Reverse Osmosis Systems

Why Reverse Osmosis is Better Than Alkaline Water

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a process used to purify water. Basically it removes large molecules (like salt) and minerals from the water. This makes the water purer and safer to drink. The good news is that there are reverse osmosis systems for home. Since the process is easy and the mechanism that does it is not that big or expensive you can improve your tap water, or if you have a source of saline water, you can desalinize it and use it for your plants.

Water resulting from 5 stage reverse osmosis systems is sometimes considered a rival of alkaline water. What is alkaline water you ask? Well alkaline water is water that has had its PH raised above 7.0, basically water with reduced acidity. But tap water in most countries has a PH of around 8.5, to reduce its corrosiveness in order to protect the concrete drains and copper pipes it will travel through. So basically if you want the miraculous alkaline water just drink it from the tap. There no studies or any official information showing that alkaline water has any medical consequences.

RO water filtration systems are used in wide variety of circumstances including: purifying tap water, humidification, recycling car wash water, rinse waters, biomedical applications and laboratory applications, photography, dialysis, pharmaceutical production, cosmetics, greenhouses and animal feed, the water used for chemical processes, in battery water, and much more. It is used pretty much anywhere purified water is needed. Of course, if you are just a regular Joe you will most likely be interested only in purifying your drinking water, and maybe having some pure water for your plants and pets.

So how do home RO water purifiers actually work? You have a membrane with very tiny holes separates a container of water in two. On one side you have unprocessed water to which pressure is applied in order to push it through the membrane. Because water molecules are small they easily pass through the filter, while bigger molecules and minerals do not. This is reverse osmosis. Why is it reverse? Because osmosis would actually work the other way. The less contaminated water would naturally flow into the contaminated water, because it has the smaller molecules.

Through this simple process of filtering, many contaminants are removed, making the water that results from reverse osmosis akin to distilled water. It would be wrong to say that alkaline water is not in the same league with RO water. Alkaline water is not even in play. It is simply a hoax, maybe not harmful, but certainly evil for giving people false hope. RO water is not the end all/cure all diseases, but drinking it is a good way to ensure that you stay healthier and avoid unnecessary risks that often come with drinking unfiltered tap water, especially if you live in a large city. And one more thing: you can stop buying bottled water, it is probably not from springs and in some cases the regulations in place for your tap water are tougher than those for bottled water.