Reverse Osmosis

Water Treatment
Space Age Innovation

Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a product of space-age technology.

Reverse Osmosis is a remarkably simple way to purifying water and is ideal for use in RV's. The RO process simply reverses the natural process of osmosis.

Reverse Osmosis (R/O) is a Water Treatment Process in which water is forced through a semi-permeable membrane with very small holes or "pores". Clean water passes through and impurities that are too big to pass through the membrane are left behind and flushed away.

Reverse Osmosis is a very common process used in modern water purification systems. Industries as diverse as semiconductors, food processing, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, municipal drinking water use Reverse Osmosis.

Reverse Osmosis Concept

The concept of Reverse Osmosis came from nature’s biological process of osmosis. Scientists realized that if this natural process could be reversed, dissolved solids could be separated from water.

Scientists also found that nature’s process could be altered by applying enough pressure to water to reverse the flow through a semi-permeable membrane.

Reverse Osmosis is a continuous, pressure driven process for separating water containing dissolved materials into two streams. The water is purified by passage through the membrane barrier.

When Tap Water comes into contact with one side of a semi-permeable membrane and when sufficient pressure is applied, water molecules are forced through the membrane.

Since the dissolved solids do not pass through the membrane, they are separated from the water and flushed away.

Over the years, the search for suitable membrane materials has led to synthetic membranes. They are highly permeable to water as well as being an effective  barrier to dissolved solids, bacteria, and viruses.

Benefits Of Reverse Osmosis

* Delicious, pure, salt-free drinking water

* Crystal-clear, pure ice cubes

* Peace of mind, knowing your water is pure

* Compact, simple equipment - nothing to break down

* Cheap to operate - only requires water pressure

Use RO for all of your RV water, you'll get these additional benefits:

* Mineral Free Water - no more scale or mineral deposits

* Spot Free Water to wash vehicles with

Water that contains manganese, hydrogen sulphide or iron should be pre-treated to extend the life of the membrane. Reverse Osmosis units produce no noise other than the sound of water discharging into the drain.

Reverse Osmosis Purity

Under the best of conditions, including the right membrane and adequate water pressure, about 20 to 30% of the water put into an RO unit will come out as pure water.

The remaining waste water is called "brine" because it has a higher concentration of contaminants than when the water went into the unit.

The brine performs the vital function of carrying the contaminants away from the membrane, and it must be disposed of in some manner.

RO does not remove all of the dissolved material from the feed water. Some of the dissolved stuff will pass through an RO membrane.

The amount that gets through is very small, somewhere between 2 to 20% depending on the number, age and condition of filters and the membrane.

Generally, very few harmful contaminants can pass through an RO membrane.  All sediment and most minerals will be removed by a Reverse Osmosis System.

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