The Waterboy System: How Our Whole-Home Water Filter Works

Cutting-edge multi-stage water filtration at the source for clean, fresh water from every tap

Superior Water Offers Superior Quality

Superior Water prides itself on quality products, offering a vast selection of water systems built with the highest-grade components. 

The Waterboy is the superior no-maintenance whole-house saltless water conditioning system, an eco-friendly solution perfect for Southern California homeowners.

Choosing the Right Size Waterboy for Your Home

Selecting a properly sized Waterboy whole-house system enables you to enjoy superior water quality. Our specialists can recommend the best size system based on these factors:

  • The number of taps and showers in your house
  • The number of people living in your home
  • Your household’s water usage patterns

A specialist can also explain how our water filter works and help you select one.

Treating Your Household Water With the Waterboy

A Waterboy whole-house system works harder than the average water filter. Superior Water systems go through these five stages:

  • Four stages of filtration, using activated carbon, catalytic carbon, and other cutting-edge filtration methods
  • One stage of conditioning, utilizing a multi-field module to treat water without removing vital minerals

Keep reading to find out more about how our water filter works.

Stage 1: Activated Carbon

Activated carbon is the industry standard for chemical reduction. It’s the first material we use to reduce chemicals from your water, including:

  • Chlorine
  • Chloramines
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOC)
  • Pesticides
  • Herbicides
  • Trihalomethanes
  • MTBE 

The Waterboy’s filtration media includes pharmaceutical-grade, coconut-shell-based, acid-washed bituminous activated carbon. It’s specially formulated to improve water’s taste, eliminate odors, and reduce the harmful effects of chlorine, chloramines, and disinfectants.

The Benefits of the Waterboy’s Activated Carbon Filtration Media

By including activated carbon in the Waterboy’s filtration media, Superior Water provides our customers with these benefits:

  • Great-tasting water
  • Healthier pH levels
  • Fewer environmental pollutants
  • Reduced chlorine and chloramines
  • Less dry and itchy skin

Stage 2: Catalytic Carbon

To truly understand how our water filter works, you must learn about the crucial role played by catalytic carbon—a highly activated form of carbon that can reduce chloramines and hydrogen sulfide.

Catalytic carbon is particularly well-suited for combating low molecular weight organic (LMWO) compounds and their chlorinated by-products, such as chloroform and other trihalomethanes (THM).

The Benefits of the Waterboy’s Catalytic Carbon Filtration Media

Incorporating catalytic carbon into the Waterboy’s filtration media can produce these key benefits:

  • Delicious-tasting water
  • Healthier water with fewer chloramines
  • Better hydrogen sulfide absorption
  • Improved look and feel of skin and hair
  • Fewer chemicals in water

Stage 3: Kinetic Degradation Fluxion (KDF) 55

One of the most critical components involved in the Waterboy’s filtration process is the patented Kinetic Degradation Fluxion (KDF) 55 redox. It’s an ANSI/NSF 42 and 61-certified, EPA-approved bacteriostatic filtration media capable of controlling microorganisms and reducing heavy metal levels in water. It can also extend the lifespan of activated carbon.

The Benefits of the Waterboy’s KDF Filtration Media

By using Kinetic Degradation Fluxion (KDF) 55 to filter water, Superior Water’s Waterboy whole-house system:

  • Prevents bacteria from breeding
  • Strips heavy metals
  • Aids in chlorine absorption
  • Results in healthier skin and hair
  • Makes carbon last longer

Stage 4: Silica Sand

Our no-maintenance water filter system attacks more than just compounds you can’t see. It can also reduce dirt and sediment, preventing them from harming your water supply.

An internal sediment filter consisting of fine silica quartz filtration media efficiently reduces dirt and sediment in water. This keeps water flowing freely through plumbing pipes.

The Benefits of the Waterboy’s Silica Sand Filtration Media

The Waterboy’s silica sand filtration system ensures:

  • Less dirt and sediment
  • Better flow rate
  • More peace of mind

Stage 5: Multi-Reversing Module

When it comes to how our cutting-edge water filter works, remember that the comprehensive solution doesn’t just filter your home’s water. Superior Water’s Waterboy systems also condition your water without salt or chemicals. This stage of the process restructures and realigns the polarity of mineral molecules, without removing them.

As water passes through the module, minerals remain suspended, stopping them from forming a hard scale. They’re transformed into a powdered aragonite that lets them pass through plumbing pipes smoothly.

The Benefits of the Waterboy’s Multi-Reversing Module

Finishing the Waterboy’s water conditioning process with a multi-reversing module ensures:

  • Less hard water
  • Minimal limescale buildup
  • Longer-lasting plumbing pipes
  • Silkier hair and moister skin

The Results of Using Superior Water Systems 

After learning how our water filter works, you should have a better sense of why the Waterboy is such an effective tool. By installing one, you can treat your family to water that tastes and feels better while also improving appliance performance.

Conditioned water cleans dishes, clothing, and other items more effectively and provides a natural smoothness without removing vital minerals like calcium and magnesium. Unlike traditional water softeners that add sodium and potassium and increase maintenance costs, the Waterboy is a no-maintenance water filter.

Waterboy systems include the added benefit of automatic backrinse control, so you can enjoy a maintenance-free experience and longer component life.

Automatic Backrinse Control

The Waterboy employs a Clack electro-mechanical automatic backrinse control valve that automatically back flushes and repositions all filtration media weekly. This enhances absorptive capacity and extends the life of filtration media by 10 to 15 years.

No Maintenance Required

Homeowners don’t need to worry about maintaining a Waterboy system since it back flushes, rinses, and cleans itself up to four times each month, depending on a home’s water usage. You can utilize it for up to 15 years without lifting a finger.

Order a Waterboy System from Superior Water

Now that you’ve learned how our water filter systems work, contact our water experts with your questions and schedule an in-house consultation!

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