| Do water distillers treat organic chemicals? |
| Water distillers are effective in treating water for Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOC’s), including benzene. Characterized as organic chemicals that have a lower boiling point than tap water (normally 212 degrees Fahrenheit), VOC’s will vaporize and rise up as a gas with the steam in a water distiller. In the majority of modern water distillers this gas is released or vented through a volatile gas vent, which is basically a pinhole in the top of the condensing coils. If the VOC’s do happen to evade the vent, the carbon post filter commonly used in today’s water distillers will trap them. Combining carbon filtration with distillation has become standard practice with all home water distillers, and will boost VOC removal rates to more than 99 percent under normal conditions. Some water distillers feature both pre and post carbon filtration, while others, as in the case of manual distillers, utilize only post carbon filtration. The benefit of having a carbon pre-treatment before distillation occurs is it will remove a majority of the chlorine and VOC’s from the water, allowing the post carbon filter to serve mainly as a polishing filter. Home Page | FAQs | Glossary | Contact Us |