What is Reverse Osmosis (RO) and How You can Benefit From It

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Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a high quality water filtration process that reduces impurities from drinking water. The process forces water through a specialized semi-permeable membrane – it’s very thin, approximately the thickness of cellophane. This allows the filtered water to be passed through leaving almost all of the impurities behind making the water clean and refreshing.

Benefits of RO water

Cleaner drinking water – excellent for cooking
Helps make tea or coffee stay true to taste by reducing the number of contaminants
No more cloudy ice cubes – hello crystal clear ice cubes
Helps reduce levels of certain chemicals and pesticides
Helps reduce levels of dissolved inorganic and organic compounds in water
Helps reduce levels of contaminants such as chloride, sodium, fluoride, and nitrates
Reduces unpleasant odours from water – no more funny smelling water
Helps save money – could help reduce the amount of bottled water purchased by your family

How Reliance’s 4-stage reverse osmosis (RO) system works

Cold water is processed through pre-filters and passed through the semi-permeable membrane

Sediment pre-filter removes larger particles
Carbon pre-filter removes chlorine
Pressure is applied to force water through semi-permeable membrane to reduce total dissolved solids (TDS)
Final rinse – water in the storage tank passes through final carbon filter, ready for your use

Features:

Capacity: Over 189 litres per day
Filter replacement: easy quick-change filters that can be replaced without complicated tools, or messy cleanup
Replacement filters: included in rental program and sent to you when it’s time to replace

To learn more about Reliance water purification solutions, book a free in-home consultation with one of our trusted Water Purification Advisors. The Advisor will test your water and discuss your needs to determine the best solution for you and your home. You can also learn more about all of our water purification solutions by visiting our Ultimate Water Purification Guide.