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Purification Process
The purity and taste of Cristalia Premium Water
is the result of the dedicated efforts of a highly trained
teem of water manufacturing technicians that insure constant
vigilance in treating and testing our product’s source and
quality.
The Cristalia process starts at the source – a protected
area of about forty cuerda’s of land located in Barrio Cotto
Laurel, Puerto Rico – where the recharge zone is for the
Company’s deep water wells. By insuring that the recharge
area is keep free of agricultural contamination and man made
pollutants, Cristalia is assured that our water’s source
stays free of contaminates. The water is chlorinated at the
well source and pumped to the manufacturing plant through
our own special single use, pipelines. At the plant we de-chlorinate
the water by passing it through a multi media filter system
to our raw water holding tanks.
Once the water leaves the raw water holding tanks it passes
through a coconut, carbon filtering system and a special
system of five and ten micron filters. The purpose of these
systems is to remove any odors or bad tastes from the water
and eliminate any Cryptosporidium spores (which are
typically greater than twelve microns) and large particles
that could possibly enter or be dissolved in our raw water
sources.
After the water passes from the five and ten micron filters,
it passes into a commercial grade water softener system. The
purpose of the water softeners is to eliminate any calcium
or magnesium that may be present in the processed water and
to give the water a “soft” taste. After the water passes
through the water softeners, it passes through an Ultra
Violet Light (UV) system to kill any bacteria that may be
suspended in the water. Following the above steps, the water
passes through another ten micron filter and then passes
into a high capacity (120 gallon per minute) Reverse Osmosis
System (RO system) to filter the water down to the molecular
level. The purpose of the RO system is to nano-filter the
water to a point where we end up with product water in the 7
to 10 TDS (total dissolved solids or parts per million)
level.
Finally, just prior to filling our bottles with fresh clean
Cristalia Premium Water, we inject ozone into the water as a
final barrier, to kill any possible bacteria that may be in
the processed water. This ozone also breaks down into pure
oxygen to super oxygenate the water giving the water an even
cleaner, crisp taste.
No process would be complete without testing and this is
where we believe we excel at Cristalia. Our in house quality
control technicians test our water at 20 points for micro
analysis on a daily basis. The process consists of growing
micro cultures and checking the plates for bacteria counts.
In addition to the micro analysis, we check our source water
and product hourly for PH levels, conductivity, chlorine
levels, turbidity, ozone, and TDS. Every week we arrange to
have product samples tested by an outside testing laboratory
to insure compliance with our target micro and chemical
levels to further insure our product quality meets the
highest standards in the industry. Every year the source
water also undergoes a full chemical, micro biological, and
radiological test, by a US based testing laboratory.
If this process and testing regime sounds like overkill to
you, it probably is, but our commitment to the highest
standards of product quality demands this level of effort.
We think the results speak for themselves. You our clients
vote your support every day in the market and we do our part
to insure that we never lose that trust in our great brand!
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