| If you are like me, you probably understand how | | | | Reverse osmosis is another type of water |
| much water is a precious commodity. We use it for | | | | purification. Dirty water passes through a |
| all kinds of every day things; drinking, cooking, | | | | semi-permeable material, allowing water molecules to |
| bathing, washing clothes, and even for display | | | | pass through while leaving impurities behind. |
| purposes such as fountains. | | | | The problem with reverse osmosis is it takes away |
| Sadly, a lot of the world's water resources continue | | | | all the minerals in the water, including healthy ones. |
| to get more and more polluted with toxins that we | | | | The system can be rather slow and contaminants |
| create. In some cases, it is so bad that the water is | | | | with molecules that are the same size or smaller than |
| totally unfit for human use and consumption. | | | | water can pass through such as chlorine. The |
| Water purification is now a necessary step to ensure | | | | presence of chlorine can also damage the permeable |
| the safety of the water that we use every day. | | | | film, resulting in impurities mixing with the clean water. |
| Generally, water purification is defined as removing | | | | Home Filtration Systems |
| any form of contaminant or impurity from water. It | | | | Although reverse osmosis is a type of filtration there |
| entails a process with a number of steps to ensure | | | | are other kinds of water filtration that have proven |
| that it is safe to drink and use. Among the common | | | | to work rather well. These types of water purifiers |
| water purification methods are distillation, reverse | | | | include carbon filtration, sub micron filtration, and ion |
| osmosis, and filtration. | | | | exchange. |
| Distillation Is Ideal In Some Situations | | | | - Carbon filtration does an excellent job of absorbing |
| This process involves evaporation and condensation | | | | impurities that are in the water. However, the |
| of water. Water is heated to its boiling point and the | | | | effectiveness of a carbon filter is dependent on a |
| steam is guided through a series of tubes. The steam | | | | couple of things. Namely, the amount of carbon |
| is cooled to become water once again. | | | | present in the filter and the length of contact time |
| Distillation can be a very good way to remove | | | | between the water and the carbon. |
| impurities in water. | | | | - Sub micron filtration is valuable in removing bacteria, |
| One major problem though is that there are | | | | viruses, and protozoa because of the tight pores of |
| contaminants in water that have a same or lower | | | | the filter used. |
| boiling point than water. So you actually need some | | | | - Ion exchange makes water taste better by |
| sort of filtration after distillation, otherwise these | | | | exchanging lead and copper ions found in water for |
| contaminants are retained. | | | | sodium and potassium. |
| It can also be quite slow, at a rate of only 3 liters of | | | | Now that you are armed with this information, get |
| water purified in an hour. For many folks it becomes | | | | out there and start researching which water |
| cost prohibitive because of the energy consumed | | | | purification method works for you. After all, when it |
| and the initial system costs. | | | | comes to the long-term health of your family, there's |
| Reverse Osmosis Process | | | | no room for compromise. |