| Reviews of Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment and a Comparison | | Print | |
| Written by David Eastham | ||||||
| Saturday, 15 November 2008 | ||||||
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When it comes to cleaning up salty, brackish, water from a well, or even water laced with a lot of iron, manganese, sulphur, etc., reverse osmosis reviews are very good. And, I would say well deserved. However, RO technology is costly and cumbersome to say the least, and, unless you have the salt water problem, there are now much better systems to use. Today we will do a reverse osmosis water treatment comparison with more modern technology.
When it comes to cleaning up salty, brackish, water from a well, or even water laced with a lot of iron, manganese, sulphur, etc., reverse osmosis reviews are very good. And, I would say well deserved. However, RO technology is costly and cumbersome to say the least, and, unless you have the salt water problem, there are now much better systems to use. Today we will do a reverse osmosis water treatment comparison with more modern technology. In large areas of the U.S., people are dealing with brackish water, or water with high mineral content. I have been offered such water that I just could not drink due to the strong taste or smell. I have also tasted the water after it was filtered with a RO system and, although the owner's though it tasted great, I always found it to be "stale" tasting. The weird taste is a small thing, but it is a symptom of something larger. The flatness comes from the fact that the RO process removes ALL the minerals from the water, including trace minerals such as calcium and potassium our bodies need to maintain good health. Also, this demineralization makes the water slightly acidic and, if consumed, this water will try to return to a neutral pH by leaching calcium from bones or teeth. If you use a RO system, you may want to consider adding mineral supplements to your diet. Many experts in the areas of health and nutrition feel water stripped of minerals is unhealthy if used on a long-term basis, since cancer seems to only exist in environments which are acidic. Water is put under pressure in an RO system and forced through a membrane with very tiny pores. So tiny in fact that only molecules the size of a water molecule, or smaller, can pass. It is very crutial to the process that the water pressure be maintained and this may call for an auxiliary pump to be installed. The pores of the membranes are so small that even with sufficient pressure much of the water cannot be forced thru the RO membrane and is simply flushed. This adds to the operating costs. The vast majority of our drinking water is "sanitized" with chlorine, a poison, and chlorine will not be removed by a RO system because the molecules are even smaller than water's and will pass thruogh the screen. The same is true of the thousands of synthetic organic chemicals found in our water supplies. To have these compounds removed a carbon filter must be used in combination with any RO system. All water filtration systems impede water flow to some extent, but RO systems are notoriously slow. Large, whole house systems require an additional storage tank in order to provide adequate water for laundry or bathing. When these units are assembled with the filters, pump (if needed), storage tank, etc., there are a lot of things to go wrong and the largest areas of gripes in the reverse osmosis reviews is over maintenance costs and start up costs. Most of us get our chlorinated water from a water utility or a well that doesn't have a salt water problem. If this is true for you, I would recommend you take a look at a selective filtration system, which is also called a mult-stage system. In multi-stage filtration the water flows through activated carbon that has been blended with a filter resin and compressed into a solid block. This modern technology filters out the chemicals with the carbon, the minerals leave through ion-exchange, and the rest of the bad guys get trapped with the tiny submicron filter pores. All you get is clean, healthy water with all the healthy minerals still there (by choice). Good bye booster pumps, storage tanks, maintenance costs, operating costs and mineral supplements. Once connected to your water supply they do their thing, virtually maintenance free, giving you and your family great tasting, healthy water. Article Author: David Eastham has done extensive research on such subjects as a reverse osmosis water treatment comparison to discover the best ways to provide you good, clean water. Follow him for his selections as the best dollar for dollar buy, and the best product overall, in water filtration systems.
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