Why is reverse-osmosis filtration so inefficient? Why is there so much water loss?

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Why is reverse-osmosis filtration so inefficient? Why is there so much water loss?

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Cleaning or replacing the filters is expensive. If you didn’t ‘waste’ any water, the filters would plug up very fast, and then you would have to clean or replace them. So in order to make lots of clean water, you have to make some dirty water as well.

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