When it comes to water, RO is unfortunately a popular option. And this very popularity comes at a terrible cost to its consumers, while the financial expenses are partly what makes up this “cost”, other humongous sacrifices are being made too when drinking RO water.

What RO water is in simple terms is how Brij Mohan Sharma of The Society of Pollution and Environment Conservation Scientists (SPECS) described it in a Down To Earth article, “It is dead water. It can be used in batteries but not for drinking”.

RO systems filter out the bad along with the good, and while that may sound like an acceptable result to some, there are 3 major reasons why the thought of drinking RO water should be scary instead.

Reason 1: Installation Cost & Maintenance

The most obvious issue with RO systems is their costs. And not just of buying one but also of the maintenance costs that keep adding up.

For how much the expenses are, they don’t offer enough in return, not enough to justify the costs. And unfortunately, it’s worse than just that, on top of all that they are quite detrimental as well.

The damages drinking RO water causes to one’s health are quite terrible, and the extent of which in some cases is even surprising.

RO water has a low TDS, and although its consumers consider it to be “purified water” Rajesh Singh from the National Institute of Hydrology explains in an article that “Water with low TDS is called ‘hungry water’. Drinking two glasses of such water will not make any immediate difference but will gradually absorb the enzymes and minerals already present in the body. This can cause problems like diarrhoea.”

Also, RO water has been observed to cause cardiovascular disorders, tiredness, weakness or muscular cramps—this indicates acute magnesium (and possibly calcium) deficiency.

The matter of what one drinks is more significant than one might think. It has a great impact on the body.