Hydromo

  When it comes to ensuring water quality, two popular options often come to mind, Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems and water softeners, though both systems improve water quality, they serve different purposes and work in different ways. To help you in selecting the option that best meets your demands, let’s find out the differences between them. What is Reverse Osmosis? Reverse Osmosis (RO)  is a method of purifying water. RO systems use a special filter, known as a semipermeable membrane, to remove impurities from water. Here’s what RO systems typically remove: Dissolved Salts : These systems are great at getting rid of extra salts and minerals. Heavy Metals : Harmful metals like lead and mercury are filtered out. Microorganisms : Bacteria and viruses are also removed. Chemicals : Pesticides and chlorine are filtered out, making the water safer to drink. If you’re concerned about the overall quality of your drinking water, especially if it comes from a source with many contamina...

  Water used for the preparation of dialysis fluid is usually derived from a source of drinking water like a municipal water supply. The thing to understand here is that this drinking   water   can not be used as dialysis water and requires more advanced treatments to bring down chemical and microbial contamination. Why this is required is because, to put it simply, dialysis patients are exposed to more water and hence more contaminants which build up in their systems causing toxicity that can lead to even death. Healthy individuals have a weekly water intake of around 14 litres of water (ie, 2 L/day). However, a typical hemodialysis prescription, ie. thrice weekly for four hours per session exposes the patient to more than 500 litres of water per week. Because of this substantially higher exposure to contaminants in water like lead, additional treatment of water used for the preparation of dialysis water is required. Municipal water also carries higher loads of pathogens...