Reverse Osmosis For Safe Drinking Water – Is it the Best?
The disadvantages of reverse osmosis – or, RO – are plain to see, despite what you may have been told. I’ll explain the shortcoming of this purifying method in a moment. The important question is, “Does reverse osmosis make water safe to drink?” Absolutely not, and you’ll agree with me by the time you are done reading this. Reverse osmosis is a process heavily used in industry and to a lesser extent in homes, and there are disadvantages of reverse osmosis no matter which category you focus on. The system is extremely wasteful for one thing, turning out 5 gallons of contaminated water for every one gallon cleaned. This waste water is very costly from an environmental standpoint. There are also other resources involved, such as electricity. RO systems use a large amount of electricity, so you energy bill is going to take a big leap with the installation of a home RO system. That means that your budget is going to take a hit also, so that is another one of the disadvantages of reverse osm
