Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOC)?

[Cmartin]

I have noticed some drinking water filtration units have a VOC block filter. I am curious whether or not people worry about Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOC) in their water?

From the watts site...
"This specially formulated 1 micron VOC Carbon Block filter. This VOC filter is capable of reducing harmful Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOC) such as MTBE's, Lindane, Atrazine, Benzene, 2, 4-D, and others from your drinking water (See performance data sheet for a complete list of VOCs). It is estimated that VOC's are present in one-fifth of the nation's water supplies. These water contaminants can enter ground water from a variety of sources including localized use of herbicides and pesticides, gasoline or oil spills, leaking underground fuel tanks, septic system cleaners, and chemicals used in the dry-cleaning industry. "

I currently run a 5 stage r/o system atm but I also have this 4 stage system with the VOC filter sitting around so I was just trying to do a little research. Are Volatile Organic Chemicals something we should worry about in our reef tanks? I never heard anyone talk about this before so any info on it would help me out.

Thanks

 

[gumbii]

yeah... that's why i love living where i live... no VOC's in our drinking water... also 30TDS on tap... a DI cartridge last forever...

but i thought all carbon cartridges take out VOC's...

 

[Cmartin]

yeah... that's why i love living where i live... no VOC's in our drinking water... also 30TDS on tap... a DI cartridge last forever...

but i thought all carbon cartridges take out VOC's...

yea I'm not really sure they have a specific voc filter on the site I couldn't figure it out really...

Do you know where to find out about local water and the VOC levels?

Thanks for the reply gumbii

 

[gumbii]

um... call up your local water company... they have to give you a print out if you ask for it... i think it gets tested in my area every week, but they have a final analysis of the water for the public once a month... i guess they average it out.. they don't want to tell us that we drank a lot of crap that one week... LOL...

but yes, hit them up... if you can walk into the water company, they will give you a print out right there...

 

[PatientZero]

yeah... that's why i love living where i live... no VOC's in our drinking water... also 30TDS on tap... a DI cartridge last forever...

but i thought all carbon cartridges take out VOC's...

****, im Lucky to get 3 months out of.a Di cartrige in riverside. When I lived in mn one would last 8 or 9 months

 

[gumbii]

****, im Lucky to get 3 months out of.a Di cartrige in riverside. When I lived in mn one would last 8 or 9 months

wut...???


wow... jose got his RO with dual DI cartridges over a year ago... one cartridge was fresh and one halfway... now recently, the new cartridge is just about done... so i think about a cartridge a year over here...