg/L) 150 ± 10%
Lead at pH 8.5 (µg/L) 150 ± 10%
Mercury at pH 6.5 (µg/L) 6.0 ± 10%
Mercury at pH 8.5 (µg/L) 6.0 ± 10%
Alachlor (µg/L) 40 ± 10%
Atrazine (µg/L) 9 ± 10%
Benzene (µg/L) 15 ± 10%
Carbofuran (µg/L) 80 ± 10%
Carbon Tetrachloride (µg/L) 15 ± 10%
Chlordane (µg/L) 40 ± 10%
Chlorobenzene (µg/L) 2000 ± 10%
2-4-D (µg/l) 210 ± 10%
Dibromochloropropane (µg/L) 4 ± 10%
o-Dichlorobenzene(µg/L) 1800 ± 10%
Endrin (µg/L) 6 ± 10%
Ethylbenzene (µg/L) 2100 ± 10%
Ethylene dibromide (µg/L) 1 ± 10%
Heptachlor 80 ± 10%
Heptachlor epoxide (µg/L) 4 ± 10%
Lindane (µg/L) 2 ± 10%
Methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) (µg/L) 15 ± 10%
Methoxychlor (µg/L) 120 ± 10%
PCBs (Aroclor 1260) (µg/L) 10 ± 10%
Radon (pCi/L) 4000 ± 25%
Simazine (µg/L) 12 ± 10%
Styrene (µg/L) 2000 ± 10%
Tetrachloroehthylene (µg/L) 15 ± 10%
Toluene (µg/L) 3000 ± 10%
Total Trihalomethanes
(TTHMs as chloroform) (µg/L) 450 ± 20%
Toxaphene (µg/L) 15 ± 10%
2,4,5 TP (Silvex) (µg/L) 150 ± 10%
Trichloroethylene (µg/L) 300 ± 10%
†VOC's (µg/L) as chloroform 300 ± 10%
Test Conditions: pH: 7.75, Pressure: 60 p.s.i., Flow Rate: 3.4 L/min
Reduction Requirements/
Average Effluent Max. Permissible
Level Product Water
(Product Water) Concentration
Actual
12,000,000 68,100 >85%
≥50%
2.0 <0.05
3.0 0.07 0.5
73,750 <170 >99%
150 <1.0 10
150 <1.0 10
5.8 <0.2 2.0
5.8 0.2 2.0
42 <1.0 2.0
9.5 <0.5 3.0
14.67 <0.5 5.0
86 <1 40
15.67 <0.5 5.0
40 0.7 2.0
1950 <0.5 100
215 0.18 70.0
3.6 <0.01 0.20
1917 <1 600
5.9 <0.2 2.0
2000 <1 700
1.0 <0.01 0.05
77 0.06 0.4
4.2 <0.02 0.20
2.1 <0.02 0.20
14.7 0.6 5.0
120 0.1 40.0
10.1 <0.3 0.5
4426 6.4 300
11 <0.2 4
2016 <0.5 100
14.5 <0.5 5
3067 1.06 1000
478 2.1 80.0
14.5 <1 3.0
150 19.5 50.0
298.3 <0.5 5
343 <0.5 95%
†The following table sets forth allowable claims which can be made for drinking
water treatment units that have met the requirements for VOC reduction.
Organic Chemicals Included By Surrogate Testing
Substance
Alachlor
Atrazine
Benzene
Carbofuran
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzene
Chloropicrin
2,4-D
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)
o-Dichlorobenzene
p-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
1,2-Dichloropropane
cis-1,3-Dichloropropylene
Dinoseb
Endrin
Ethylbenzene
Ethylene dibromide (EDB)
Haloacetonitriles (HAN):
bromochloroacetonitrile
dibromoacetonitrile
dichloroacetonitrile
% trichloroacetonitrile
Reduction
Haloketones (HK):
1,1-dichloro-2-propanone
1,1,1-trichloro-2-propanone
Heptachlor
99.4
Heptachlor epoxide
Hexachlorobutadiene
>97.5
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
97.6
Lindane
Methoxychlor
>99.7
Pentachlorophenol
>99.3
Simazine
>99.3
Styrene
>96.5
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
96.5
Tetrachloroethylene
>97.6
Toluene
>94.7
>96.5 2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
Tribromoacetic acid
>98.8
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
>96.8
98.2 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
>99.9 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
99.9
Trichloroethylene
>99.7 Trihalomethanes includes: Chloroform
(surrogate chemical) Bromoform
>99.94
Bromodichloromethane Chlorodibromomethane
>96.6
Xylenes (total)
>99.95
>99.0
99.9
>99.5
>99.0
95.9
99.9
>97.0
99.99
>98.2
>99.9
>96.5
99.96
99.5
>93.1
87.0
>99.8
>99.8
Influent Challenge Maximum Effluent
Level (ppb) Level (ppb)
50 1.0
100 3.0
81 1.0
190 1.0
78 1.8
77 1.0
15 0.2
110 1.7
52 0.02
80 1.0
40 1.0
88 4.8
83 1.0
170 0.5
86 1.0
80 1.0
79 1.0
170 0.2
53 0.59
88 1.0
44 0.02
22 0.5
24 0.6
9.6 0.2
15 0.3
7.2 0.1
8.2 0.3
250 0.01
10.7 0.2
44 1.0
60 0.002
55 0.01
50 0.1
96 1.0
120 4.0
150 0.5
81 1.0
81 1.0
78 1.0
270 1.6
42 1.0
160 0.5
84 4.6
150 0.5
180 1.0
300 15
70 1.0
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