Mineralization filters

What is a mineralizer?

A mineralizer is a filter cartridge filled with minerals that can interact with water (in fact, dissolve there). After passing through the other cartridges (containing activated carbon, polypropylene or membrane), filtered water is enriched with useful salts.

AQUAPHOR mineralizers include natural dolomite — a mixture of calcium and magnesium carbonates.

Which filters contain a mineralizer?

The only type of water treatment sдystems requiring a mineralizer are reverse osmosis (RO) filters, since during water filtration not only pollutants are removed, but also healthy minerals — and that needs to be corrected.

Semi-permeable membrane in an RO filter “validates” only water molecules, preventing any other elements from “trespassing”. And that’s very good, because it ensures deep purification of drinking water from toxic impurities.

But in order to make up for the lack of useful micronutrients in filtered water, a mineralizer is provided in an under-sink reverse osmosis system. You can also purchase it separately, but there is no need: in any AQUAPHOR RO filter it comes by default.

Since enrichment with minerals is the final stage of reverse osmosis filtration, the mineralizer can be classified as a post-filter.

How does a mineralizer work?

First, it should be noted that our body absorbs mineral salts from water rather reluctantly, and their main source is our food. Minerals are added to water on purpose to restore its usual pleasant taste after purification on the membrane.

How to choose the right filter with a mineralizer?

AQUAPHOR RO-series present the most compact and efficient reverse osmosis filters with a mineralizer. They outperform standard RO filters by a number of characteristics. Installing such a system in the kitchen will save you from scale, foreign tastes, and any common contaminants in drinking water. At the same time, it helps to cut down expenses, since there’s no more need to purchase bottled water or order its delivery.

They are very compact and take up very little space thanks to the built-in tank.
Compared to basic RO filters, 5-10 times less water goes into the drainage.
Filter maintenance is less expensive because the cartridges last longer.
AQUAPHOR RO systems work even at very low water pressure.

How often should a mineralizer be changed?

Average service life of a mineralizer in a reverse osmosis filter is 1 year. The worse the quality of source water, the shorter the time of its operation.

Don’t forget to replace mineralization cartridges (as well as the other cartridges) in time so that your filter continues to effectively purify water and remain a source of health.