Frequently Asked Questions

Tap water is drinkable, but its taste is often unpleasant because its origin is generally from surface layers and it has a changing composition.

For this reason, it must be treated both chemically and microbiologically for disinfection, so that it is safe for the population, once it has traveled through the entire network of pipes and pipelines until it reaches the point of consumption.

This is the only way to guarantee its food safety. But these disinfection processes to which it is subjected to make it drinkable influence the composition of tap water and alter its properties.

ACCUOR's high-efficiency technological equipment deals with the final treatment at the point of use and the transfer of minerals for human consumption. The main characteristic of the technology included in these new generation ACCUOR equipment, manufactured from 2021 onwards, is that it is selective in its cleaning and recharging processes.

In the cleaning phase, it inhibits, neutralizes and retains undesirable compounds (microplastics, cosmetics, benzenes, chemical contaminants, traces of betex compounds, Lindane, bacteria, viruses, protozoa and 32 other elements) that may be dissolved in the mains water, as well as elements that alter the organoleptic properties of texture and taste. It stores them, without returning them to the sewage system in order to avoid a new load to the environment, being processed this internal container at the time of the Refresh maintenance of the equipment.

In the recharge phase, it rebalances the healthy minerals and boosts them according to the selected water profile, providing the oxygenation and alkalinity that a vital water must have.

The quality control team at ACCUOR verifies each production run with the appropriate sampling, just like a water bottle bottling plant.

Filter jugs treat water to varying degrees. In general, tap water tastes better because chlorine is removed. In the absence of more information or further studies on the effect of filters, it should be considered that their use will produce an unpredictable decrease in calcium concentration.

What filtering systems do is subtract, i.e. they try to remove substances from the water. Obviously the interesting thing is that they remove the 'bad' ones and respect the 'good' ones, but a filter is not able to distinguish that from a pitcher, while ACCUOR devices can.

The reverse osmosis method removes minerals. Therefore, the composition of the osmosed water will also depend on the composition of the source water. A reverse osmosis filter removes dissolved salts with an efficiency of 95-98%. Thus, osmosed water is practically pure water, but it does not provide us with the mineral salts that can be assimilated by the body, which are responsible for better hydration.

ACCUOR varieties, in addition to calcium, provide magnesium, sodium and potassium ions which, in different measures, are very necessary for various functions of the organism; this is not provided by osmosed water.

In addition, osmosed water tends to have an acid pH, while our body is better served by water with a neutral or slightly alkaline pH, which, in addition to being more digestive, allows toxins and fats to be eliminated more quickly and naturally from the body's bloodstream. This necessary supply is what is achieved with ACCUOR's mineralization process unit.

A high-mountain climber would never forget to carry mineral salts to add to the water-snow-ice from the summits that he/she uses to drink, as it is essential to avoid dehydration.

In short, the excessively soft water (without minerals) that can be provided by a reverse osmosis system..:

• promotes the demineralization of the
• with respect to the taste, it gives the sensation of heaviness and being and little
• is too little

The waters of the different brands of mineral water each have their own characteristics and no two mineral waters are alike. The content of each one of them makes them more or less suitable for different people.

The variability of compositions of the same brand of bottled water must also be taken into account. The variations in composition are due to the fact that they come from different springs, since each spring has different properties.

Mineral waters are always of subway origin, healthy and pure in origin. However, the containers used can release particles that alter their properties. In addition, exposure to light and high temperatures, or improper storage can alter their properties.

We recommend using containers that do not release harmful particles, such as "thermos" type containers for food use, which are also specific for liquids. Plastic containers are less recommended.

No bottling plant in the world manufactures the glass bottles in the same plant where the water is bottled, so there is a risk of contamination during transport. They often travel hundreds of kilometers (and this transport contributes to CO2 emissions into the atmosphere). Upon arrival at the plant, they must be washed, disinfected and rinsed thoroughly before refilling. Under exposure to sunlight, a bottle can alter the biochemical state of the water.

The plastic used (PET) is porous, so it is conditioned to the environment where it is stored, its temperature, proximity to other non-drinking or even dangerous liquids and all this can pass from the bottle to the water. A plastic bottle in an establishment with high stock turnover has the water inside the bottle for at least a couple of months. The amount of Bisphenol A that these bottles transfer and that can migrate in that time should not be relativized, the risk exists.

We must not forget the damage that plastic bottles can do to the environment if they are not recycled. Bottled water is very expensive and generates a strong ecological impact; according to Greenpeace a liter of bottled water can cost up to 400 times more than a liter of tap water produces CO2 emissions in transport from the plant to the point of sale and then to the home, and contributes to increase the problem of plastic waste; according to ECOEMBES, about 40% of plastic containers are not currently recycled in Spain, so they end up in landfills or, even worse, thrown into rivers, seas and forests.

Sometimes there is not always a spring where the water is bottled, but rather wells.

To meet the growing demand for bottled water, these sources are sometimes abused. The consequences can be:

1. When water is extracted for years by mechanical means, the aquifer is emptied because more water is withdrawn than enters.
2. The quality of the spring water is affected, because when water is extracted from an aquifer by mechanical means, the aquifer is emptied and water has to be taken from a lower and lower level, which causes it to contain more sodium and the levels of other mineral salts to decrease.