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How Your Oxi
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Gen Water Treatment System Works
The Oxi
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Gen iron, sulfur and manganese eradication system uses Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2)
to oxidize contaminants in your water source. The chemical name for hydrogen peroxide is
H2O2. As you can see it is very similar to water (H2O) but with one additional oxygen
molecule. Hydrogen peroxide is injected into the water stream proportionally. The chemical
injection system will engage the pump based on the flow rate of the feed source water and the
settings on the pump control.
When water is being used the water meter sends a pulse to the pump control to engage the
pump. So when large amounts of water are being used the pump will run more frequently
during the usage period than in times when a small amount of water is being used.
When hydrogen peroxide is injected into the water stream, it oxidizes the iron, sulfur and
manganese from solution. This reaction is immediate. When these contaminants are oxidized
with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) the extra oxygen molecule oxidizes the contaminants and the
by product is H2O (water). This is much safer than using chlorine in that chlorine can cause
other problems in the water stream such as chloramines and trihalomethanes (THM’s).
Once the water has been injected with hydrogen peroxide it passes through the backwashing
carbon filter. The backwashing carbon filter uses catalytic carbon to act as a “catalysis” to
remove the oxidized contaminants. As the water passes through carbon filter the oxidized
contaminants are removed from the water and collected on the carbon media. Once the water
has passed through the carbon filter the water is iron, sulfur and manganese free!
The carbon filter will need to be backwashed on a frequency (in days) to flush out the collected
contaminants. The frequency varies on each system depending on the contaminant level.
Please use the following table as a guideline for backwash frequency combining iron, sulfur
and manganese values (these are baseline values and actual frequency may vary);;
Catalytic Carbon Backwash Frequency
Combined Contaminant Level
Days Between Backwashes
1
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3 ppm Combined
3 Days
3
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6 ppm Combined
2 Days
>6 ppm Combined
1 Day
Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual
Matrixx Oxi
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Gen MO
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