If you've done any amount of shopping for filtration systems, such as a reverse osmosis membrane filters, at all, no doubt you've seen the term "reverse osmosis" thrown around quite a bit. If you're like most people, however, you are uncertain exactly what reverse osmosis means and how this process works within, say, a 5 stage RO system. A brief explanation my help clarify this process and why it is so effective for clarifying household waters.

Reverse osmosis is the process by which a liquid is pushed through a membrane, or filter, in order to force the pure liquid to the other side of the filter. In an RO drinking water system, for example, the membrane then catches the contaminants as they pass through, preventing them from passing to the other side along with the clean liquid. The membrane filters are specially designed to withstand the high pressure of the filtering process to separate the good from the bad quickly and efficiently, providing optimal clarifying power. The Water Store carries this and other filtering systems to suit any home or business use.

Q: What are the specific contaminants that a reverse osmosis system removes?
A: A reverse osmosis system can treat for a variety of contaminants including:

Health Contaminants Arsenic Asbestos Atrazine* Benzene* Cryptosporidium Cyanide Flouride Giardia Lead Mercury Nitrates Radium Radon* Trichloroethylene* Total Trihalomethanes*

Aesthetic Contaminants (Taste, Odor, and Color Organic Molecules) Aluminum Chlorides Chlorine* Copper Silver Sodium Sulfide