Water Filtration

Reverse osmosis, or RO, has proven successful on a commercial level in terms of filtering water.  The ultimate intention of reverse osmosis systems is to completely remove all dissolved solids and suspended matter from the water.   One of the better-known successes of an RO system is removal of salt from sea water. 

Household RO units provide approximately two to ten gallons per day of treated water.  Though RO units remove many inorganic contaminants from the household drinking water supply, they also waste an estimated 3 to 20 times the amount of water that they have treated.   The addition of a carbon filter to an RO system can provide additional filtration by removing pesticides and similar chemicals that may be harmful.

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