Reverse Osmosis in Home Filtration

An in-home reverse osmosis system that dispenses straight from a faucet at your kitchen sink is a great way to bring filtered water for drinking, cooking, and rinsing fruits and vegetables! But first, what even is reverse osmosis water?

Reverse osmosis is one of the most effective forms of water filtration because unlike chemical or carbon filtration systems, which use certain materials to attract or directly target the contaminants in the water, reverse osmosis works by pushing water through a microscopically small filter. Unlike other types of water filtration, reverse osmosis does not require thermal energy but instead uses an incredibly high amount of pressure. The semi-permeable membrane has a pore size of around 0.0001 microns, effectively only allowing the small water molecules through and catching any larger molecules of contaminants, organic materials or even salt. Due to the microscopic pores on the semi-permeable membrane filter, reverse osmosis can not only remove the obvious, visual contaminants such as sediment and larger organic material, but can even remove dissolved substances from within the water. Because of how effective this water filtration treatment is, reverse osmosis will even remove beneficial minerals present in water. Some reverse osmosis systems have the ability to add beneficial minerals back in the system.

So what are the benefits to a reverse osmosis system?

1. Superior Filtration – The filtration process removes up to 99% of contaminants, including chlorine, lead, fluoride, arsenic, bacteria, and more.
2. Improved Taste and Odor – By eliminating the impurities from the water, reverse osmosis filtration improves overall taste, smell and quality of the water.
3. Convenience – Installing a system under your sink provides quality filtered water on demand at your sink without buying water bottles, filling pitchers or taking up much needed space in the fridge.
4. Eco Friendly – Instead of buying plastic bottles that get thrown away after a single use, you can avoid buying hundreds of plastic bottles that end up in landfills.
5. You can Re-Mineralize Water – Reverse osmosis systems at the end of the filtration process can pass over another mineral bed that will add PH and good minerals back into the water.