People often ask how to add minerals to Reverse Osmosis Water after we explain to them how to add minerals to distilled water. The answer is the same. In fact, any kind of water, not just distilled or Reverse Osmosis can be remineralized in the same way. We have the full article on Adding Minerals to Reverse Osmosis Water which is in general directed on the various types of minerals you can put into distilled water so in this article we’ll explain the subtle difference between the two systems.
If you’re used to having a Reverse Osmosis (RO) water system you’re probably used to just filling your glass of water directly from the faucet. Very convenient indeed. The inconvenience comes with trying to add the minerals to the system.
We know reverse osmosis uses several filters under high pressures to spit out water that has virtually no impurities and virtually no minerals. It’s an almost instantaneous process with the only drawback being the expense of changing the filters every so often.
So, if you were to add minerals at any point in the process, you can be certain those minerals won’t make it out of the system and into your glass of water. So, what do you do? Well, you can’t just add the mineral drops to your glass of water because of two reasons. First, each drop, depending on the brand and type of mineral additive you use, is usually good for a whole a whole gallon, that’s about 16 glasses. So, if you put one drop into one glass, your glass of water is going to taste probably very sour, not just salty. Second, you need to let the drops of minerals actually mix in the water, and, once again, that depends on the minerals and brand you’re purchasing. Most of the time, after one drop, you need to let it set in the water for 30 mins or so.
So let’s go through the actual simple and easy steps. From the faucet where you get your Reverse Osmosis water (ro water), fill out a pitcher (at least one gallon), then simply add minerals according to your liking. One or two drops of minerals should be enough. If you’re making an energy drink, you may consider adding a lot more (you can look at the mineral content of various sports drinks, like Gatorade, and then do some quick math on how many drops need to be added to the water).
It’s also dependent on taste. Some people are used to the taste you get from water bottles or the water faucet at home (aka municipal water) and so it requires some trial and error to figure out the right proportion of drops to water to use. The tricky thing is that, for example, if you add one drop to one gallon and you don’t like the taste but then you add 2 drops and realize it’s too strong of a flavor, then how do you split one drop in two? The solution would be to get 3 gallons of water and put two drops. And you might still not like it then!
