The Future On Tap Now!
The reverse osmosis process was originally developed
as a method of producing pure water for kidney dialysis machines.
For the past fifty years, its uses have expanded in many diverse
areas as scientists and water treatment engineers discovered its
amazing versatility, its comparatively low cost, and its predictable
reliable performance. From the drinking water that is extracted
from the sea for cruse ships and even for large coastal communities,
to the pure water that is needed for laboratory experiment and
countless industrial applications, reverse osmosis has provided
the answer.
That predictable reliable performance and low operating cost
are also the qualities that make R/O the best choice for home
drinking water production.
How Does It Work?
The heart of the R/O process is a semi-permeable plastic membrane.
It looks at first glance like a roll of kitchen wrap. But this
plastic material is much more sophisticated - it is designed to
pass water molecules through its layers, but almost nothing else.
The water enters at one end of the membrane roll and by the action
of your household water pressure, part of that water is squeezed
through the layers of material, into the centre delivery core,
and from there, into a pressurized storage tank. - almost completely
pure water.
But that is only half the story. The rest of the water - the
part that did not get squeezed into the core - exits at the other
end of the membrane roll and is flushed down the drain. This stream
carries with it all the contaminates that have been separated
from the pure stream. The membrane is constantly being flushed.
There is no build-up of trapped particles as there is with standard
drinking water filters, and a materials failure will not result
in downloading of contaminates as sometimes happens when filters
trap without flushing.
For more information on the reverse osmosis units we carry, call
us at 1-877-236-2970.
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