Ozonated Water Uses Shopping Tips and More | CPAP Machines | Dental | Horses

The uses of ozonated water vary from industry to industry and from application to application. Even the type of delivery of the ozone varies - from high voltage and very large expensive generators to ozone used in hot tubs to many others.

For horses or the equine industry, ozonated water has been found helpful in a manner similar to Bactine® but a non-chemical bactine. Horses especially in warm climates it has been found are susceptible to a skin irritation, a type of dermatitis that has been called "scratches". While ozone water will not cure, ozonated water is registered with the EPA as a sanitizer and use of the ozone water on the horses skin has been found helpful in combating the common horse skin irritation called "scratches".

For those with CPAP machines (continuous postive airway pressure machines are often prescribed for those combating sleep apnea) ozonated water has been described as "life changing". CPAC machines need the lines sanitized. Sanitizing with chlorine or vinegar lives a distinctive odor that is unpleasant for the CPAC user. The ozonated water, on the other hand, leaves only one residual - oxygen - fresh, all natural oxygen straight from Mother Nature. Because ozone is an allotrope of oxygen, because ozone mimics Mother Nature, the nasty odor that accompanies both vinegar and/or chlorine is no longer a part of the nightly ritual.

For the spa industry, the use of ozone for pedicures and the sanitizing of the water lines is a big money saver not just in chemicals but also in staff time but more importantly in providing the very best all natural sanitizer known to mankind.

For restaurants, professional chefs love ozonated water to provide a safe and non-chemical sanitizing rinse for extending the life of the produce and for adding a simple and quick step to combat the all too prevalent food borne illnesses.

Ozonated Water for Halitosis

For myself, I find that plaque buildup on my teeth is helpful with a couple of glasses of ozonated. One glass doesn't do it for me. For many, they like gargling with ozonated water to help with halitosis.

Crazy Claims

Ozonated water has many valid uses. Ozonated water will assist in food safety. Ozonated water does kill bacteria and has been clearly documented. "Cures" have no research foundation. As in all items, be realistic on the uses, be a wise consumer.

How to Shop for Ozonated Water

Whatever your uses, ask some important questions when shopping and actively seek out some very important visual cues.

1st Question - Drinking Water Use?

Only layered ozonated water delivers sanitizing properties and safe drinking water. Home made ozonators may ozonated but not filter. Some ozone units are made simply for sanitizing not for sanitizing and filtering drinking water. For example, in the application for the pedicure, if that is the only use, the filtering of the water for chlorine. Filtering tap water to remove chlorine is considered an "aesthetic purpose" for drinking water not a health item and not a need part of the layered ozonated system IF your intended use is simply for pedicures. IF you are a spa and want to use the water also for drinking water, you will then want the layered ozonated water - carbon filter, carbon block and the sanitizing properties of the ozonated water.

Visual Cues & Knowledge Tips

The EPA registration number should be noted for ozonated water units. The number relates to the manufacturer not to the brand.

Ask About the Level of Ozone Delivered

Depending upon your use - sanitizing or disinfecting or filtered water, know the level of ozone that you need and ask the distributor/manufacturer what the level of ozone that is delivered.

Ask About the Sustainability of Ozone Delivered

Be aware that not all ozone generators are created alike. Some have the ability to deliver a high level of ozone over time. Some can only deliver an incidental amount of ozone over a very short time frame. Determine your needs. If you are a restaurant with high volume, you need to be assured the level of the ozone will remain constant. If the smell of the delivery of the ozone is completely gone after running the ozone generator after a couple of minutes, you are now simply running pure oxygenated water. Remember if the ozone water sits for one minute, the ozone dissipates but if you have the initial smell, the sanitizing effects will continue. Be cautious and closely review the water production to ensure the generator continues to deliver ozone over an extended time frame. LED lights and your nose will know. I prefer the mindless LED light myself - maintenance is then assured by the microcomputer chip.

NSF Certification Need for Filtered Drinking Water

If you are seeking an ozone unit for drinking water, you want the water filters used in the layered ozonated water filtration system to be NSF certified for both NSF 43 and 53.

"NSF/ANSI Standard 42: Drinking Water Treatment Units - Aesthetic Effects
Overview: This standard covers point-of-use (POU) and point-of-entry (POE) systems designed to reduce specific aesthetic or non-health-related contaminants (chlorine, taste and odor, and particulates) that may be present in public or private drinking water.

NSF/ANSI Standard 53: Drinking Water Treatment Units - Health Effects
Overview: Standard 53 addresses point-of-use (POU) and point-of-entry (POE) systems designed to reduce specific health-related contaminants, such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, lead, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether), that may be present in public or private drinking water." source: www.nsf.org

Layered Ozonated Water - New Technology/New Product - Right from Mother Nature

Just as the future was much brighter with the advent of the world wide web, so too, the new technology of layered ozonated water takes drinking water and food sanitation into a new standard of excellence.

Just as the Internet is a tool which can be used both properly and improperly and sometimes not at all, food sanitizing with the layered ozonated water demands other food safety protocols. Learning the proper procedures is just as important as having the right tools on hand.

Use the Tools Correctly

Man has now harnessed the natural disinfecting properties of ozone or activated oxygen and we are now able to do this both safely and effectively, yet, it is up to us to use these tools correctly and consistently.

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The use of a food sanitizer does not replace the need for pre-existing safe and hygienic food handling and storage practices; rather, the use of this device is intended to augment such pre-existing practices. The use of a sanitizer will not render contaminated food safe to eat or unsanitary surfaces to use.