| There was a time when people thought that reverse | | | | amount of water, the cost for buying and installing |
| osmosis was the best way to obtain pure drinking | | | | this system is very high too. It costs about $10,000 |
| water. Many of them even installed these for home | | | | to purchase and install it! Now isn't that too high a |
| and commercial purposes. However, this technique did | | | | price to pay for a system that is not very efficient? |
| not last long and fell flat. | | | | Disadvantage #3: Ineffective Filtration |
| This is because there are many disadvantages of | | | | Did you know that this system does not remove the |
| reverse osmosis. Though, to a certain extent, | | | | chlorine content in water which is actually very |
| reverse osmosis could help in desalination in the | | | | harmful? It does not even retain the important |
| commercial sector, it did not prove to help at all for | | | | chemicals needed for our body like calcium and |
| domestic purposes. | | | | potassium. |
| This is the reason for drinking water filters to come | | | | Disadvantage #4: Excessive Water Consumption |
| into existence. In this article, let us take a quick look | | | | Reverse osmosis also needs four gallons of water to |
| at the disadvantages of reverse osmosis which | | | | generate just one gallon of distilled water in four |
| brought about its downfall. | | | | hours. Now, isn't that an absolute waste or precious |
| Disadvantage #1: Long Filtration Time | | | | water? |
| This is by far the most important drawback of this | | | | Looking at these disadvantages of reverse osmosis, |
| water filtration system. This system takes a long | | | | it is time for us to bid goodbye to this system and |
| time to filter water. It is so slow that it takes about | | | | opt for drinking water filters that incorporate a dual |
| four hours just to filter one gallon of water! | | | | filter system for efficient performance, because |
| Disadvantage #2: High Cost | | | | these have been proven effective year after year, |
| In addition to taking a long time to filter a small | | | | and they are very inexpensive as well. |