Story of Bottled Water - Video
These purification systems contain a sediment filter that traps elements such as rust and calcium carbonate. Occasionally, the system may contain a secondary sediment filter with smaller pores that enables the system to trap even smaller particles. An activated carbon filter is also used to trap chlorine and other man-made chemicals found within tap water.
After the water passes through these filters, it is then processed through the RO or reverse osmosis filter, which contains a thin film membrane. Finally, this water can then be further filtered through a second carbon filter that traps any chemicals that may have been able to pass through the membrane. The end result is water that has been highly processed and cleaned to give the purest water possible for drinking.
It is used by many water and soda bottling plants and by many industries that require ultra-refined water in manufacturing. Reverse osmosis has also made its way into the residential sector and has become a popular under-the-counter water filtration system for many families.
Unfortunately, it has the same dangers created by the distilling process and is considered "unnatural water" by many in the alternative health and wellness industry because it has no beneficial health benefits. They believe that its’ acidic pH is adding to the acid in your body.
Ionization of water works differently, and the end results are different from that of reverse osmosis processing. When using an ionizing water system, tap water is first filtered in the same way osmosis systems work – an activated carbon filter traps sediment and chemicals. Next, the filtered tap water is introduced into an electrolysis chamber. Within this chamber, the water is charged electrically, and the ions within the water become negatively or positively charged. These ions then separate, and the result is alkaline water and acidic water. Ionization of tap water produces two types of water that can then be used, as opposed to one type of processed water produced by reverse osmosis. The water produced by reverse osmosis is only acidic, not producing an alkaline type as does Ionization.
Additionally, ionized alkaline water contains molecules that are much smaller in grouping than reverse osmosis water. These smaller molecules result in water that is much more easily absorbed into the body’s system. With the added bonus of acidic water from this process, not only does the recipient benefit from clean and pure drinking water, but will also have acidic water to use for cleansing and sterilization, not for absorption into the body’s cell structure.
Both types of processing give the consumer a much cleaner and healthier drinking water. However, ionization not only produces healthier alkaline water, but it also creates water that is more easily absorbed by the body’s cellular structure due to the ionization of the water molecules.
In addition, ionization also produces a second type of acidic water that can be used in day to day cleaning and for topical applications.