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Originally Posted by hkgar
You should not drink RO/DI water! RO is ok to drink but not RO/DI.
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It's all about electrolytes and osmotic pressure (the pressure which needs to be applied to a solution to prevent the inward flow of water across a semipermeable membrane). Deionized water is water that has all of the salt and hardness ions removed from it. For example, salt in water breaks down to the Na+ and Cl- ions.
http://www.cyber-nook.com/water/distilledwater.htm has some good info on it. There is a lot of data on there that's very interesting.
Worrying about drinking DI water is really a non-issue. Someone, somewhere (who was probably selling water filters) said "Oh, it's bad!" and that's propagated. That page explains how and why...guess what! It's related to selling something!
If you ask an RO/DI manufacturer "Is it OK to drink DI water?", what is the
safest answer for them? What answer would
absolutely guarantee that they can't be sued?
That's right! "
NO!"