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4.5.2 Independent Laboratory Testing Results – Biovir Laboratories

The following chart is a summary of the MAYTAG Whole Home Water Filtration System and MAYTAG

Whole Home Water Filtration System with Activated Carbon Prefilter Independent Laboratory Testing

results.

4.6 MAYTAG Whole Home Water Filtration Options and Controllers

4.6.1 MAYTAG Whole Home Water Filtration Options

The MAYTAG Whole Home Water Filtration System is a versatile household water filtration tool.

Additional treatment options have been designed and developed to improve the operation of the MAYTAG

Whole Home Water Filtration System. These options enable the MAYTAG Whole Home Water Filtration

System to treat a number of different source waters including municipally supplied, cisterns, wells, lakes,

and rivers. The options include the:

• MAYTAG Carbon Prefilter

• MAYTAG Stainless Steel Prefilter

• MAYTAG External Prefilter

4.6.1.1 Carbon Prefilter (included with MWF 4100 AWS)

Figure 4.10 - MAYTAG Carbon Prefilter

The Carbon Prefilter, shown in Figure 4.10, is installed, in accordance with the MAYTAG instructions, in

the top portion of the System. It is recommended for municipally chlorinated drinking water supplies

where the homeowner dislikes the aesthetic problems caused by chlorine. It performs two important tasks:

• It significantly reduces residual chlorine and chlorine related tastes and odours that can be

unappealing to homeowners.

Independently Tested By BioVir Laboratories, Inc. ,

Benicia, California

The MAYTAG Water Filtration System has been independently tested by BioVir Laboratories, a California Department

of Health (CDH) Approved Laboratory. The test results were:

Bacteria Reduction* - greater than 99.99999%

Virus Reduction** - greater than 99.7%

* Tested with Echerichia coli bacteria

** Tested with Polio virus

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