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What you like to know
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How Does Reverse
Osmosis Water Filter Work?
Reverse Osmosis water filtration is a process where
water is forced through a semi-permeable membrane,
leaving unwanted pollutants and contaminants behind. A
Reverse Osmosis unit will provide you with clear, clean,
fresh drinking water. The process uses no chemicals or
electricity. It's the most effective technology known
for the improvement of drinking water. The reverse
osmosis filter membrane pores ranges from 0.0005 to
0.0000002 microns (um). Therefore, contaminants
larger than the membrane size will be rejected.
Since the membrane pore is close to water molecular
structure, you will get almost pure water.
Reverse Osmosis = RO
The short form for reverse osmosis is "RO". Many
people say "RO Systems", "RO Filters" or "RO units" and
they all refer to the same thing.
Why
is Reverse Osmosis Filter Popular?
Reverse osmosis systems
is the most effective and most economical system for
removing contaminants from the tap water. Once it
is installed, your operating cost can be less than a
$100/year, and it will provide all the clean water for
cooking, drinking and washing salad.
500 Contaminants in Tap Water: A shocking Discovery
Drinking tap water is like pouring chemicals and
other contaminants into our body. It is like smoking
which will not kill us immediately, but we know it is
very detrimental to our health and irreversible.
Children are more vulnerable then adults since they are
growing and have a smaller body mass. The common one or
two stage carbon filters can not protect you from this
list of contaminants outlined by the government.
Only a reverse osmosis system can give you the most
protection at a reasonable cost.
The Environment Protection Agency compose a list of
contaminants in drinking water that are health
hazardous. When it comes to water pollution, the
tap water in Canada is not that much better than that in
the US.
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Drinking
Water Contaminants List: Shocking!
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It is no longer the question of what is in our tap
water, it is now a question of what can we do to protect
our family's drinking water.
3
Decades
Reverse osmosis filters have been around for more than 3
decades, and the popularity for it is tremendous in the
past 5 years because there has been many reports on
drinking water contaminations and public health advisor
telling people to pre-filter their drinking water.
Reverse Osmosis System VS. Whole House Filter
A Whole House Systems
will likely remove less than 20% of contaminants
in tap water.
Reverse osmosis systems can remove up to 99.9%
of contaminants.
They are different technologies for two different
usages. One of the biggest misunderstandings in
the market today is consumer thinking that a whole house
filter system is designed for drinking water. It is not!
Selecting the Better Reverse Osmosis System
There are many
systems in the market. Here are some features that
is very important:
1) Certification. Does the system have the "Gold
Seal" and "NSF" label on the system
2) Stages. 5 stages is better and 4 stages.
4 stages is better than 3 stages
3) Stainless steel tank is better than plastic tank.
Standard size is 4 Gallon Tank
4) Water pressure: 3/8" line is better than 1/4" line
5) If you are installing the system yourself, then you
will want a unit that is preassembled.
6) Capacity: Some units are rated for 25, 35, and 50
gallons per day.
Why is Gold
Seal Certification Important?
There are many reverse
osmosis systems on the market. How do you know that the
material used is safe for drinking water? How do you
know whether the system is reliable? How do you know
whether the filtering mechanism works as it claims?
These are critical questions when dealing with your
family’s drinking water. You can rest assured when
your system is labelled with the GOLD SEAL
certification. It is very difficult for water
purification systems to be certified because the process
is very expensive and the systems need to pass many
strict tests by third party companies.
GOLD
SEAL Label "Must" be On System
The Gold Seal means the system has been
tested and certified by the Water Quality Association
for performance, reliability.
Gold Seal Product Certification Program - Why is it
important?
To help consumers choose quality water treatment
products, WQA developed its Gold Seal Certification
Program — issuing the first Gold Seal in 1959.
WQA only awards the Gold Seal to those systems,
components, and additives that meet or exceed industry
standards for contaminant reduction, structural
integrity, and material safety. Customers can easily
identify WQA Certified products by looking for the Gold
Seal Mark.
Buyers Beware
Many companies label their systems as "Tested and
Certified to
NSF/ANSI 58".
Be very careful, it is VERY different from "Tested and
Certified
By WQA to NSF/ANSI 58"
“Whole SYSTEM” certified BY WQA
Learn the difference between these statements:
a) System is built
using all NSF or partial NSF components.
This means the components are
certified for safe usage, but there is no certification
to indicate that the system will properly.
b) Tested
and Certified "to" NSF.
This means any company can test their own product and
claim it meets NSF standards.
c) Tested
and Certified "by" WQA.
This is the highest certification and offers you the
only real protection. Probably, fewer than 1% of the
drinking water systems in the world are "whole system"
certified by WQA. When it comes to your family's
drinking water, don't take any chances.
Typical
Reverse Osmosis Filter Installation
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Typical installation is under the sink.
The unit is not that big and these system is
built to fit under the sink. There is an
option to put the system in the basement shall
you really wanted to. If that is the case,
you need a good system with good pressure.
Compact Size
Fit under any sink or in the basement. Water
tank is only the size of a basket ball, and the
main unit width is a length of a 350ml Coke can.
The main unit can be hung on its side to the
wall.
Hook-Up To
Refrigerator Free
"T"-splitter can be used to supply water to your
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Pre-Assembled Units
If you
are going to install the system yourself, then make sure
that you get a pre-assembled unit. Don't try to
buy an unassembled unit to save a few bucks because it
is very difficult and requires some knowledge and
expertise. When the system is already assembled,
all you need is a drill and to hook up 3 lines.
One line to the faucet, one to the drain and one to the
cold water pipe.
No plumbing
needed.
Installation
Diagram
3 Stages
vs. 4 Stages vs. 5 Stages
If you have the budget, it is better to get a 5 stage
reverse osmosis unit. The three stages unit is the
most basic with a sediment, carbon and the membrane.
The 4 stage system has an extra polishing filter for
removing odours before consumption. The 5 stage
system has an extra polishing filter and an extra
carbon. The extra carbon is for better chemical
removal which is very important.
Coffee, Tea,
Cocktail
Drinks and Cooking With Reverse Osmosis
Filtered Water
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Coffee and tea lovers, this is your dream.
RO-Pure pure water system gives you absolutely
the best water for putting together you
favourite drink. It enhances the natural
flavours of the coffee or the tea. Water
from your tap and other low grade filter
contains chemicals, TDS, particles, and smells
which will mask the natural flavours.
Now you know why high end restaurants makes the
drink so good. The biggest reason is the
quality of the water. A simple test, once
you have this system, compare a cup of tea make
with tap water vs. RO-Pure pure water and invite
you friends over to have a look.
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Good-bye to
Costly Bottled Water
Install a good quality reverse osmosis system and you
can say good-bye to your bottled water for two reasons.
1) A jug of bottled water is about 20 lbs, it is an
accident asking to happen. Why take a chance
for you or your loved one to hurt the back trying to
left 20 lbs from the grocery store to the car, up the
stairs, and put on top of a water cooler? Don't do
it, back injury is one of the most serious and takes
many years to heal 90%. Just for this one reason,
a water system is worth it weight in gold to have in
your kitchen. Do you agree?
2) Delivered bottled water is about $7.99 per jug, that
is expensive. For a family of four and to use all
the water for cooking and drinking, it will take minimum
3 jug per week. That will cost $7.99/jug * 3
jugs * 54 weeks = $1294/year. A RO-Pure
water system only cost $100/year to operate and your
family gets unlimited pure drinking water.
That is $1194 SAVING / year.
How Much
Does it Cost? $0.25 / Day
Lets count pennies. A person needs 7 glasses of
water a day to be healthy. Unless you are drinking
tap water or cooking with tap water, you will be
drinking a combination of soft drink, juices, beverages,
or buy bottled water.... the average cost is $0.35 /
glass.
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Cost
per person each day is $0.35 * 7 = $2.45
/ day
Cost per person each year is $2.45 *365 =
$894 / year
Average cost per family of 4 is $894 * 4
= $3577 / year
Now with Reverse osmosis water system, your
entire family can get unlimited pure drinking
water right in your home for cooking, drinking,
coffee, ice, and enough water for your expensive
aquarium. All this for only
25
Cents
per day, and
$100/year. That is
$2477 SAVING / year.
This
is what we call great return on your investment
and health. 25 Cents/day...less than the cost for a cup
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