Question:
I just bought a reverse osmosis water filter system off of ebay.

I currently have a whole house water filter with a couple offilters, one charcoal and one not, but I don't always like the taste.

I don't know what reverse osmosis is, but will it be better than thefilters?

Answer: True about calcium, but I don't think this is true about minerals. Drinkingwater is often the only way to get some imiportant trace minerals.

I, like several others, have lived on a sailboat for many years where theonly source of water was oobtained by confervting sea water into fresh watervia R/O. First of all, the water TASTES GREAT, but alas is LESS FILLING insome important minerals. My wife, and several other women, experienceproblems due to the lack of iron in the water.

It's necessary to take vitamin supplements if R/O water is your only sourceof water.

I think the ratio of water taken into the R/O system, to good water takenout of it, is a function of the salinity of the water. When converting puresea water, like we were, the ratio was 10 gallons in to 1 gallon out.

In answer to the poster's original question - will R/O be better.Absolutely! R/O will "clean up" your water much, much better than filters. Ibelieve it will also remove some "good stuff" (trace elements) and some "badstuff" will pass.

Using R/O to purify water that doesn't have a salinity problem seems likeusing a sledge hammer on a tack. I would hope there is a better "solution"but then, I don't know the extent of your water problems. You are right tobe concerned about the quality of your water. For sure, the people who don'tdrink it (county officials and builders) won't be all that concerned.