Target 11 Tests Zero Water Filtration System

The Zero Water filtration system promises consumers that it removes chemicals from drinking water. In the Zero Water infomercials, potential buyers are challenged to try it for themselves so Target 11 consumer investigator Robin Taylor decided to see if the product works for herself. Zero Water claims that it will bring the contaminate level of tap water to zero. The company even supplies a meter with the product to prove it.

Channel 11 took the Zero Water filter to the Special Pathogens Laboratory in Pittsburgh where the experts there helped Taylor test water samples from three different counties. In a Westmoreland County water sample, the contaminants level was measured at 111. Experts said that is normal for most water in the United States. A sample from Allegheny County came in at 227 and a sample from Butler County came in at 266. Experts consider both levels high. After the water goes through the Zero Water filter, the meter should read zero, which is the Food and Drug Administration's definition of purified bottled water. A bottle of purified water tested at the lab passed the test and showed a zero water contaminates level.

The Zero Water filter is designed to remove contaminates like chlorine, lead and mercury. After the sample from Westmoreland County went through the filter, the lab technician tested the water with a 0.1 contaminates level which would still pass for purified water.The samples from Allegheny County and Butler County also dropped to zero. Then Taylor really put the Zero Water filter to the test by using filthy water from a hot water heater. After the water went through the system it tested at a contaminates level of three. The experts said they were impressed. "I was a little skeptical when we started, but we gave it a very good challenge with that water that had a lot of particulates in it and it did very well," said Dr. Janet Stroud of the Special Pathogens Laboratory. "The Zero Water really was comparable to the bottled water. The product met its claim."Taylor graded the Zero Water filter at an A minus. It sells for about $35, but experts said additional costs will add up because the filter will need to be changed regularly.

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