Basic Difference Between RO, UV, UF Water Purifiers

Hey ! you all use purified water as a drinking water but many of you don't know the basic difference among all purified variety of water.

Today I am gonna make a difference among RO, UV, UF purifiers.

Reverse Osmosis(RO) Purifiers

RO water purifiers remove everything from water, not only all bacteria, viruses and germs, but also dissolved chemicals that could be much more dangerous than germs.But it requires electricity to operate.

Many worry only about germs in water, which can cause loose motion or in worst case, cause dangerous diseases like cholera. But any water bourne disease can easily be cured with antibiotics and other medicines.

Much more dangerous than germs in water, is if the water contains dissolved chemicals, especially Heavy Metal chemicals like Arsenic. Arsenic and other poison chemicals in water cause lifelong damage and early death. You will not even know that water contains any poison chemicals because they have no smell or taste. If you consume water with poison chemicals, you are being slowly poisoned and when symptoms of water heavy metal poisoning appear, it is usually too late for effective treatment. It is better to be safe rather than sorry and use the only water purifier that can remove dissolved chemicals in water - The RO water purifier.

There are a lot of RO Water Purifiers Available online, But a Good RO filter comes with Energy Efficiency, and it will be compact and easy to operate.

Ultraviolet Rays(UV) Purifiers

In a UV water purifier the germs and other living organisms are not physically removed but killed by the powerful UV light of the UV water purifier. The UV lamp only kills the germs but the bodies of the dead germs remain in the water.

The UV Water Purifier also requires electricity to work, but it doesn’t need additional power to Boost the Tap Water Pressure. The UV Water Purifier can work with Normal Tap pressure.

For the UV purifier to work properly, the UV light has to travel through the water to kill the germs. So it is important that the water should very clear so as not to block the UV rays. Also the surface of the UV bulb should not have any dirt or algae deposited on it. The problem is that if the UV light is kept off for sometime, then algae can form on the surface of the UV bulb and lessen its killing power.

Ultra Filtration(UF) Purifiers

RO and UF are both membranes. The difference between the two is in the size of the filtering holes. In an RO membrane the filtering holes are so small that it can even filter out salt molecules from the water. In the UF membrane the holes are larger and so it cannot filter out salt molecules. But the UF membrane filtering holes are still smaller than the smallest of living organisms, Viruses.

The advantage of the UF water purifier is that it works without electricity and is sure to filter out any disease causing germs, including the smallest of viruses. The UF membrane is also so small that it will filter out all dust and other particles and make the water safe to drink.

The only problem with UF water purifier is that in case any harmful dissolved salts are in the water, it cannot filter it out. Only an RO water purifier can filter out harmful dissolved salts from the water. That is why the RO water purifier is considered the best type of water purifier.