TEST RESULTS

Type of contamination Amount Result Method Detection level Test by
Bacteria 14 000 (after 7 days) 0 Membrane
filter count		 - National Bacteriologic Laboratory, Stockholm
Chlorine 3.4 mg/l 0 Photometric analysis
(Perkin Elmer)		 < 0.01 mg/l Water Protection Ass of South West Finland
Salt water 31 000 ppm 0 Ion chromatography < 1 ppm VBB Viak Stockholm
Trihalomethanes 1 000 µg/l 0 Gas chromatography < 1 µg/l University of Turku, Finland
Radon 380 Bq/l 0 Alfa detection < 4 Bq/l Swedish Radiation Protection Institute
Cesium
Strontium
Plutonium
Radium		 2.4 Bq 0 Lithium Drifted
Germanium Detector		 < 0.1 Bq Radiation Physics Department, Univ of Lund
Arsenic +3 10 mg/l 0 AAS Graphite < 0,003 mg/l Analytica AB, Stockholm
Arsenic +5 10 mg/l 0 AAS Graphite < 0,003 mg/l Analytica AB, Stockholm

Justification of tests
Since the ions contained in salt water and the radioactive ions, which have been included in the test program, are smaller than 0.001 microns (one micron is 0.000001 meter) and thus smaller than any other types of particles, the tests conducted with salt water and radioactive ions prove that all types of particles are removed.

Tests with bacteria have been conducted to control that live organisms do not behave differently in the process compared to other matter tested. Bacteria are around 1 micron in size. There are known smaller living organisms. Virus, for instance, are as small as 0.01 micron. However, not even unknown organisms can be smaller than an ion. An ion consists of one or several atoms.

Chlorine, trihalomethanes and radon are gases commonly found in drinking water. The former in municipal water and the latter in well waters. Total removal of these gases imply that also other gases are removed completely.

All gases (or any volatile matter) will be removed in the same way and all material (or any non-volatile matter) will be removed. And there is no other type of matter than volatile and non-volatile. Therefore we can say: no matter what your contaminants, they will be removed.