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Certified source materials
Water-contact filtration media and key components are sourced from manufacturers holding relevant NSF/ANSI certifications or official product listings for the specified media or component.
Tapure® combines filtration media and components sourced from manufacturers with relevant NSF/ANSI certifications or official listings, together with independent full-system challenge testing undertaken by SGS.
Customer confidence comes from knowing what is inside a filtration system, which standards apply, and how the finished product performs. Tapure® uses a three-layer approach.
Water-contact filtration media and key components are sourced from manufacturers holding relevant NSF/ANSI certifications or official product listings for the specified media or component.
Complete Purahouse® and RO3500 systems were submitted for independent challenge testing by SGS under defined test conditions and flow rates.
Tapure® publishes the contaminant, percentage reduction, test stage and report reference so customers can understand exactly what was tested.
The standard number identifies the scope of testing; it is not a quality ranking. The exact certified product and claim should always be checked in the official listing.
Commonly used for claims such as chlorine, taste and odour reduction, together with applicable material-safety and construction requirements.
Addresses reduction claims for specified contaminants with a health effect, including selected metals and chemicals.
Applies to reverse-osmosis drinking-water treatment systems and listed RO components, including membrane elements.
Addresses lead-content requirements for drinking-water system components and materials.
The supporting documentation supplied to Tapure® includes NSF/ANSI listings and certificates for carbon filtration media, ceramic remineralisation media and reverse-osmosis membrane elements.
Tapure® specifies an RO membrane sourced from Toray Advanced Materials Korea, whose membrane elements are listed by NSF under NSF/ANSI 58. The supplied certificate also references NSF/ANSI/CAN 372.
View supporting certificateSupporting NSF/ANSI 42 documentation is supplied for manufacturers of carbon media, carbon blocks and filter cartridges used within the Tapure® filtration supply chain.
View carbon certificateThe supplied documentation includes an NSF/ANSI 42 certificate and official listing for carbon blocks and cartridges, plus separate RoHS testing documentation for the fibre-carbon filter assembly.
View fibre-carbon documentsMinecera® CM-MAF08 ceramic-ball media is shown in an official NSF listing under NSF/ANSI 42, with the certified product size and maximum use level stated in the listing.
View current model listingSGS describes itself as the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, with a global network of laboratories and business facilities. Tapure UK Ltd commissioned SGS to test complete submitted samples of the Purahouse® and RO3500 systems. Results below relate to the specified tests at the start-up of service life.
Complete whole-house system challenge-tested at a recorded flow rate of 14 litres per minute.
Complete tankless reverse-osmosis system challenge-tested at a recorded flow rate of 1.6 litres per minute.
These documents relate to the named manufacturers and products. Certification status and listing scope should be checked against the latest official NSF database.
Official NSF/ANSI 42 model listing for CM-MAF08 ceramic-ball media.
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NSF/ANSI 42 certificate supplied for Shenzhen LEBEASWERT.
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NSF/ANSI 42 certificate/listing and separate RoHS test documentation.
Download PDFSGS report publication: The SGS reports supplied to Tapure include restrictions concerning publicity and use of the reports. Written permission should be confirmed before the SGS logo, report pages or public PDF downloads are placed on the website. Until then, publish the factual summaries and report references above and provide full reports on request.
This page does not present the complete Purahouse® or RO3500 system as NSF certified. Relevant filtration media and components are sourced from manufacturers holding the stated NSF/ANSI certifications or official listings. The complete Tapure® systems were separately challenge-tested by SGS for the selected contaminants shown.
No. Certification applies only to the particular product, standard and reduction claims shown in its official listing. The standard number is not a rating and does not mean that every possible contaminant is covered.
Tapure UK Ltd submitted complete system samples to SGS for selected challenge tests. The resulting percentages apply to those samples, contaminants, flow rates and start-up test points recorded in the reports.
Yes. Contact Tapure® and quote the relevant report reference. Public display or distribution of SGS report files is subject to the report terms and any required written permission.
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