| Are you planning to buy a water purifier for your | | | | much customization are available with RO units. |
| home? Are you confused which water purifier to go | | | | (v) They have an extra cost of sanitizing the unit. |
| for? Read on to eliminate at-least one option from | | | | Mostly all disinfectants except for chlorine are |
| your list - reverse osmosis water units. | | | | expensive. Using chlorine is not recommended due to |
| (i) The most important reason to say no to reverse | | | | its property of reacting with organic contaminants |
| osmosis water units is that they are not capable of | | | | and generating toxic by-products. |
| filtering pharmaceutical drugs and few pesticides | | | | (vi) Reverse osmosis is a slow process. It makes |
| which have smaller molecular size. Due to smaller size, | | | | these reverse osmosis water units extremely slow |
| they simply pass through the porous membrane of a | | | | and time consuming. |
| RO filter. The filtered water is not 100% pure. | | | | (vii) These units are very expensive as compared to |
| (ii) These RO based units strip away essential | | | | the other water filters available in the market. |
| minerals from the water. These minerals are present | | | | Moreover they consume a lot of electricity and are |
| in natural water and drinking water rich in them is the | | | | expensive to maintain too. |
| best way to ensure regular intake of these minerals. | | | | Due to the afore-mentioned reasons, reverse |
| Calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron - all these minerals | | | | osmosis water units are a strict "no" to be used. |
| are required for maintaining the general health of the | | | | Why pay extra money when you can get something |
| body. Consuming water lacking in these minerals, | | | | even more effective in reasonable price? |
| results into deficiencies and health problems. | | | | The best alternative to these units are multi-stage |
| (iii) These reverse osmosis water units waste a lot | | | | water filters. These purifiers are equally effective in |
| of water. Large amount of water is actually | | | | removing contaminants, even the drugs, which a RO |
| consumed to produce a lesser amount of filtered | | | | unit leaves un-separated from the water. These |
| one. The ratio of water which is wasted in the | | | | purifiers do not remove essential minerals from the |
| process to the one which is generated is roughly 3:1. | | | | water. They are easy to maintain and come with |
| This means, for generating 1 gallon of filtered water, | | | | reasonably priced replacement cartridges. |
| 3 gallons of water will be actually wasted. | | | | Instead of wasting time and money on reverse |
| (iv) These RO units are least customizable. They | | | | osmosis water units, discover a better option. I bet |
| need a special outlet pipe to be installed near the | | | | you will simply love the taste of clean and pure |
| drainage area. Unlike other purifiers which are available | | | | drinking water especially when it will be available |
| in under-counter, over-counter configurations, not | | | | without hurting your wallet. |