Larry wrote:

Dick Locke wrote in
:


If I'd said "disinfection" instead of "purification" would it have
been better?




A little. Only trouble with killing off the bacteria is the bacteria falls
apart, releasing some really nasty toxins into the water, after
"disinfection". This is what happens to people with RO systems. The
bacteria pile up on the membrane then the pressure breaks them down and
releases the toxins into the water flow, right through the membrane because
these toxins are tiny molecules the membrane can't filter....Makes you sick
as a dog. RO people don't like to talk about it....(c;

I have this thing about drinking dead bugs, too. I know I eat dead bugs
every time I put a piece of steak or chicken or dead pig or any veggie,
especially uncooked veggies like lettuce at the salad bar into my pie hole,
so I don't need to be reminded. Hell, the bugs in the salad bars are still
alive! But, I just don't like to drink them...(c;

Better dead bugs than the live ones I say. We've
been drinking RO water for about five years and
have missed out on a lot of the "flu" that has
gone around our neighborhood. Can't comment on
the toxins except to say that so far they haven't
seemed to make us sick.

One filter and membrane change in five years,
starting from city drinking water, and taking the
dissolved solids down from ~215 PPM to ~10 PPM
while taking out most or all of the bacteria that
has survived the chlorine. ==serious run on
sentence, but I'm gonna let it stand as written.

Larry, you gotta remember that the outside of the
RO membrane is constantly being flushed by the
water running past it. That is why we run 10
gallons of city water for each gallon of RO water
that we make. Now, I only wish that I could plumb
the flush water to water the plants and the lawn,
or something instead of just running it down the
drain.

Don W.