Questions about Legionella and Filters
General Information about Legionella Filters and Water Sterilization Filters- Where Do Legionella Come From?
- Why Legionella Filters?
- Are Legionella Filters Only a Temporary Solution?
- Why Legionella Filters and Not, for Example, BRITA Filters?
- More Information about Legionella!
General Information about Legionella Filters and Water Sterilization Filters
Where Do Legionella Come From?
Cities are supplied with water by water utilities, which provide strictly controlled and hygienically flawless water. During its transport, the water is cold and flows continuously through large-diameter pipelines. However, this changes dramatically after the water is introduced into a building. Inside the building, the water stagnates, and its temperature rises. It flows through complex piping systems with narrow pipes, often featuring corroded inner surfaces or dead ends. This environment provides optimal conditions for the formation of biofilm from which bacteria and other microorganisms are continuously released into the water.Why Legionella Filters?
When water systems in buildings are contaminated with microorganisms, such as Legionella, at critical concentrations, they can be a source of infection that can have negative effects on your health, home, or business. Drinking water should be free from pathogens and should not pose a health risk to users.Pall Kleenpak™ and Pall-Aquasafe™ water sterilization filters for showers and faucets offer immediate, validated retention of waterborne microorganisms such as Legionella spp. and Pseudomonas spp.
Pall Kleenpak™ and Pall-Aquasafe™ water sterilization filters interrupt transmission pathways, provide immediately sterile-filtered water with maximum flexibility, and require no long-term investments. Pall water sterilization filters are compatible with systemic water treatment processes, cost-effective, and recyclable. If available, you can integrate these water sterilization filters into your water management's Water Safety Plan.
Are Legionella Filters Only a Temporary Solution?
If Legionella have been found in significant numbers in your home's installation, you should no longer shower and should only use the water from your home's installation to a limited extent.Since Legionella and bacteria that have settled in the piping network in the biofilm are extremely difficult to remove, it takes several weeks for any necessary remodeling of the installation and subsequent disinfection to be planned, carried out, and rechecked and released after a specified period.
Water filters can help you during this phase.
During this phase, you can continue your lifestyle without worry, whether it's showering, washing, or washing fruits and vegetables in the kitchen.
Therefore, the Legionella filter should be a temporary measure at this point and not a permanent one.
Because our water in Germany is healthy and the cleanest water in the world!?!
Why Legionella Filters and Not, for Example, BRITA Filters?
Legionella filters and, for example, BRITA household filters differ fundamentally in design and mode of operation.BRITA filter technology reduces limescale, chlorine, and other odor and taste-disrupting substances with an activated carbon filter.
Legionella filters, on the other hand, are equipped with a membrane similar to a coffee filter.
The individual pores of the membrane are so fine (0.2 µm) that bacteria and germs are trapped in the filter.