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                                                                                          sue24 (36)
                                                            
                          
                          
                                                          General Ionics systems provide water filtration for NASA, breweries and Pepsi and Coke. This system never introduces salt into your homes water system; it only uses salt to recharge the resin bed of the softener. Also, if need be it will chlorinate and the dechlorinate to kill bacteria.