Installation Guide

ManualsBrandsA.O. Smith ManualsUnder Sink Filtration SystemsAO-FF

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Organic chemicals included by surrogate testing

VOCs

(by surrogate testing

using chloroform)

Drinking

water

regulatory

level (MCL/

MAC) mg/L

Inﬂuent/

Unﬁltered

Efﬂuent/

Filtered

Percent

Reduction

alachlor 0.002 0.050 0.001 >98%

atrazine 0.003 0.100 0.003 >97%

benzene 0.005 0.081 0.001 >99%

carbofuran 0.04 0.190 0.001 >99%

carbon tetrachloride 0.005 0.078 0.0018 98%

chlorobenzene 0.1 0.077 0.001 >99%

chloropicrin — 0.015 0.0002 99%

2,4-D 0.07 0.110 0.0017 98%

dibromochloropropane (DBCP) 0.0002 0.052 0.00002 >99%

o-dichlorobenzene 0.6 0.080 0.001 >99%

p-dichlorobenzene 0.075 0.040 0.001 >98%

1,2-dichloroethane 0.005 0.088 0.0048 95%

1,1-dichloroethylene 0.007 0.083 0.001 >99%

cis-1,2-dichloroethylene 0.07 0.170 0.0005 >99%

trans-1,2-dichloroethylene 0.1 0.086 0.001 >99%

1,2-dichloropropane 0.005 0.080 0.001 >99%

cis-1,3-dichloropropylene — 0.079 0.001 >99%

dinoseb 0.007 0.170 0.0002 99%

endrin 0.002 0.053 0.00059 99%

ethylbenzene 0.7 0.088 0.001 >99%

ethylene dibromide (EDB) 0.00005 0.044 0.00002 >99%

haloacetonitriles (HAN)

bromochloroacetontrile — 0.022 0.0005 98%

dibromoacetontrile — 0.024 0.0006 98%

dichloroacetontrile — 0.0096 0.0002 98%

trichloroacetontrile — 0.015 0.0003 98%

haloketones (HK)

1,1-dichloro-2-propanone — 0.0072 0.0001 99%

1,1,1-trichloro-2-propanone — 0.0082 0.0003 96%

heptachlor (H-34, Heptox) 0.0004 0.025 0.00001 >99%

heptachlor epoxide 0.0002 0.0107 0.0002 98%

hexachlorobutadiene — 0.044 0.001 >98%

hexachlorocyclopentadiene 0.05 0.060 0.000002 >99%

lindane 0.0002 0.055 0.00001 >99%

methoxychlor 0.04 0.050 0.0001 >99%

pentachlorophenol 0.001 0.096 0.001 >99%

simazine 0.004 0.120 0.004 >97%

styrene 0.1 0.150 0.0005 >99%

1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane — 0.081 0.001 >99%

tetrachloroethylene 0.005 0.081 0.001 >99%

toluene 1 0.078 0.001 >99%

2,4,5-TP (silvex) 0.05 0.270 0.0016 99%

tribromoacetic acid — 0.042 0.001 >98%

1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 0.07 0.160 0.0005 >99%

1,1,1-trichloroethane 0.2 0.084 0.0046 95%

1,1,2-trichloroethane 0.005 0.150 0.0005 >99%

trichloroethylene 0.005 0.180 0.0010 >99%

trihalomethanes (THMs)

Inﬂuent/

Unﬁltered

Efﬂuent/

Filtered

Percent

Reduction

bromodichloromethane (THM)

0.080 0.300 0.015 95%

bromoform (THM)

chloroform (THM)

chlorodibromomethane (THM)

xylenes (total) 10 0.070 0.001 >99%

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