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Ordinary tap water certainly contains contaminants and impurities that are injurious to health and these will largely be removed by a reverse osmosis water filter. But the bad news is that in addition to the nasties they remove, they also do a sadly good job of removing minerals from the water that have positive health benefits.



How do we know that completely demineralized water is not a good idea? Well, it doesn't occur anywhere in nature, so this fact alone suggests that a commonsense interpretation is that water containing minerals is essential for life.

Not everyone is in total agreement that removing just about all of the mineral content from the water you drink is necessarily a bad thing. But, what is not in doubt is that you must supply your body with a comprehensive collection of minerals to maintain optimum health. Given this fact, it surely makes sense that you should be providing at least some of those minerals via the water that you drink on a daily basis.

Does reverse osmosis make water safe to drink? Sadly, the answer to this has to be no. The reason is that this process does not entirely remove synthetic chemicals that can be found in everyday tap water.

Are there other disadvantages to reverse osmosis? Well, becuase of its very strong filtering abilities, it leads to the wasting of a lot of water - because a significant volume of water is discarded along with the filtered impurities. This waste of water is not particularly good for the environment and can lead to you paying higher water bills.

Another more minor disadvantage of reverse osmosis water filters is that some of the ones that are designed for attaching to individual faucets externally can be unsightly.

All in all, although it is certainly a very good idea to get a home water filtration system there are just too many disadvantages of reverse osmosis for this to be an effective system.
Reverse Osmosis Under Sink
Reverse osmosis systems are available for both home and industrial use, but there are disadvantages of reverse osmosis in either category. Like the fact that for every one gallon of clean water that is produced 5 gallons of contaminated waste water is made. What with only about 1% of the world's water being drinkable, that's an awful waste of such a precious commodity.

While from an environmental standpoint this waste water is costly, there are other resources being used at a high rate also. If you chose to install one of the systems in your home your electricity bill will take a big jump. So, from a financial view, that's another one of the disadvantages of reverse osmosis usage.

The way the system works is by running highly pressurized water through a porous filter which is designed to only trap minerals and seeable particles, but which lets everything else pass through freely. What that means is that all of the microscopic organisms and chemicals that were in the water before being run through the filter are still present in the water after being run through the filter.

That's not to say that the system doesn't have some good points.  It's perfectly designed for desalination, and can help to prevent mineral build up in boiler water. It is also useful in removing raw sewage from waste water before it goes back through the system.  Those are all good things, but even with all of the things that it does do well, does reverse osmosis make water safe to drink?The answer once again is no.

Despite what the systems manufacturers would lead you to believe, reverse osmosis is only a step in the process of making drinking water safe. Further filtration is necessary in order to remove chlorine and a host of other contaminants which lurk within our water systems. The lack of a proper extended filtering is yet another one of the glaring disadvantages of reverse osmosis. You're still going to have to purchase more filters.

The deciding factor for many people is the price of the system. Starting at around ten thousand dollars, they are roughly 10 times more costly than other more effective whole house systems. Then factor in the cost of the constant required maintenance of the membrane filters and their frequent replacement. You really have to ask yourself at some point if all of this extraneous expense is worth it.  Since we already know the answer to does reverse osmosis make water safe to drink, you would almost have to say no.

There are far more effective and practical systems available, and the disadvantages of reverse osmosis far outweigh the benefits.

 

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