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Typical reverse osmosis filter systems have to throw away 1x-3x the amount of water filtered, which could be quite wasteful depending on your water usage. It al
by shard 4y ago
Typical reverse osmosis filter systems have to throw away 1x-3x the amount of water filtered, which could be quite wasteful depending on your water usage. It also removes many minerals which some people then have to add back into the water. With the water shortage issue in California, I decided to switch to just regular undersink water filter as a replacement for bottled water instead of reverse osmosis.
- solarmist 4y agoIt could be wasteful if hooked up to the whole house, but it's unlikely an under-sink reverse osmosis system will have a meaningful impact on your water consumption. Accurately identifying where to implement it matters. If you have hard water, I suggest a whole-house water softener and reserve reverse osmosis for the kitchen. Re: remineralization. Ick, I just skip these. They taste awful to me.
- aussieshibe 4y agoIs drinking de-mineralised water from RO not bad for you? I'd always heard it leeches minerals out of you.
- solarmist 4y agoNot a significant concern because it's what your digestive system is designed for. Pulling out the materials it needs from a slurry. Deinionized water on the other hand immediately chemically to pull in ions. So same action, but with a more powerful mechanism. You'd probably have to drink a lot of deionized water to cause issues, plus water reionizes pretty quickly in air, and it takes terrible.
- solarmist 4y agoThere is no consensus [1] except that exclusively drinking demineralized water could cause issues. So like everything moderation matters. I only use it for drinking water not cooking for example. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223198/