See our Water Ionizer Instructions page for information related to your having a healthy transition to drinking alkaline ionized water.

http://water.epa.gov/drink/info/

If you use a sodium or potassium based water softener [or if you live in an area that has very high levels of sodium in your water] you will need to read this. http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/sodium

If you get an orange-colored deposit in your tub under the faucet that means your water has an excess of iron in it. Iron is electrically conductive and could harm your water ionizer if you have an excess of it in your water. You can easily fix this problem with an iron/sulphur prefilter.

Municipalities filter this out of your water, but if you're managing your own well you will need to read this.

Sulphur can be in water and go undetected, but if you have it in your water you should prefilter it out. It's an alkaline mineral and so you would be getting greater concentrations of it in your ionized water. Sulphur will have either no smell at all or it will sometimes have a rotten egg smell to it.

If you live in a hard water area [over 200 ppm of hardness or over 12.5 grains] with extra calcium in your water you will want to read this.

If you don't do something to handle the water hardness and excess TDS [total dissolved solids] you will eventually have a problem. Hard water is a problem for water ionizers. Even medium-hard water can cause a water ionizer to lose its pH or ORP over time, due to scaling on the plates. Certain models [such as the Jupiter ionizers] have continuous cleaning inside the water cell, and so would be better to use with medium-hard water. Other solutions to medium-hard water can be found on our "Hard Water" page http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/hard-water  

I have heard of people with certain conditions not being able to tollerate water at a pH higher than 9. If your doctor has specifically restricted your diet to a narrow pH range you should check with your doctor before drinking alkaline water above a 9 pH. You may find that for at least a while, while your body heals, you may have to keep your water set at the lowest alkaline water level.

With bowel disorders, you want to avoid diarhea. Stay at the low alkaline settings for as long as it takes for you to be able to move up in pH without triggering diarhea.