Reverse Osmosis or Microfiltration?
People often ask us about which water system they should choose for their office - reverse osmosis or carbon microfiltration. Our response is always the same - if you talk to 10 health professionals, 5 will tell you that reverse osmosis is the best for you and 5 will tell you that microfiltration is the answer. Reverse Osmosis takes virtually everything out of the water, including the minerals. It is as close as possible to "pure" water - just plain H2O. Microfiltration removes impurities, but leaves the minerals in your water and is the chosen method of filtration for bottled water companies who bottle spring and mineral water.
Our experience with both systems have led us to conclude that it is a personal decision and we cannot say one is better than the other. We have customers who were using reverse osmosis water tell us that the lack of minerals in the water affected their energy levels and that their doctors told them to stop drinking reverse osmosis water. Others have told us that their doctors or trainers recommended reverse osmosis for health reasons. We obviously are not doctors, but we feel either is good for you and most importantly that hydrating with purified water is key to your health, whatever water you decide to drink. Below is a table comparing the two. Keep in mind that municipalities remove some of the contaminants mentioned, so they don't necessarily need to be removed by a filtration system.
Reverse Osmosis vs. Carbon Filtration |
Tap water may contain: | Carbon Clock or Activated Carbon | TFC Reverse Osmosis / Carbon Combination | ||
Bad Taste | improves | removes | ||
Odor | iimproves | removes | ||
Turbidity | reduces | removes | ||
Organic Compounds* | removes | removes | ||
Chlorine and THM's | removes | removes | ||
Bacteria | can control growth* | removes | ||
Viruses | will not remove | removes | ||
Cysts | removes some | removes | ||
Parasites | removes some | removes | ||
Arsenic | will not remove | removes | ||
Heavy Metals * | removes some | removes | ||
Dissolved Solids * | will not remove | removes | ||
Fluoride | will not remove | removes | ||
Sulfates | will not remove | removes | ||
Nitrates | will not remove | removes | ||
Radioactivity | removes | removes | ||
Asbestos | removes | removes |
Aguaman Pure Water has been servicing South Florida with state of the art filtered water coolers since 1999. Our systems provide our customers with great tasting, healthy water, cup after cup. Aguaman Pure Water has National Water Quality Association certifiied water specialists level 4 and 5 on staff, so you can feel comfortable knowing that you will not only get the most state of the art systems, but the knowledge to back them up. We have been for years converting our customers from bottled water systems. Our customers include businesses from 2 employees to 2000. We strongly believe that properly filtered water is a far superior method of getting healthy water to bottled water, healthwise, costwise and environmentally.
Contact Aguaman Pure Water
for a free demo of any of our water coolers for your office. 305-698-0990
or info@goaguaman.com
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