reverse osmosis - what is it and do you need it?
In order to provide safe and clean water, water treatment is essential. Reverse osmosis (RO) systems are currently the preferred option due to growing concerns about water contamination. They generate pure water for a variety of applications.
With increasing concerns about water quality and scarcity, reverse osmosis is becoming an increasingly vital technology for ensuring access to clean water.
By exerting pressure and pushing the water over a semi-permeable membrane that catches and removes dangerous materials, it filters out up to 98% of the organic compounds, silica, mineral salts, and bacteria that could be in the water.
The concentrate stream, which is often recycled or used in a grey water process for toilet flushing or irrigation, contains the rejected pollutants from the filtered water, sometimes referred to as the permeate.
RO is used in domestic settings to purify drinking water for cooking and other purposes. It is also used in many industrial contexts including manufacturing, healthcare and pre-treatment for steam boilers.
