Isn reverse osmosis and carbon filtration about the same as distillation?
A Not at all, carbon filters are designed to control pesticides, chlorine and other hydrocarbon based chemicals; and they do that very well. But these methods aren’t very effective at removing metals, bacteria or other microorganisms. Reverse osmosis is quite effective at removing metals but won’t kill microorganisms. In fact, bacteria can begin to grow on a reverse osmosis membrane or on activated carbon. Both systems require regular replacement of elements or membranes. The moment you place a carbon filter or reverse osmosis system into operation, its efficiency begins to drop off. A distiller kills bacteria and removes metals and many other contaminants consistently. As long as your distiller is running and properly maintained it will produce the same, high quality water forever!
Not at all. Carbon filters are designed to control pesticides, chlorine and other hydrocarbon based chemicals; and they do that very well. But these methods are not very effective at removing metals, bacteria or other micro-organisms. Reverse osmosis is quite effective at removing metals but will not kill microorganisms. In fact, bacteria can begin to grow on a reverse osmosis membrane or on activated carbon. Both systems require regular replacement of elements or membranes. The moment you place a carbon filter or reverse osmosis system into operation, its efficiency begins to drop off. A distiller kills bacteria and removes metals and many other contaminants consistently. As long as your distiller is running and properly maintained it will produce the same, high quality water forever. Isn’t it expensive to distill water? Doesn’t a distiller use a lot of electricity? Not really. It takes about 3 kilowatt hours to make a gallon of distilled water. A kilowatt = 1000 watts, a kilowatt hou
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