Design and technical adjustment of a water treatment system: 15 years of experience.

This article gives a technical summary over the development of our dialysis water preparation site covering more than a decade of common effort to improve and secure water quality. We invite the reader to follow us through the experience of 3 major conception changes determined by available localities and resources, operational difficulties, and maintenance as well as progressive technologies and standards. Critical analysis aims to provide information to promote development in this area including details of preventable errors and misconceptions. The findings show that it is possible to achieve higher water quality on regular bases at affordable cost through technical changes, often minor; preventive maintenance; and continual monitoring of all components. Copyright 2003 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.