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Originally Posted by StirCrazy
actualy they don't.. I have been in the water processing plant a couple times in Dubai, and I have been involved in setting up emergency water supplies after natural desasters.. (which in some cases have become warer sourses for over a year) no remineralization. Oh.. I forgot previously, the city of kamloops is a RO plant also... no remineralization.
I have been working on industral sized RO, Distillers, and Ionization plants for the last 22 years, so I am not just talking out my you know what.. I have seen all kinds of studies and wives tails that were put to rest from studies... and yes it has been studied to death and there are no credable studdies that show a direct health risk from pure water.. only from drinking to much water and they used tap water for that one.
think about it.. you take a mouthfull of water and what happens.. your saliva renders it back to non pure water..
there is some merrit in your sweat thing as this does seplete salts and electrolites, but if you depend on water to replace these something is not right. unless you are an elete athlete who regularly extreamly exerts himself there is going to be no need to suplement your body with water that has minerals and electrolites added. like gator aid. I enjoy the tase of some of the products but thats about it, it realy doesnt do anything for me even when I am playing hockey.
local food in hot climats tends to be heavy in salt and spices, which did tweo things.. in the old days preserved the foods, and also ensured you werte getting your minerals in a extream hot enviorment. pure water is drank with abandon, and especialy now with the bottled water craze.
mineralized water is a sales gimic and nothing more. it will let a RO installer sell a add on that you don't need, or it will make people buy a different bottled water because they think it is better for them where infact they might be consuming to much of different minerals and such when combined with there diet.
Steve
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Okay, I have never been to the Dubai plant, but I have been to the Abu dhabi plant. Now as ar as I remember, they do remineralize there water except for floride. I believe they follow the ISO 24000 series. Allot has changed in the past 20 years, and I am going to go with the Information I have learned throughout my schooling and experiences. Now back to the actual discussion in place. I agree with Steve, it think that bypass is to stop you from wasting money on DI cartridges.