Domestic Water Purification - How To Use RO and UV Water Purifiers

Water purifiers and more specifically Reverse Osmosis (RO) water purifiers are more common in the Eastern world than the Western countries and Europe. In India they are becoming more and more common. But should you actually install one in your home? Most people in India install is because they think they are getting the best drinking water. This is not always true. BEST drinking water should mean the water that is the healthiest for you. Water that an RO water purifier gives you is not always the best for you. An RO water purifier and a UV water purifier just do one thing differently. The RO reduces the dissolved solids (TDS - Total Dissolved Solids), whereas the UV water purifier does not. Except for that it is believed that the UV is MORE effective in destroying pathogens in the water as compared to just RO. This is the reason why the higher end RO water purifiers use reverse osmosis in combination with UV to treat the water. Is TDS a bad thing to have in drinking water? Only ...

Today, UV and reverse osmosis are two most common kinds of domestic water purification methods. Clean drinking water is a bigger issue in the eastern and the developing countries like India. The cities have a pretty reliable municipal water supply system but people do not feel confident relying on the quality of tap water supply for drinking. Expensive water purifiers like reverse osmosis are becoming common. The cheaper option is UV water filters with activated charcoal and sediment cartridges. But reverse osmosis systems have been promoted quite strongly as the last word in water purification and as something that every household must have in order to protect the health of loved ones from waterborne diseases and toxic dissolved substances. This is true. They have their dis-advantages as well, but the RO water purifiers are currently the last word in water purification and provide the safest water to drink. Further more, they can purify water from mostly all sources...