Reverse Osmosis Is Just A Simple Film Based Filter, Nothing Else.

Background

Some folks would have you believe that Reverse Osmosis (RO) water is some high-tech, super, genetically altered water that could one day destroy the world. Nothing is farther from the truth.

Reverse Osmosis is just a filter with much smaller holes than other filters.

Reverse Osmosis is just a normal film based filter that pushes water through a film-membrane from one side to the other. It works just like every other filter mechanism you have ever seen throughout your life. Water vapors and molecules are small enough to pass through the semi-permeable membrane, contaminants are not. Simple enough right? The only difference is that the RO membrane is much more refined which means it restricts more contaminants than other filter systems.

There is nothing scary, complex or unnatural about reverse osmosis water. Reverse Osmosis technology has been used widely in the food industry for many years. It is used in the dairy industry for the production of whey protein powders and for the concentration of milk to reduce shipping costs.

Reverse osmosis is used globally throughout the wine industry for many practices including wine and juice concentration, taint removal; such as acetic acid, smoke taint and brettanomyces taint; and alcohol removal. Known users include many of the elite classed growths (Kramer) such as Château Léoville-Las Cases in Bordeaux.