The Disadvantages Of Reverse Osmosis Water Filters
submitted: Aug 28th 2008 |
by: TylerWaterman |
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Reverse osmosis water filters were the only method that was once available to provide purified water to your home. Better, more cost effective and efficient systems have since been introduced, and yet water companies still push the old system over the newer technology. There are many disadvantages to reverse osmosis systems, as we highlight below.
Still Being Sold
These outdated systems are still being promoted by water marketing companies that realize the profits to be made from these very expensive units that start at $10,000 each.
These systems are disproportionately expensive, starting in the region of $10,000 to supply and fit, let alone the annual running and maintenance costs. When there are systems a tenth of the price that will do a better job and have vastly reduced maintenance costs, how are people still persuaded to buy them? The answer lies in the big marketing bucks available to push this outdated product. These units cost a lot to purchase and install, making profits to large water companies lending their weight to them great; well worth their outlay financially to market hard.
Unnecessary Waste
One of the major disadvantages of reverse osmosis systems is the huge amount of waste-water that is flushed down the drain in order to produce a small amount of purified water.
Many using a septic system for their waste water have to upgrade to larger sizes because the tank couldn't cope with the amount of waste-water it was accumulating. For example, between 40 to 90 gallons of waste-water is produced in order to give the householder just 5 gallons of purified drinking water. This is an unnecessary and flagrant waste of a precious commodity.
Power
This particular system needs plenty of power in order to turn waste water in to that which is drinkable. Certainly when you take into consideration the ratio of waste water to make drinking water a lot of electricity is required and this is not only bad for your home electricity bills but for the environment as well.
Does Reverse Osmosis Make Water Safe To Drink?
This is the most important question when considering purchasing any water filtration system, and especially so when buying one that is as costly and expensive to install and operate.
Well, the answer is that this system makes the water safer to drink, but not necessarily safe. It does a competent job certainly, but no better than the considerably cheaper systems employing more economical methods to filter water without all the whistles and bells whilst doing so.
This is because one of the major disadvantages of reverse osmosis systems is that it does not eradicate all the cysts or chemical contaminants that are found in water.
One manufacturer has freely admitted as much with a proviso that these kinds of units are only designed to clean up the water's aesthetic properties. They don't actually act as a way of preventing waterborne toxic and microbiological chemicals from getting into the supply.
One other very small but very important disadvantages of reverse osmosis filters is that they can also remove some or all of the minerals found in water. So knowing this you would be far better off using a much more inexpensive and efficient way to provide pure clean water for you and your family.
About the Author
About the author: Tyler Waterman is a health enthusiast and chief writer for http://SafeClearWater.com. Visit his site and discover the best home water purifier today.
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