America's water delivery infrastructure is aging.
Municipal water can travel through miles of aging underground pipes before it reaches your home. Corrosion, older service lines, fixtures, and household plumbing can all affect water between the treatment plant and your tap.
What can happen on the way to your home?
Treatment is only one part of the water journey. The pipes and fixtures that deliver water can introduce new variables long after the water leaves a municipal facility.
Older communities may have a mix of aging water mains, lead service lines, galvanized piping, solder, goosenecks, meters, and household fixtures. The condition and materials vary from neighborhood to neighborhood—and sometimes from one home to the next.
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Municipal water mainsLarge underground pipes move treated water across a community and can deteriorate over time.
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Service lines and connectionsThe line from the street to the building may contain older materials or corroded components.
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Household plumbing and fixturesPipes, solder, faucets, and other components inside the property can also affect water at the tap.
These are the kinds of pipes water may travel through.
Municipal and building plumbing can vary widely, but corrosion, scale, sediment, and material deterioration are real infrastructure concerns worth understanding.
Three parts of the delivery system deserve attention.
A practical water review considers the public system, the connection to the property, and the plumbing inside the building.
Water Mains
Aging municipal mains can experience corrosion, breaks, repairs, pressure changes, and sediment disturbances as they deliver water across a community.
Service Lines
The line connecting the main to the home can include older pipe materials, connectors, meters, or fittings that influence water quality at the property.
Home Plumbing
Interior pipes, solder, faucets, water heaters, and fixtures can create additional concerns depending on age, condition, and water chemistry.
Filtration at the home adds a final line of defense.
NanoClean systems are designed to address water concerns that may be present at the point where your family actually uses the water—not only where the water began its journey.
Depending on the property and water concerns, the right approach may be focused filtration at the kitchen sink, whole-home filtration for every faucet and shower, or a custom system for higher-capacity needs.
Specific contaminant-reduction performance varies by system and should be supported by applicable product testing, certifications, and approved documentation.
Captured contaminants make the difference visible.
The samples shown around the clear center jar represent contaminants captured from municipal drinking water in different locations. The clear center sample represents filtered output from the original system demonstration.
Water quality is not identical in every city, neighborhood, or building. That is why NanoClean starts with a water analysis and recommends a filtration path based on the property and concerns instead of treating every home the same.
Technology built for serious water challenges.
The original NOV8iON program supplied filtration systems to Global Water Relief to help address extremely difficult water conditions in developing countries.
That work reflects the same mission behind NanoClean: understand the water problem, apply the right technology, and help people move toward cleaner, safer water at home and abroad.
A system for the kitchen, the whole home, or a custom project.
The right system depends on where filtration is needed, the property, the water source, and the concerns you want to address.
Under-Counter Systems
A budget-friendly choice for filtering water at the kitchen sink and, where applicable, the refrigerator's ice and water service.
Ask about under-counter options →Whole-Home Systems
Filter water serving faucets, showers, baths, laundry, and water-connected appliances throughout the home.
Compare whole-home systems →Custom Filtration Systems
Highly scalable systems for commercial-grade capacities, specialized water concerns, schools, facilities, and government environments.
Build a custom system →Find out what may be in your local water.
Tell us your ZIP code, water source, and the concerns you have noticed. NanoClean will review the available information and help identify the filtration path that makes sense for your home.