subject: Is A Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System Really The Best Choice For Your Home? [print this page] Is A Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System Really The Best Choice For Your Home?
When weighing up the different types of home filtration systems to use, it pays to get the facts. This article will show you why reverse osmosis water treatment systems should not be your first choice and how to find the best alternatives.
A long time ago, a reverse osmosis water treatment system was considered to be among the best, until it came in for more scrutiny.
These systems were originally used by the photographic and paper industries as they needed vast amounts of demineralized water. While this is great for them, it is not so good for us humans!
The reason is that, as the name suggests, all the trace minerals have been removed by their inadequate filters. These include potassium and calcium and should be present in our drinking water for good health.
These minerals are absorbed better from water than any other source and also important due to the amount we consume.
The modern day menace of harmful synthetic toxins like pesticides and pharmaceuticals presents another insurmountable task for the reverse osmosis water treatment systems.
They push water under pressure through a porous membrane to remove the toxins but as the synthetic ones are smaller than water, they can pass through.
You might also want to think about space as these RO systems need plenty of it and expensive maintenance.
If you are like me, you try to conserve water as much as possible, as it is a precious resource. These RO systems typically waste up to a staggering 85% of what they use. A unit delivering 5 gallons of treated water per day may discharge 40 to 90 gallons of wastewater per day to the septic system.
Why even consider these reverse osmosis water treatment systems when there is a far more effective and much cheaper alternative?
An activated carbon filter can manually and chemically remove all the toxic chemicals. The best ones use a twin cartridge system, ion exchange and sub micron filtering to remove 99% of all the contaminants, and that's independently documented, not some wild sales hype.
They also retain all the natural minerals that are important to your overall health and future well-being.
These types of home filtration waste precious little water, are easy to maintain (typically a simple cartridge change every 6 months) and can provide you and your family with healthy, pure and great tasting water.
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