The methods of harvesting Ocean Water were developed by René Quinton, biologist, around 1905 in France. Several criteria were deemed prerequisites: Seawater must never be heated, never be diluted with distilled water (only spring water or reverse osmosis water) and never be in contact with metallic parts; it should always be kept cool and is considered a live substance such as human blood.

Today, those methods are still followed by ocean water processors, however, these days, we have better scientific instrumentation and more effective filtering methods than in the early 1900's and therefore, longer shelf life and better security are achieved.

This is the Canadian seawater harvesting process...

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Once at shore, the raw seawater containers are quickly loaded on a refrigerated truck and shipped to a 'food-certified refrigerated warehouse where it is subjected to two preliminary filtration processes: a nominal sedimentary filtration with two tandem pleated filters, one of 1.0 microns and the next at a nominal 0.4 microns. Then, a second much more stringent filtration process takes the solution through a 1 micron and a 0.2 micron filter. Both times, a UV purification treatment is added in the pumping loop. Soon thereafter, the cold ocean water is shipped to a government-certified pharmaceutical laboratory where preliminary biochemical tests are performed in order to establish the natural bioburden of the unprocessed water.

When that test discloses no abnormally high pathogens, the raw ocean water is subjected to a third and much more stringent filtration: a nominal sedimentary filtration with two tandem pleated filters, one of 1.0 microns and the next a 0.2 micron filter. This is an absolute process meaning that no molecules larger than 0.2 (1/5) of a micron (µ or µm = micrometer) will remain in the filtered solution. Again, a UV purification process is added. This process eliminates any possible pathogens. A second micro-biological test is performed by an independent lab on the cold-filtered solution to establish its purity.

A second test is performed by the lab on the cold-filtered solution to establish the remainder of pathogens. If this test passes scrutiny, the seawater solution is immediately filled into 100ml and 1000 ml bottles, the solutions are labeled, boxed and then shipped into a refrigerated warehouse. The harvested batch is quarantined until further biological tests have been performed by the lab. These are microbial analyses of the filtrate (filtered seawater) to determine if the seawater meets the release specification. Only when all tests confirm to expectations, is the product released for sale. From then on, refrigeration is no longer a requirement.

Our objective is to keep Ocean Water as pure and unadulterated as possible. We consider Ocean Water a living substance, just like human blood, and we respect it as such.

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