Ozone is an extremely active form of oxygen found in nature.
Lightning is nature’s ozone generator with each flash generating
a massive amount of ozone. After a lightning storm you’ll often
notice a clean smell. That’s the cleansing effect of ozone!
Ozone kills bacteria in water by oxidizing the organic material
in bacterial membranes, which weakens the cell wall and
causes cellular rupture. This exposes the organism to the
external environment and causes the cell to die almost
immediately, leaving behind pure water free of harmful
contaminates and a smooth and refreshing taste.
Ozone Water Treatment
The Ozone Process in 3 easy steps
About Ozone
When was ozone first used?
The "ozone advantage" is simple, yet profound: chemical free /low or no
maintenance! Ozone has been used to treat water for more than a century.
It began in Oudshoorn, Netherlands, in 1893. The first ozone water
treatment plant treated their drinking water. Nice, France, was the first
large city to use ozone for their drinking water. Now, thousands of
communities throughout the world use ozone. Los Angeles, California,
is the world's largest (600 million gallons a day) water treatment plant to
use ozone for water decontamination. A three-year LACDWP study
completed in 1983 proved that the use of ozone as a pretreatment for
aqueduct water was the most economical way to meet or exceed new
federal and state water quality standards.
Ozone treatment is now easier more efficient and less costly than
conventional methods. The "revolution" in ozone treatment is that
it works - and works well - at an affordable price.
Ozone has been accepted by municipalities, bottling and beverage
companies, the EPA (10 state standards), Wisconsin DILHR, Water
Quality Association and many foreign authorities.
Ozone Pure Water treatment methods are
as easy as O1 + O2 = O3
How is ozone made?
Ozone (O3 ) is found commonly in nature. Ozone is formed whenever
lightning occurs, or when an electrical discharge creates a spark. The
ozone layer in the upper atmosphere provides a protective screen
against dangerous solar radiation.
The generation of ozone is a relatively simple process. Air, dry air or
oxygen is drawn into our patented ozone generators, at which point the
air is charged with high voltage. The air is made up of diatomic oxygen
(O2 ) and nitrogen (N2 ) . Diatomic oxygen is a molecule composed of
two oxygen atoms (O) held together by four equally shared electrons.
As the air is drawn through the ozone generator, the high voltage splits
some oxygen molecules into oxygen atoms. Some of these atoms then
quickly react with oxygen molecules to form ozone: (O1 ) + (O2 ) = (O3 ).
Ozone is second only to fluorine as the most powerful oxidant. Ozone
inactivates and oxidizes organic metals and most organisms faster than
chlorine. Ozone also functions as a micro flocculating agent to "polish"
the water and improve clarity (clarifying iron, sulphur and manganese).
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