Reverse Osmosis Filter

That the technology behind the GE reverse osmosis water system? It 'really possible to buy the best filter system for drinking water for the money? Perhaps not think so after reading this article.
A reverse osmosis water treatment GE uses a semipermeable membrane for reverse osmosis. This membrane separates two chambers of water, one with untreated water under pressure, and purified water.

The water molecules andother molecules that are smaller than water molecules move through the membrane from the clean side of the membrane. This block impurities, whose molecular size is greater than water, such as organic compounds and biological contaminants. Unfortunately, it also removed the minerals from the water. It turns out that these minerals are actually good for you! We humans are designed for water to drink naturally contains minerals. Our bodies rely on them for our health continues good. InIn fact, the World Health Organization warns of the risks to health through the application of desalination water treatment systems, the complete de-mineralize the sea water. Demineralized water does not contain sufficient concentrations of some essential nutrients.

Another problem is that the reverse osmosis membrane GE does not remove the impurities that have a molecular size of less water, such as chlorine and impurities linked trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloaceticAcids (Haas). Chlorine, THM and Haas designed by the EPA lead, cancer and other health effects. So, for this defect of the reverse osmosis filter GE contains two additional activated carbon filter to these and other contaminants that can not be removed by reverse osmosis removes.

You can purchase a stand-alone carbon-filter system for a fraction of the cost of a system of GE reverse osmosis water filter. Stand-alone systems, activated carbon filtration to leave significant minerals in water to which they belong. And it turns out that the carbon filter systems are very good at removing contaminants that are removed by reverse osmosis, and contaminants that are not, such as chlorine, THM and Haas.

So one must ask, why bother with the reverse osmosis process when it leads to demineralized water? Why pay for the extra step of> Reverse osmosis, if a carbon filter system does the same? These are very good questions. I think the answer is, GE reverse osmosis filters are not worth the investment if high quality water can be filtered using carbon-filtered water purification systems.