PERFORMANCE DATA SHEET
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
actual water treatment needs. It is recommended that, before purchasing a water treatment unit, you have your
water supply tested to determine your actual water treatment needs.
BRITA® FAUCET FILTRATION SYSTEM
MODEL FF-100 WITH FILTER FR-200
Influent Challenge
SUBSTANCE
Concentration
Actual
NSF/ANSI Standard 53 – Health Effects
Asbestos
90
a
Lead
150 ppb
Lead
150 ppb
Cysts
92,000
e
e
Alachlor
40 ppb
Atrazine
10 ppb
Benzene
15 ppb
Carbofuran
77 ppb
Carbon tetrachloride
14 ppb
Chlordane
42 ppb
Chlorobenzene
2.0 ppm
2.0±0.2 ppm 0.002 ppm
o-Dichlorobenzene
1.8 ppm 1.8±0.18 ppm <0.0005 ppm <0.0005 ppm >99.9% >99.9%
2,4-D
210 ppb
Endrin
6.6 ppb
Ethylbenzene
2.2 ppm 2.1±0.21 ppm 0.0007 ppm 0.0031 ppm
Lindane
2.0 ppb
Methoxychlor
120 ppb
Simazine
11 ppb
Styrene
1.9 ppm
2.0±0.2 ppm <0.0005 ppm <0.0005 ppm >99.9% >99.9%
Tetrachloroethylene
16 ppb
Toluene
3.1 ppm
3.0±0.3 ppm <0.0005 ppm <0.0005 ppm >99.9% >99.9%
Toxaphene
16 ppb
Trichloroethylene
320 ppb
TTHM
390 ppb
Turbidity
11 NTU
h
VOC
290 ppb
NSF/ANSI Standard 42 – Aesthetic Effects
Chlorine
2.0 ppm
2.0±0.2 ppm
taste and odor
Particulate (Class I,
8,700,000
k
0.5–1.0 µm)
* The U.S. EPA Levels are Maximum Contaminant
Levels (MCLs) and are the same as the
NSF Maximum Permissible Product Water
Concentrations unless noted otherwise.
a
Measurements in million fibers/L;
fibers >10 µm in length.
NSF minimum percent reduction requirement.
b
Read this Performance Data Sheet and compare the capabilities of this unit with your
REDUCTION
Filter Effluent
NSF Target
Average
Maximum
10–100
a
<0.17
a
<0.17
150±15 ppb
<1 ppb
<1 ppb
150±15 ppb
<1 ppb
<1 ppb
<1
<1
e
e
≥50,000
40±4 ppb
<1 ppb
<1 ppb
9±0.9 ppb
<0.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
15±1.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
80±8 ppb
<1 ppb
<1 ppb
15±1.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
40±4 ppb
0.4 ppb
2.0 ppb
0.019 ppm
210±21 ppb
0.1 ppb
0.2 ppb
6±0.6 ppb
<0.2 ppb
<0.2 ppb
2±0.2 ppb
<0.02 ppb
<0.02 ppb
120±12 ppb
0.4 ppb
0.7 ppb
12±1.2 ppb
1.4 ppb
4 ppb
15±1.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
15±1.5 ppb
<1 ppb
<1 ppb
300±30 ppb
<0.5 ppb
<0.5 ppb
450±90 ppb
4.6 ppb
22 ppb
11±1 NTU
0.1 NTU
0.1 NTU
h
h
300±30 ppb
0.6 ppb
1.3 ppb
0.05 ppm
0.05 ppm
21,000
27,000
k
k
≥10,000
c
U.S. EPA Action Level by treatment technique.
d
Health Canada Maximum Acceptable
Concentration (MAC).
e
Testing with live Cryptosporidium oocysts.
Measurements in oocysts/L.
U.S. EPA minimum percent reduction by
f
treatment technique.
U.S. EPA
Level * /
NSF Max.
Percent Reduction
Permissible
Product Water
Concentration
Average Minimum
a
>99%
>99%
7
a
/99%
>99.3% >99.3% 15 ppb
>99.3% >99.3% 15 ppb
>99.99% >99.99% 99.9%
e
>97.5% >97.5%
2 ppb
>95%
>95%
3 ppb
>96.6% >96.6%
5 ppb
>98.7% >98.7%
40 ppb
>96.5% >96.5%
5 ppb
98.9%
95.2%
2 ppb
99.9%
99%
0.1 ppm
0.6 ppm
99.9%
99.9%
70 ppb
>97%
>97%
2 ppb
99.9%
99.8%
0.7 ppm
>99%
>99%
0.2 ppb
99.7%
99.3%
40 ppb
87%
63%
4 ppb
0.1 ppm
>96.9% >96.4%
5 ppb
1 ppm
>93.6% >93.6%
3 ppb
>99.8% >99.8%
5 ppb
98.7%
94.3%
80 ppb
0.3–1.0 NTU
99%
99%
h
0.5 NTU
99.7%
99.5%
N.A.
97.5%
97.4%
N.A./50%
99.7%
99.6%
N.A./85%
k
7
TESTING PARAMETERS
HEALTH
Alkalinity
CANADA
(ppm
GUIDELINE
CaCO
)
3
b
N.A.
N.A.
c
/10 ppb
10 ppb
d
18
c
/10 ppb
10 ppb
d
100
/99.95%
N.A.
N.A.
f
b
N.A.
N.A.
5 ppb
N.A.
d
5 ppb
N.A.
d
90 ppb
N.A.
d
2 ppb
N.A.
d
N.A.
N.A.
0.08 ppm
N.A.
d
0.2 ppm
N.A.
d
100 ppb
N.A.
d
N.A.
N.A.
≤0.0024 ppm
N.A.
g
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
10 ppb
N.A.
d
N.A.
N.A.
30 ppb
N.A.
d
≤0.024 ppm
N.A.
g
N.A.
N.A.
5 ppb
N.A.
d
100 ppb
N.A.
/
h,i
0.1–1 NTU
N.A.
h,i
h
N.A.
N.A.
b
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
b
g
Health Canada Aesthetic Objective (AO).
h
NTU = Nephelometric Turbidity Units.
i
Level by treatment technique.
k
Particulate measurements in particles/mL.
N.A. = Not applicable.
Temp.
pH
(°C)
19
7.4
21
6.5
20
8.4
20
7.9
20
7.2
21
7.4
21
7.6
20
7.4
20
7.4
20
7.3
20
7.3
21
7.4
20
7.4
21
7.6
21
7.4
20
7.4
22
7.4
20
7.6
20
7.2
20
7.4
20
7.2
20
7.3
21
7.4
21
7.5
20
7.4
20
7.3
20
7.4
20
7.3