Reverse Osmosis
Introduction

A brief introduction to the Diamond Spring REVERSE OSMOSIS (R.O.) point of use equipment for correction of drinking water quality

Only air has a more immediate importance to our survival than water. The human body is 60% - 70% water - indeed, we are more water than anything else is! Water is a combined filter, solvent, dispersant, and temperature regulator. Our body moisture is constantly being lost through evaporation, by breathing etc, and must therefore be replaced. Experts recommend we should drink about 6 cups of water a day. Water is important for circulation, weight control, blood pressure, kidney function and many other factors governing our health.

However, this assumes that the water we consume is free from contamination by bacteria, excess salts, heavy metals, chemicals etc.

IF IT IS NOT, THEN EVERY DROP OF WATER WE DRINK AND USE FOR COOKING INTRODUCES A HAZARD TO OUR WELL BEING AND REDUCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WATER BY INHIBITING ITS ABILITY TO ACT AS A COOLANT, FILTER, DISPERSANT, ETC.

In the late 20th Century, mankind is beginning to pay the price of environmental pollution. Part of that price is the effect on water quality and, whilst the water authorities and other suppliers do their best, they cannot guarantee pure, fresh water at the tap. Even the chemicals used in the processing of water are considered to be a health hazard. The only sure way to control the quality of the water you drink is to do so at the point of use, in your own home.

Whilst filtration will remove suspended solids and many pollutants, toxins like aluminum, lead, cadmium etc., if present, will be in solution (i.e. dissolved), as well as in suspension (solids). Filtration is not enough to remove these dissolved pollutants - total purification is the only answer.

Reverse Osmosis is an adaptation of nature’s biological process. In the reverse osmosis process water is forced through a semi-permeable membrane that separates out the impurities and rejects them to the household drainage system. The R.O. membrane deals equally with bacteriological, chemical, organic and non-organic contamination. It will remove up to 98% of all pollutants.

In humans, fluids pass in and out of such membranes (cell tissues) by the phenomenon known as osmosis, while plants absorb food and moisture from soil in the same way. Reverse osmosis is simply this natural process turned around.