Companies that sell reverse osmosis systems (RO) make some pretty far out claims.  Some say that RO will remove almost 100% of the bad elements (contaminants) from tap water.

The  fact of truth is that reverse osmosis can not remove chemicals such as chlorine, drugs and other chemicals from your home water system.

What reverse osmosis systems can do is remove, actually block, particles that are heavier than water.  What this means is things that are composed of molecules that are bigger than in water. Sticks, stones, dirt, tree brances, etc.

Blocking large objects or particles that come from a river, lake or stream is what RO can do.  That is good but that step by itself leaves the water still contaminated with other dangerous things.  Things like bacteria, chlorine and drugs.

Logically, then some sort of disinfection method must be in the water filtration process.  If it isn't, then illnesses such as gastrointestinal upset can occur.  Did we really have the flu or was it something we drank?

In a nutshell, home reverse osmosis systems are incomplete and lack adequate protection from water contaminants that can cause dangerous sicknesses that are sometimes even fatal.

Not only is reverse osmois systems not the answer for home water purification, they are expensive and very wasteful.  The real good units produce one gallon of filtered water and waste 5 gallons doing it.

In addition the wasted water usually ends up back in the environment which may be a pollutant to groundwater.

Another reason not to use reverse osmosis in your home is that it removes beneficial minerals that we need for good health.  We don't need the chemicals it leaves in.

Removing minerals from water is fine if you use the water for film processing and printing applications.  Also it is good for desalinizing  ocean water  but not for home tap water.

So if reverse osmosis systems are not good for home use then what is?

Here's what every home should have

A water filtration system that removes chlorine and all dangerous contaminants found in public water systems. 

We all should have a filter on our shower. Because your skin absorbs the chlorine and you breathe the chlorine vapor when you use hot water.  (Who takes a cold shower?)

Your kitchen faucet needs a filter that removes chlorine,  bacteria, drugs and many other health threatening contaminants found in our water supply.

The best advice is to have a whole house water filtration installed.  The whole house water filter will not only benefit you in the shower and in the kitchen , it will remove the bad water particles from your clothes.

My advice is: "Don't drink the Water" unless it has been properly filtered.  - Larry L. Taylor

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