Reverse Osmosis | What Is Revesre Osmosis? | How Does Reverse Osmosis Work?
The Pros
Reverse Osmosis systems use both mechanical and adsorbent technologies. Sediment (mechanical) and Carbon (adsorbent) filtration is used in the pretreatment before the Reverse Osmosis membrane, which is a mechanical filter.
Reverse Osmosis utilizes a technology called nano-filtration (typically .009 micron) to physically filter and remove virtually all suspended and dissolved material in water. To put a micron into perspective: a postage stamp is more than 25,000 microns long, the eye of the typical needle is usually 749 microns wide, a human hair is 40 to 120 microns in diameter, a grain of salt is about 70 microns across.
The smallest particle visible to the naked eye is about 30-40 microns. Reverse Osmosis filters to 9/1000th of a single micron. The quality of Reverse Osmosis membranes vary but typically between 90% and 98% of all suspended materials (good and bad) are removed and flushed down the drain.
Reverse Osmosis is one of the few water filtration methods that can remove the ever elusive and notorious Fluoride from your drinking water, and that's no small feat!
The Cons
Reverse osmosis water systems are typically very large and take up a lot of the cabinet space under your sink once they are installed. There are many other filtration methods that use smaller devices than the reverse osmosis water filtering systems.
Reverse osmosis water systems are also extremely wasteful. During the purification process reverse osmosis water filtering systems waste more water than they actually purify. In general, the average reverse osmosis water dispenser wastes around 3 to 5 gallons of water for every 1 gallon of filtered water it provides filtered. Plus, reverse osmosis filtration systems are extremely slow and often are unable to keep up with the demand for water.
Possibly the most important thing to note about a reverse osmosis water dispenser is the fact that it removes the healthy minerals from water. Water is filled with essential, naturally occurring minerals that are vital for our health. Reverse osmosis water filtering systems remove these healthy, naturally occurring minerals during the filtration process.
Reverse Osmosis water is typically acidic and virtually mineral free while ionized water is high in pH and rich in alkalizing minerals. The negative impacts of more acid in the body are obvious and Reverse Osmosis does not help with this delicate alkaline balance. Furthermore, some health experts feel that mineral-free water can be harmful and actually lead to de-mineralization of the body. Pure water molecules attach to anything they contact and flush them from the body. The flushing that occurs could include beneficial alkaline minerals, which is detrimental to the alkaline balance.
The Golden Solution
More and more people understand that the "perfect water" system would combine the purity of Reverse Osmosis (R/O) and the tremendous benefits provided by alkaline, ionized water. Historically this has not been easily achieved for a variety of reasons. We can now offer a viable, affortable solution to the problem of combining these two phenomenal yet very different water technologies. Now you can have perfectly clean AND perfectly healthy water by installing our R/O system before your Jupiter ionizer! |  |
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