About Reverse Osmosis Water Filters

Reverse Osmosis Water Filters

 

Reverse osmosis makes drinking water safe and pure

With reverse osmosis, water is filtered and cleaned by passing through a semi-permeable membrane. Because the molecules of heavy metals, salt, fluoride, chlorine, bacteria (and so on) are physically larger than water molecules, the membranes block the passage of these particles. This process removes a select number of drinking water contaminants, depending upon the physical size of the contaminants. For this reason, reverse osmosis is currently one of the most effective and best drinking water purification methods to make water pure, safe and taste better. This process has been used to manufacturer bottled water.

Around the world, household drinking water purification systems, including a reverse osmosis step, are commonly used for improving water for drinking and cooking.

Our system come with a complete set of everythiong you need to install and get using. 

 

Typical Removal % rates and Reduction Process

Fluoride 98, Sodium 99, Calcium 99, Magnesium 99, Potassium 98, Iron 99, Manganese99, Aluminium 99, Ammonium 97, Copper 99, Nickel 99, Zinc 99, Strontitan 99, Cadmium 99, Silver 98, Mercury 98, Barium 99, Chromium 99, Lead 99, Chloride 99, Bicarbonate 98, Nitrate 97, Silicate 98, Phosphate 99, Chromate 99, Cyanide 95, Sulphate 99, Thiosulfate 99, Ferro Cyanide 97, Bromide 98, Borate 50, Arsenic 99, Selenium 99, Bacteria 99, Protozoa 99, Amoebic Cysts 99, Giardia 99, Asbestos 99, Oestrogen 99, Sediment/Turbidity 9, Perfluorooctane Sulphonate (PFOS) 99


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Here are step by step simple instructions for how to install your system in under 15 minutes:

 

General Reverse Osmosis Water Filter System Installation Guidance

1) Try to fit the system under the sink. If not there, then in an adjacent cabinet or below the floor in the basement. You want it as close to the water source and sink as possible.

2) Connect the output tube from the system to the sink waste pipe. 

3) Connect the source water tube to a cold water pipe using either a saddle valve (included in the kit) or by inserting a "T" into the cold water pipe for the sink. Remember to put a shutoff valve on this connection. 

4) Install faucet -- either use an existing hole in the sink or drill a new one. 

5) If you are connecting it to your fridge, install the refrigerator line. You can drill a 1/4" hole through the bottom of the cabinet and floor and run the tube down, over and up through another 1/4" hole in back of the fridge. This line connects with a "T" into the line that runs up to the faucet.

6) Turn on the feed water and let the holding tank fill. Empty the first 1 or 2 tanks of water... just to flush out anything that was in the filter canisters and the carbon dust. Then you're in business! 

 

Reverse Osmosis Water Filter Useful Tips

Remember that you will need to choose a different configuration for your reverse osmosis water treatment system for installing it in another location besides under the sink. You can use a TDS meter for measuring the total dissolved solids in your output water, to help you know when it's time to change your filters. You can buy and connect a refrigeration kit that allows you to connect your reverse osmosis system directly into your refrigerator so that you can get clean chilled water and clean, great-tasting ice cubes.

 

When to replace your Cartridge Filters

The Reverse Osmosis water should be consistently around the 10-40 TDS range. When it starts getting above 50 or so, then it's time to change the filters. If your system is also equipt with a pressure gauge, if this drops then its likely your system is blocked and the filters should then be changed. For normal day to day usage, we recommend changing your sediment and carbon block filters every 6 months and membrane and post carbon filters every 2-3 years.

 

How to replace your Cartridge Filters

1) Turn off your water supply 
2) Open the counter top tap which then drains and reduces the water pressure
3) Unscrew the filter housing and remove the old cartridge. This can be binned, better still recycled!
4) We recommend you wash out the housing thoroughly and rinse it well
5) Place the new cartridge into the housing. Ensure that both rubber “O Ring” seals are in place at both ends of the cartridge

nearly there.... 

6) With the cartridge in place screw the housing and top back together ensuring its screwed tightly
7) Turn on the water at the saddle valve and check for leaks
8) Run the tap for about 2 gallons of water (approximately a sink full) to flush the cartridge. Job done!

The cartridge will be good for approximately 6 months. If you are away for anything longer than a weekend always flush the cartridge through by running the tap for about 2 gallons of water.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions about Reverse Osmosis Water

There is a great deal of information and disinformation about water filters and what constitiutes healthy water. We provide some straight forward answers to common misunderstandings, all of which are grounded by our own medical qualifications and experience:
 
Question 1: Is Reverse Osmosis purified water is unhealthy to drink?
Answer 1: No, infact its the cleanest, healthiest, safest and best water to drink. 
 
Question 2: What about pH levels, doesn't Reverse Osmosis water create a lower pH? Is that bad for you?
Answer 2: Reverse osmosis purification may slightly reduce pH levels. Water pH levels change when it is ingested and comes into contact with food in your stomach. The stomach's acid alone is already several times more acidic than RO water (pH 6-11 range) with a pH level of 2. Coffee and organge juice for example can have acidities of 2-4 pH. The pH of your blood is regulated by the hypothalamus which is a portion of the brain and the link between the nervous system and endocrine system.

 
Question 3: Doesn't Reverse Osmosis waste alot of water?
Answer 3: For every 1 gallon of water produced by a RO system, an average of 2-4 gallons of brine water is used and discarded (but this depends on your system). Remember, RO systems clean your water and remove thousands of contaminants from tap water that countertop and faucet filters cannot. Waste water from RO systems is similar to tap water in purity levels. It can be channeled for use in gardens watering plants or stored and used for other household applications. 
 
Question 4 : Does Reverse Osmosis Water leach minerals from the body?

Answer 4: Water is a solvent and dissolves substances. The purer the water, the more aggressive it becomes in attacking things that can dissolve. This doesn't hurt the human body, because our physiology quickly obtains homeostasis using saliva, stomach fluids, etc. to equilibrate all bodily fluids. Reverse Osmosis technology was created in the 1950s and has been scientifically tested in every conceivable way since then. There has never been any documented evidence to prove that reverse osmosis treated water can leach minerals from the human body. We ensure our filters are tested and certified to International Standards by NSF and the Water Quality Association.
 
Question 5 : Doesn't Reverse Osmosis removes essential minerals/vitimins in the water?

Answer 5: RO systems do remove minerals from tap water. However, we get the vast majority of our minerals from foods, not from drinking water. For example, 1 glass of orange juice has the same amount of minerals as 30 gallons of tap water. You would also get more minerals from 1 vitamin tablet than you will from drinking a month's supply of tap water, 1 glass of milk has about the same calcium as 75 glasses of water. So this is an insignificant compared to the benefit of removing impurities.

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