BecauseIt's Ozone-Free
Why is the Disinfection Process Performed on Drinking Water?
For a healthy life, the quality of drinking water is as important as the consumption and quantity of water. In bottling plants using conventional systems, contamination occurs during transportation to the facility, storage and filling in water that is actually clean at its source. For example, due to the maslak systems used during transportation, water pipes, water tanks used for stocking until the moment of filling in the facility, filling is done in the ambient air, not in specially protected cabins, the water comes into contact with the air and the surface at various points and becomes open to bacterial growth.
Since water is one of the most convenient and easy environments for the reproduction of organisms, microbiological growth and therefore contamination can occur with the air and surfaces such as tiles, concrete, plastic that the water comes into contact with. For such reasons, disinfection is carried out before or immediately after filling in order to make the contaminated water clean again.
Ozone is the strongest disinfectant known. When the ozone-enriched air method is applied to the water brought to the facility for filling purposes, disinfection of all bacteria and viruses, removal of taste, odor and color, elimination of algae and prevention of their formation are ensured.
What are the Risks of Disinfection Applied to Water with Ozone?
However, this disinfection has a very serious cost; The naturally occurring bromide substance in water turns into bromate, which is a carcinogenic substance, when ozone (enrichment with ozone air method) is applied. In scientific researches carried out by places such as WHO (World Health Organization), EPA (American Environmental Protection Agency), California State Environmental Protection Agency, and Canadian Food Inspection Agency, it has been shown that water containing bromide forms bromate after ozonation, and bromate is carcinogenic as a result of experiments and researches. specified.
Bromate, which is dangerous for our health, is not normally found in water, but as a result of ozonation, bromide in the water turns into bromate. Therefore, the water you drink to quench your thirst actually harms your health. That’s why the bromate level in the water is an important issue and should be followed.
TR Ministry of Health, Turkish Public Health Institution (THSK) Vice President Dr. Hasan Irmak, in his interview in the May 2013 issue of Food Technology Magazine, stated that most of the chemical inconveniences in packaged water are due to the bromate level caused by the use of ozone in the facility.
No Additives Are Added to Water in Elmacık Su
In the facility, which was established according to the latest technology in the world, thanks to its own special pipeline and high-tech machinery park, water is bottled without contact with air and without microbiological reproduction, and thus, it is bottled with its cleanliness and naturalness as it comes out of its source.
What is ozone?
Ozone is a gas naturally found in the atmosphere. Each ozone molecule is in fact a chemical compound consisting of three oxygen atoms and contains high level of energy. Ozone, with its 3 oxygen molecules, has a very strong oxidant effect compared to oxygen with 2 molecules. It has a sharp odour and blue colour and it is dangerous to breathe.
Thanks to its very strong oxidizing and disinfecting properties, ozone is used as anti-bacteria, anti-mould, anti-yeast, anti-fungus and anti-virus agent at drinking water plants. In addition, when the water is ozonised, it loses its naturalness due to the chemical treatment. Besides, since ozone modifies the mineral composition of the water, it can also change its taste. Ozone is a strong oxidant. It transforms into Bromide Bromate at natural mineral water sources and the compounds formed are undesirable substances in water. In Natural Mineral Waters, the amount of ozone, bromate and bromoform are not desired to exceed 50 mg/L, 3 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L respectively. Drinking water containing ozone, bromate or bromoform above the limit values is harmful to health. For these reasons, no chemical process, including ozonisation, is applied to Elmacık Water, in order to ensure that it reaches you with in its natural from directly from the source.
Reference Sources About Ozone
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6. Source http://www.inspection.gc.ca