Reverse Osmosis – How Does It Work ?
Posted: Tuesday, June 05, 2007
by Patti Wilson
Supreme Drinking Water Solutions
Reverse Osmosis is actually a simple process. Reverse Osmosis is a process that forces, by the application of pressure, the water to pass through a semi-permeable membrance that rejects heavy metals, salts, and inorganics, including healthful, naturally occurring minerals. Although the Reverse Osmosis membrane is somewhat limited as to contaminants reduced, it will reduce to a high degree the following: Arsenic V, Barium, Cadmium, Copper, Fluoride, Hexavalent Chromium, Nitrate/Nitrite, Particulate Matter,
After passing through the RO membrane, the product water passes through a holding tank. The process is slow and wastes 3-4 gallons for every one gallon of drinking water produced.
RO alone is not sufficient if “healthy" drinking water is desired. Additional filtration is needed to produce water that can be considered to be “properly filtered".
Most manufacturers offer RO devices that include additional water filters that work in conjunction with the RO membrane to reduce additional contaminants such as different organic chemicals, additional toxic chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, and certain heavy metals. A system of this type will produce higher quality drinking water with more contaminants reduced.
Always look for a system that reduces contaminants to at least 1 micron, 0.5 micron is even better. Keep in mind some contaminants, such as Bacterial Cysts, can be as small as 1 micron.
The system should be installed as close as possible to the location (usually the kitchen sink) where the finished product will be delivered to the user.
For More Information on water filtration see:
http://www.supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
Patti Wilson
St Augustine Fl
904 522 0524
email: patti@supremedrinkingwatersolutions.com
This Article has been viewed 367 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
No comments yet.We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.