• Ozone disinfects water, eliminating color, taste, and odor
• Ozone is 150 times more powerful than chlorine
• Ozone is 3500 times faster acting than chlorine
• Ozone leaves no toxic or carcinogenic by-products

When ozone is used to treat our drinking water, it is effective in eliminating color, taste, and odor. Chlorine, used in many facilities as a disinfectant, has recently been found in scientific studies to have a tendency to create carcinogens as it breaks down. For this reason there is increased pressure to reduce or eliminate chlorine as a primary disinfectant to water. Many cities, including Los Angeles, are now using ozone to disinfect their water supplies. Ozone is 150 times more powerful than chlorine and 3500 times faster acting. It eliminates harmful metals as well, by causing these metals to clump together which allows them to be large enough to filter out. Because of ozone’s short life, it quickly converts to pure oxygen and thus adds much needed oxygen to the water. Since ozone water purification systems require no chemicals, they are healthier and very cost-effective in long-term applications.
Ozone water-purifiers range from sink top to whole house size. There are also units that can be used to purify swimming pools and hot tusb, as well as small portable ones for your bathtub. Chlorine is an irritant to skin and eyes, causing the skin and hair to dry out. Ozone can be used instead to keep pools and spas fresh and clean. Ozone is generally produced by passing oxygen across either an ultraviolet light source or an electrical arc, converting some of the oxygen to ozone. This is then pumped into the pool, spa, or hot tub water. Since oxygen can be absorbed through the skin, bathing in highly oxygenated water can be extremely healthful.