Reverse Osmosis is amethod of producing pure water by forcing impure water through a semipermeable membrane across which impurities cannot pass. Reverse osmosis is used for drinking water filtration, desalinization of seawater, and in kidney dialysis machines.
You may be familiar with Reverse Osmosis and not even realize it. Products such as Aquafina, Dasani, Smart Water, Roundys Purified Drinking Water, Deja Blue, Nestle use Reverse Osmosis technologies as part of their process.
Myth: Reverse Osmosis Water is unhealthy and removes "the good minerals we need".
Truth: Reverse Osmosis does infact remove 99.8% of Total Dissolved Solids. The untruth is that Reverse Osmosis is bad or harmful because it removes minerals. Look at the nutrition label on a bottle of spring water. There is no nutritional value to spring water, or water rich in dissolved solids. It is recommended to focus on healthy diet for nutrition rather than "dissolved rock" in water.
For those of you who would still prefer minerals in their water:
Mineral Adding Filters or Carbon Filtration Options
In addition to providing "worry free" water, Reverse Osmosis provides a fresh tasting product your entire family will enjoy.
Carbon Filtration
Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) is one of the most common methods of filtration today. Carbon is an extremely porous media that effectively adsorbs chemicals such as VOCs (Volitile Organics Compounds) and greatly improve taste and odor.
Well designed carbon filters will also effectively remove Lead, VOCs, MTBEs (Gasoline Additives), Bacteria/Cysts and more.
Carbon will not remove some solids or organics such as Nitrate, Flouride or Copper.