Reverse osmosis water filter systems were developed as a process for the de-mineralization of water for industrial use. Trace minerals are naturally found in every single water supply in the world. Natural de-mineralization simply does not occur, it is a man made phenomena. Reverse osmosis treatment is an unnatural process which can cause unnecessary health problems for you and that can be damaging to our environment also. Let us tell you how.

Nutritional experts have recently advised that the consumption of distilled or de-mineralized water is actually harmful to your health. Studies have shown in both cases, that after drinking distilled or de-mineralized water on a regular basis, participants developed mineral deficiencies. Reverse osmosis water filter systems decrease the mineral content of the water treated to almost nothing. The same can be said for distillation.

Reverse osmosis treatment is also one of the most ineffective and wasteful systems available. For every one gallon of clean drinking water produced, as many as five gallons are squandered as waste water. Even the most efficient models of the reverse osmosis water filter systems lose a full half gallon as waste to every gallon cleaned, a 50% ratio. One percent of the earths total water is drinkable, think about that. To waste such a precious resource at that rate is unconscionable.

The most durable and the most effective of the units waste water at an astounding rate, but the fact is that the more efficient models, while wasting less water, may not be sufficient at effectively cleaning your water.

The large treatment facilities, almost all of which currently use reverse osmosis treatment to process your drinking water, inject high levels of chlorine into the water system as a means of disinfecting the water. This process also prevents algae and rot to the systems filter. This extends the life of the filter, which makes it sound like a good idea. Powdered chlorine dissolves in water, becoming in essence a chemical liquid itself. Reverse osmosis water filter systems, which work by forcing highly pressurized water through a porous membrane filter only meant to trap visible particles in the water, cannot stop chemical liquids or microscopic organisms from passing through. Therefore, concentrations of chlorine are reaching your taps at home. Not good. Chlorine and other toxic chemicals can be absorbed by your family through not only consumption, but through absorption through your skin, which can be damaging to your long term health. Reverse osmosis treatment is virtually ineffective in preventing this from happening.

Not to harp on the already aforementioned environmental issues of reverse osmosis water filter systems, but since it doesn't effectively clean the water, many people have turned to bottled water instead. The impact of the influx of plastic containers at landfill facilities all over the country has been environmentally devastating. In order to make new plastic bottles, far more water is wasted in the production process than was ever intended to fill the bottles. A very sad and wasteful process considering what a precious resource water actually is.

The waste water created from reverse osmosis treatment is not only unfit to drink, but you shouldn't even water your plants with it. It has an unusually concentrated mineral content, and the pH levels are not conducive to healthy plant life.

The water produced by reverse osmosis treatment is not only unnatural, unfit to drink, but it can damage your plant life too. Are reverse osmosis water filter systems a good idea for you? You decide.