Removes 99.99% of smallest particles from your water source removes suspended solids and pathogenic bacteria & many others Applies with standard 10 inch Slim filter cartridges (OD:50mm). Reduces asbestos fibers, dirt, chlorine taste and odor, mold, anthrax and other spores, algae and removes 99.99% Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts. Ceramic filter removes particles from the water but leaves oxygen and mineral contents unchanged, which gives water it's spring-like freshness and taste (not "pure" but wholesome). Pathogens of the most varied diseases which are reliably filtered from the water include; cholera, typhus, cryptosporidium, amoebic dysentery, ecoli, colibacillose or bilharzia, anthrax spores among others. Ceramic filtration technology is often called "dead-end filtration” and "depth filtration".