How tannin treatment worksTreats every outlet
What it does
Color from vegetation.
Tannins are organic compounds from decaying vegetation that tint water yellow or brown. Units sold for them use media that holds the tannins and is regenerated or replaced; what a unit handles is a tannin-specific claim it has to hold.
- Who it suitsWells and surface sources with tea-colored water
- What it needsA test naming tannins, a drain for regeneration, and service access
- What it won’t doCount a loose “organics” label as that claim.
- Where it goesAhead of UV, which tannins would otherwise shade