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Ionizers and well water

A common subject that often surfaces at IonWays is well-water and ionizers.  We advise our Associates and customers who have well-water (or any other untreated water source, such as catchment) to have it tested before running it through an ionizer. But why?

The water provided to our homes comes from either surface or ground water.  Surface water is water that has been collected from streams or rivers, lakes, wetlands, etc.  Groundwater is found below the ground in aquifers, which are pores and/or spaces between the earth.

Public water systems use surface or ground water as a starting point, then run it through several different treatment processes in order to meet EPA drinking water standards. This process includes sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection to name a few.  Disinfection kills micro-organisms such as bacteria and viruses, which can make  people sick if it’s not filtered out or treated. Chlorine and UV light are two common treatments used for disinfection.  Public water suppliers are monitored periodically and are required to provide an annual water quality report to consumers.  Your local water quality report can almost always be found online by typing “water quality report” along with the name of your local water supplier.  IonWays Tech Support is always happy to help you decipher your report.

If you have a private well, your water source is ground water. It’s important that you get your well-water tested and analyzed. Why? Because the EPA is only responsible for the safety of public water supply, and will not regulate or treat private wells – the owner is solely responsible for any needed treatments to his well-water.

To ensure functionality and optimal performance of your ionizer as well as your safety, we ask that you have your well-water tested.  IonWays Professional Water Testing can test for the following list of items, or you can have it tested locally:

·    Bacteria and other organic contaminants
·    Nitrates
·    Nitrites
·    TDS (total dissolved solids)
·    Hardness, as CaCO3
·    pH
·    Calcium
·    Magnesium
·    Iron
·    Sodium
·    Arsenic
·    Copper
·    Manganese
…and anything else that might be specific to your geographic location.

After you obtain this report, you can e-mail or fax the results along with your contact information to our Technical Service Department for analysis and any pre-filtration recommendations.

Resource: IonWays Flow: Vol. 2, Issue 28

The IonWays AlkaPod

In today’s world, convenience is a crucial part of our lives.  Alkaline, ionized water produced right at the kitchen tap is a luxury appreciated by all who own an ionizer!  It’s understood, however, that it is nearly impossible to carry an Athena everywhere we go and sometimes very inconvenient to carry containers full of water to our jobs, etc.  In response to the problem, IonWays offers the AlkaPod, a device designed to convert regular, treated water (tap or bottled) into alkaline, ionized water – it’s perfect for when you’re on the go!

Using thirteen different types of minerals, including tourmaline, zeolite, and Maifanshi stone, the AlkaPod is able to alter the pH of source water by up to 2 points and reduce the ORP by up to a -200 mV.  Although the filtration capabilities of the AlkaPod are limited, it does help reduce common contaminants such as chlorine; zeolite is used to absorb and retain heavy metals and toxins. In addition, Maifanshi stone not only helps absorb toxins, but also supplies trace minerals!   The tourmaline in your AlkaPod produces negative ions (measured as ORP) and also reduces the size of water molecule clusters, which helps the body absorb more water.  You can rest assured that the AlkaPod’s food-grade, stainless steel design and unique internal filter are patented and certified as 100% safe from contamination or leaching.

Measuring 8-inches tall and weighing only one pound, the AlkaPod is not bulky or heavy and is ideal for those who are constantly on the go.  Maintenance for the AlkaPod is easy – simply change the filter every 3 months or so (based on daily consumption of 2-3 liters).

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IonWays Flow: Vol. 2, Issue 27

Non-electric ionizer by Ionways – The Naia and Spartan water filtering

This was transcribed and summarized from a phone conversation with IonWay President Jay Hare and former Technical Service Manager Joe Stumph.  My apologies, this has not been formerly edited or revised. – Brad Hamilton

Cartridge 1 Stage of the Filtration System

          Very Simple – There is a physical 5 micron membrane sediment filter and then it’s packed with centaur carbon which is the Super Hero of the carbon world.  It is absolutely the best stuff you can get your hands on as far as getting the gunk out of your water. And the reason those two are there is to simply protect and maintain the second stage filter which is really the driving motor of this type of system.  To really keep it protected and optimize it’s performance for longer amounts of time.  So the sediment is obvious up to 5 micron.  1 micron is about 1/25,000 of an inch.  So, it’s about 1/5000 of an inch.  The Centaur and the carbon that is in there is going to take care of the volatile organics; chloramines, chlorine, improve taste and odor, and it’s good for many many things.  So it’s pre-treating water so it’s not going to exhaust the second stage filter which is really where the magic of this system takes place. Centaur carbon is the only grade of carbon that can actually absorb the compound of chloramines. It is because it was activated in such a way that it is simply much more porous than traditional types of carbons that it has the ability to increase contact time which is where standard carbon fails is it if you slow it way way down, granulated carbon will get it but it get exhausted very very quickly.  For Centaur carbon, scientists found a catalytic process to where they activate it and it is about 2 ½ times more porous and it’s the pours that create the surface area and that is where it entraps the chloramines.  That is where the contaminates get trapped, in those pours. 

Cartridge 2 Stage of the Water Filtration System

is the guts and blood of this system, this is amazing and really exciting.  It’s a mixed resin bed and it’s this proprietary blend in this process this company has been using.  Every ion in the universe has a polarity, either positive or negative.  It is the same way that an ionizer works is that it physically separates.  Well they have to treat them with different medias.  Well this company has found a way to make these out of the propylene gels that is much more stable so they tend not to fragment and give off other ions back to the water.  Basically it is an exchange, so for every ion you want to remove it has to give one back into the water.  What they have done is found a cationic resin media that as it’s taking those cations in what it’s releasing is good H+ which is hydrogen.  Now the anion on it which is the acidic element is pulling those things in and it is entrapping them and what it gives off is the hydroxide, the OH-.  So as the two are finished with that filter and coming back you’ve got 2 hydrogen, 1 oxygen and you end up with H2O.  It’s is making water that is so absolutely pure it can be used in the most exhausting and demanding industry in the world for clean water which is electronics.  They can use it in pharmaceuticals and making microprocessors.  It truly is amazing. It basically takes everything that’s in there and trades it out for the molecules it needs to make water.  The media used in all the cartridges are FDA approved grade and carries NSF certification.

          What about fluoride? Activated alumina is known to remove fluoride, but not totally.  It will reduce it, but there are some severe limitations to activated alumina and removing fluoride. Activated alumina is the old standard for removing fluoride from water. What it is is aluminum oxide and it will absorb fluoride and it does if fairly well if you are looking at using it in an application it that it is designed to.  In any system that is point of use, in simple truth, the flow rates are much too fast for it to be effective.  You need a flow rate for effective reduction of less than ½ gallon a minute.  For a closer removal of 97% you are best off at .1 gallons per minute using activated alumina. You may be patient, but who is that patient for getting clean water?  If the machine is at 3 liters a minute then maybe 30% removal of fluoride is achieved with activated alumina.  The material is porous, but not very porous and it absorbs water so it expands as it’s doing that which helps to create a bigger surface area.  But in that as the water is running past it, it simply doesn’t have time to leave that deposit inside the aluminum oxide and it passes through fairly easily. 

          So how good of a job will the IonWays purification system do on fluoride?  Amazing.  This is the kind of media that anybody who has been in the water business has been searching for for so long.  It is absolutely amazing.  Fluoride is a monovalent anion, it is an acidic element, so it will instantly be drawn to these resin beads in the second filter. It will instantly be taking care of it.  When we look at fluoride, we know how dangerous it is.  There is so little of it in the water, that this type of system will do an amazing job of riding us all of the fluoride nightmare.

Cartridge 3 Stage of the Water Filtration

 What happens in kind of like reverse osmosis and the filtration is getting rid of anything that we might be concerned about in the water.  That media in cartridge 2 is so strong and does such a good job, that it can’t differentiate in what is good for us and what is bad for us. The media is simply going to take out everything. It is going to leave us with raw water that is perfect for electronic use, but not consumption.  It is devoid of minerals and nutrients which we need that are essential for our health and well being. So now we use the blends of media IonWays has been working on for many years and mastering the water remineralization technology.  We put back in 70 trace minerals which are healthy and beneficial for our bodies which we need replenished every day. 

The water remineralization technology is just going to be limited to the Spartan. The NAIA is going to go a step further and it’s going to be using the newest and most up to date groundbreaking technology coming out of Japan which is ceramic beads.  The Ceramic magnesium technologies that IonWays are using in the NAIA will help us get the redox as well to where it will get rid of the oxidizing principles and depending upon the water, it will get back to a negative ORP without every using electricity.  In addition to the beads, IonWays has gone one step further and also using a proprietary blend of new ORP media that IonWays has been testing for about 6 months now.  At 3 liters a minute, IonWays has seen some great negative ORP levels.  The way the NAIA is setup to achieve the negative is between -200 and -350 ORP at 3 liters a minute flow.  For non-electric ionization works through contact time with the ORP media, the media which drops the ORP, so think about this. You go and get a glass of water from your NAIA, and then the unit sits there for 2 or 3 hours until you come and get another liter of water.  The water in the filter has had a lot of contact time in that remin/orp cartridge, so it has achieved a really good ORP reading. Remember that is just in the first liter. You will see very decent –ORP numbers in the first liter.  Where you really want to watch for in a non-electric ionizer is after it has flowed for a while. So the real question is, where is the ORP after the first gallon?  That is where IonWays has really perfected the right media to do the best job and low ORP and Reminieralization.

Ionize Your Water without electricity. Be Green!

In response to the demand for greener and less expensive water ionization technology, IonWays is pleased to announce the environmentally friendly and cost-conscious Spartan (499.00) and Naia (599.00)!  These innovative water systems utilize some of today’s most cutting edge filtration techniques designed to bring you great tasting, super clean, and healthy water!  Both the Spartan and the Naia employ three separate specialty filters to produce purified, alkaline, and ionized water!   

Cartridge One is the same in the both the Spartan and the Naia, containing a sediment filter and centaur. The sediment filter helps to reduce particulates up to 5 microns in size, and centaur is one of the highest grades of carbon. Not your simple carbon or GAC, centaur is the premier carbon media available for the reduction of chlorine, chloramines, VOC’s, and many other drinking water concerns.  Designed for annual replacement, this filter helps to remove some of the unwanted contaminants to help to extend the life of the second stage filter.

Cartridge Two is also the same in the both models. Our IonWays Purification Cartridge uses a special blended media to virtually remove everything from the water. Here’s how it works: Every particle in nature has either a positive or negative charge. Our media works by trading bad ions for good ions using a very basic principle – polarity and attraction. What takes place is a simple exchange. The media first attracts and then traps the charged ions and then releases either a hydrogen ion (H+) or a hydroxide (OH-) depending on the polarity of the trapped particle. So once we effectively trade the ions, the remaining H+ and OH- combine, leaving us ultrapure H2O with virtually every other ion removed.

The effective life of the Purification Cartridge is entirely dependent on the qualities found in your source water. Simply put, the more particles in your water, the more quickly the media will expire – just like any filter or media. Because water quality and personal preference varies, timely replacement of this cartridge is up to the individual. We have provided a handy meter (with instructions) to let you decide when it is time to replace your Purification Cartridge. This filter can last from one month to one year.

Cartridge Three-the problem with creating water this pure is although we have removed unwanted contaminants, we no longer have any beneficial minerals. To provide you with these beneficial minerals in the third stage of these revolutionary systems, IonWays offers you the following:

The Spartan uses the IonWays Remin Max filter. The Remin Max filter uses what is called sacrificial media – which, instead of taking away from the water, gives back!  Healthy minerals such as calcium, magnesium, bi-carbonates, and over 70 organic trace elements are given back to the water through the Remin Max filter-we’ve even added KDF to help remove any unwanted heavy metals that could appear with the trace elements.

The Naia employs the exact same Remin Max filter to add back beneficial minerals to the water.  It also has an added layer of passive ionization media. This media creates the negative charge (-ORP) providing you an antioxidant potential without electricity!  Purified. Remineralized. Non-electric. Ionized. Quite possibly the closest thing you’ll find to perfect water!

Both filters are designed for annual replacement.

The water produced by the Spartan and Naia is a super-clean, free of unhealthy contaminants, and full of life enhancing minerals ideal for your well being! Best of all, these non-electric units are ready to ship, so place your orders today!

Courtesy IonWays Flow, Vol 1. Issue 32.

I was selling the wrong alkalizer, ionizer, or alkaline water machine!

Let me set the scene for you: After 6 years in this business, I finally realized I was selling the wrong alkalizer, ionizer, or alkaline water machine!  Whatever you want to call it!

People are trying to make sense of the massive piles of hype still being disgorged by the Internet marketing alternative health community…

… and how all that hype soured good people on good opportunities.

“Hype”, and the dreadful sales pitches filled with it, really confuses people.  To the point where it’s now cool to talk about “selling without selling”.  I say “Bull Sugar!”

It’s clear that many people now struggling to make a business successful…

… feel adrift in all the advice, information, and teasing opportunities swirling around the marketing community, both online and offline.

I know it’s frustrating.  I hear about this frustration all the time.

Thankfully there is a company that cuts through all the Bull Sugar on the Net…

… all we need to do is spend a little time learning and get the information out…

… oh, and personal experience with the product is the best way to share with people.

Yes, I knew if I was going to be successful, I needed their product in my home so …

… I purchased the Athena and put my old ionizer to rest.  What a difference in taste, pH, and ORP!  I couldn’t believe it!  I absolutely love this machine!

Now … Let’s not let grass grow under our feet.

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As you may or may not know, on March 25th, 2010, I visited corporate headquarters for IonWays in Reno, NV.    To say the least, I was very impressed. My sponsor/business partner Kai Jacobson was instrumental in allowing me to visit and meet the owners and employees of the company that day.

I met and spent a good amount of time talking with Jay Hare, the CEO, David Forsythe, the Owner, Rick Wright, the COO, and Joseph Stumph, the Technical Service Manager.  IonWays, LLC has 25 employees, many are bilingual, and very intelligent.  I mention bilingual because IonWays is expanding worldwide.

Currently, IonWays, LLC are in US, Canada, and Ecuador.  Brazil, UK, and other parts of the world are opening up this year.  It’s very important to understand the management team (IonWays Management Team)  is preparing for the big explosion of business to begin happening and they will be able to keep up with business and they want people who speak their languages employed into key positions.  The site and all materials are already in Spanish and other languages are on the way.

This company has done it’s homework.  The corporate structure, customer service, and high quality machines with a lifetime warranty, 20 PHD R&D scientists earning over 22 patents for their machines, UL Certified, high quality filtration system, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified are just a few of the reasons I really support this company.  (IonWays and Emco Manufacturing)

If you haven’t done so, look on DEALER RESOURCES, see the certified documents, watch the videos, see the filtration system that can go as low as .10 micron and as low as .01 micron.  Same as a dialysis machine!  It’s really a proven machine.  Plus a Lifetime Warranty on all the machine.  The IonWays site as well as the back office materials explain all of that.

You see . . . we don’t need hype with IonWays . . . their products, manufacturing, scientific evidence, and certifications are visible for people to see.  It’s as if a breath of fresh air has entered the room . . . or a tidal wave of reality not hype!

If you haven’t yet . . . you’ll need to, is to get this ebook I have created.  It’s 80 pages!

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ionized Alkaline Water

I look forward to helping you!

Brad Hamilton

408-782-4681