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FLUORIDE ANALYSIS FROM OUR FIVE WATER SYSTEMS 

Parameter

North RO Plant

04/2006

RO (RWS) Plant

05/2006

Skyco Plant

04/2006

Cape     Hatteras
Plant
 
04/2006
Stumpy Point Plant

05/2006
State Max/Min
Fluoride (mg/l as F) 1.04 0.99 1.00 1.01 1.00           4.0

EXPLANATION OF OUR WATER PLANT PROCESSES

RO (Reverse Osmosis) - simply expressed, is a specific process that employs the use of semi-permeable membranes for the desalting of water. Brackish well water is pumped from wells and pressurized to be applied to these membranes. The membrane's microscopic pore size allows water molecules to pass through, but not salt molecules. This method desalts the water by separating the fresh water from the brackish source water.

Ion Exchange - process of removing calcium & magnesium ions and exchanging or replacing them by other ions such as sodium. Since these ions have positive charge, they are called "cat ions" and the ion exchange process therefore can also be termed as "cat ion exchange.

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