Is all RO water the same?

[sivdrinks]

IF I'm using RO spring water do I need to treat it or does the RO process make it highly acceptable?

 

[afr0byte]

Yes, you'll want to add calcium to it, and perhaps some acid/acid malt. See the primer in the stickies of this section of the forum for a good starting point when using RO.

 

[sivdrinks]

Yes, you'll want to add calcium to it, and perhaps some acid/acid malt. See the primer in the stickies of this section of the forum for a good starting point when using RO.

Thanks. I've read the stickie but didn't know what kind of water the baseline was built off of.

 

[sivdrinks]

I'm dumb. Says right there it's RO or soft water.

 

[mabrungard]

RO water quality varies slightly based on the membrane used and the source water quality, but for all intents and purposes, it is nearly ion-free. You can consider it ion-free water, but it does have teeny concentrations of many ions. Bru'n Water includes a representative water profile from a RO unit.