Dechlorination & carbon filtration
Chlorine and chloramine in city water quietly destroy RO membranes and ion exchange resin, and ruin product flavor in food and beverage. Activated carbon removes them before they reach anything that matters.
Strips the oxidizers that wreck downstream equipment.
Granular activated carbon adsorbs chlorine and catalytically breaks down chloramine, while also pulling out organics, taste, odor, and color.
Adsorption and catalysis, sized to contact time.
Water passes slowly through a carbon bed; the key design variable is empty-bed contact time (EBCT). Chloramine in particular needs catalytic carbon and enough residence time to fully break down.
Contact
Water enters a sized granular activated carbon bed.
Adsorb
Chlorine, organics, and taste/odor bind to the carbon.
Catalyze
Catalytic carbon breaks chloramine's chlorine–ammonia bond.
Protect
Clean, oxidizer-free water feeds RO, IX, or process.
Where dechlorination is essential.
Serviced or owned — your choice.
Run it as a service and we own and maintain the equipment, regenerate the media offsite, and keep the paperwork — or have us engineer and build the system for you to own outright. Same engineering either way.
Common questions
What's the difference between removing chlorine and chloramine?
Free chlorine comes off standard carbon readily. Chloramine is more stubborn — it needs catalytic activated carbon and longer contact time to break the chlorine–ammonia bond. Sizing for chloramine is different from sizing for chlorine.
Why dechlorinate before RO or ion exchange?
Chlorine and chloramine are oxidizers that degrade thin-film RO membranes and shorten resin life. Carbon ahead of them is standard protection and far cheaper than replacing fouled membranes or resin.
How long does the carbon last?
It depends on chlorine/chloramine load and flow. On our serviced model we monitor and swap the carbon before breakthrough, so you don't track it.
Does carbon remove anything else useful?
Yes — it also reduces taste, odor, color, and many dissolved organics, which is why it's a front-end staple in breweries and food and beverage.
Protect everything downstream.
Tell us your chlorine or chloramine levels and flow and we'll size carbon that protects your membranes, resin, and product — serviced or owned.
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