5-Micron Sediment Filter
Pre-Filtration - Polypropylene
Captures larger particles and helps protect downstream filters and water-using appliances from premature clogging.
- Sand
- Silt
- Sediment
- Rust
- Dirt
- Scale
- Turbidity
- Debris
Bottled water-quality water throughout your entire El Portal home. Advanced whole-house purification down to ≤0.01 microns—no bulky RO tanks or pumps required.
System Specifications
A hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membrane does the work a reverse osmosis membrane normally needs a storage tank to do—so every El Portal tap runs at full pressure, all day, with no brine tank taking up your garage.
Ultrafiltration pore size
High whole-house flow rate for El Portal homes
About a year between changes in El Portal homes
Physical barrier, not chemical
Visibly clearer water for El Portal homes
Operates perfectly up to Miami-Dade pressure levels
Limited Time Offer
$2,995
Installed
Regularly

Cartridge housings, manifold, UF membrane vessel & all parts included.

Mounted, plumbed, and pressure-tested by experienced professionals serving El Portal.

We test your water and verify flow and pressure before we leave your El Portal home.

Fully tankless—no storage tank, no waiting for a refill in El Portal.

We stand behind our work and your satisfaction here in El Portal.

Treated at the main line, so your entire El Portal home benefits at once.
Why This System for El Portal
Carbon and sediment media reduce what dissolves in your water. A 0.01-micron membrane physically blocks what floats in it—different job entirely.
Ultra-fine filtration blocks contaminants larger than 0.01 microns.
Blocks harmful microbes and microscopic particles from Miami-Dade water.
Reduces turbidity for cleaner, clearer water in El Portal homes.
Activated carbon reduces chlorine, odors, and VOCs common in Miami-Dade tap water.
See how quickly trapped contaminants can build up inside your filters in Miami-Dade water.
Blocked by the 0.01-micron membrane
Ultra-fine plastic particles & colloids
Added to most Miami-Dade municipal supplies
Adsorbed alongside lead & toxic metals in Miami-Dade water
Lead, mercury, nickel & chromium
Taste, odor & harsh chemicals common in municipal water
Volatile organics & herbicides
That rotten-egg smell some El Portal well-water homes notice
Sand, silt, scale particles & debris (common with hard Miami-Dade water)
Cloudiness, color, and organic growth—especially in our hot, humid summers.
Advanced Filtration
Specialized stages in sequence—sediment, KDF-55 redox alloy, fine carbon, and a hollow-fiber ultrafiltration membrane.
Ultrafiltration delivers reverse-osmosis quality water to every tap—no storage tank, no brine waste—ideal for El Portal living.
99.99% bacteria removal/reduction by blocking organisms outright.
80,000 gallon capacity and long-life media keep maintenance to roughly once a year in El Portal.
The Multi-Stage Advantage
Pre-Filtration - Polypropylene
Captures larger particles and helps protect downstream filters and water-using appliances from premature clogging.
Copper / Zinc Redox & Bacteriostatic Media
A copper-zinc redox alloy that converts chlorine and precipitates dissolved heavy metals, while suppressing bacterial and algal growth inside the housing—ideal for Miami-Dade municipal water.
Fine Activated Carbon Block
Fine filtration plus activated carbon adsorption—the stage that handles chemicals, taste, odor, and color.
<0.01 Micron Hollow-Fiber Barrier
The final barrier: bundles of hollow fibers with pores under 0.01 microns let water through and hold everything larger outside.
How It Works
Raw water from the main line enters the inlet manifold at up to 80 PSI in El Portal.
Sediment, KDF-55, and 0.5-micron carbon strip particles, metals, and chemicals in sequence.
The hollow-fiber membrane holds back what’s left, and purified water flows to every tap at 15 GPM.
Engineered for
Whole-Home Protection in Miami-Dade
Bottled-water quality from every tap in El Portal. Every day.
High-Flow Capacity
15 gallons per minute keeps showers, laundry, and the kitchen running at once.
Engineered for Miami-Dade Performance
Uninterrupted flow for the entire home in El Portal.
Helps protect plumbing, appliances & fixtures from hard-water scale in Miami-Dade.
Cleaner, clearer water for El Portal families—at every tap.
Premium media built to last through Miami-Dade’s hard water.
Roughly one service visit per year in El Portal.
Inside the System
Contaminated water enters the system from your El Portal water line.
Evenly distributes water across the filtration stages for consistent flow.
Removes sand, rust, silt, and larger particles common in water lines.
Reduces chlorine, odors, VOCs, and taste issues in Miami-Dade tap water.
Bundles of hollow fibers create a membrane barrier that blocks bacteria, cysts, microplastics, turbidity, and fine suspended solids larger than 0.01 µm.
Collects purified water from the membrane fibers for your El Portal home.
Clean, filtered water exits the system for your El Portal home.
Removes trapped sediment and backwash debris during maintenance or a manual flush.
Regular maintenance and periodic flushing help ensure optimal performance and longer system life—important in our tropical climate.
How Reactive Osmosis (RO2) Works
The sediment pre-screen captures sand, rust, silt, and other visible particles before they reach your El Portal plumbing.
Activated carbon binds chlorine, VOCs, and odor-causing compounds common in Miami-Dade municipal water.
Clean water passes through hollow fibers; fine contaminants stay trapped outside.
Contaminants Reduced
Conventional Whole-House RO (Miami-Dade)
El Portal System - Reactive Osmosis (RO2)
Traditional RO vs. Reactive Osmosis in El Portal
A traditional whole house reverse osmosis system and a Reactive Osmosis (RO2) system are both after the same result—reverse osmosis quality water at every tap. In El Portal and across Miami-Dade, the difference comes down to what you live with day to day: space, waste water, and how quickly you get water when you need it.
Traditional Reverse Osmosis
Reactive Osmosis (RO2)
Reactive Osmosis (RO2) delivers reverse osmosis quality water at every tap without a tank or a pump—ideal for Miami-Dade County homes. It is not a reverse osmosis membrane, so it does not lower dissolved salts or TDS the way a conventional RO system does. What it removes is particulate and biological contaminants for the whole house, at full pressure—helpful where municipal water is typically hard and scale is a common concern.
Pure water isn’t a luxury—it’s a lifestyle in El Portal.

Bottled-water-quality water on tap,
in every room of your El Portal home.

99.99% turbidity removal/reduction means
clearer glasses, ice, and bathwater in El Portal.

99.99% bacteria removal—organisms
are blocked, not just treated.

Carbon-polished water for coffee, tea,
and all your favorite recipes in El Portal.

Tankless design delivers 15 GPM
with nothing to refill—great for busy El Portal homes.

80,000 gallon capacity keeps
maintenance to about one annual service in El Portal.
KDF-55 and 0.5-micron carbon take on chlorine, disinfection byproducts, taste and odor at the main line—great for El Portal homes.
The 5-micron pre-filter and membrane handle silt, rust, turbidity, and biological contamination together.
Installed across Miami-Dade County and the Miami metro area—often in a single visit.
Conventional whole house reverse osmosis has three well-known drawbacks: it needs a storage tank, it needs a booster pump, and it sends a large share of your water down the drain as brine—then delivers it slowly. In the Miami-Dade area (including El Portal), that can feel like a lot of waste and hassle day to day. Reactive Osmosis (RO2) takes a different route to the same result. A hollow-fiber membrane with pores at or under 0.01 microns physically blocks bacteria, cysts, colloids, microplastics and many viruses—contaminants no carbon filter reliably stops—while running tankless at 15 gallons per minute. It's worth being clear about the tradeoff: RO2 is not a reverse osmosis membrane, and it won't lower dissolved salts or TDS the way a true RO system does. What it does remove is everything particulate and biological, which is what most homeowners are actually worried about, and it does it for the whole house at full pressure—ideal for busy El Portal homes dealing with Miami-Dade’s typically hard municipal water and the scale it can leave behind.
Whole House Reverse Osmosis in El Portal & Miami-Dade
Most El Portal homeowners searching for a whole-house reverse osmosis system are really after one thing: bottled-water quality at every tap, not just the one under the kitchen sink. Here’s how whole-home RO actually works, where it struggles, and why Reactive Osmosis (RO2) is the way we install it across Miami-Dade County.
A whole-house reverse osmosis system treats water where it enters your home, at the main line, so every fixture is fed purified water—kitchen, bathrooms, laundry, ice maker, and outdoor spigots alike. That’s the difference between whole-home reverse osmosis and a point-of-use RO unit, which purifies a single faucet and leaves the rest of the house on untreated water—something many Miami-Dade homeowners notice when hard water leaves scale on fixtures and appliances.
A true reverse osmosis membrane produces water slowly and under pressure, so a whole house RO system has to bank it: a large pressurized storage tank, a booster pump to refill it, and a brine line that sends a significant share of your incoming water to the drain. Run two showers and the dishwasher at once and you can outrun the tank. The equipment footprint, the wasted water and the pump are the three reasons most Miami-Dade homeowners abandon the idea.
Reactive Osmosis reaches reverse osmosis quality water by filtration rather than by pressurized rejection. Multi-stage media—a 5-micron sediment pre-filter, KDF-55 copper-zinc redox alloy and a 0.5-micron carbon block—handle sediment, chlorine, heavy metals, VOCs, taste and odor. A hollow-fiber membrane with pores at or under 0.01 microns then blocks bacteria, cysts, colloids, microplastics and many viruses outright. No storage tank, no booster pump, no brine line, and 15 gallons per minute on demand—built for Miami-Dade’s hard municipal water and scale concerns.
Chlorine, chloramine byproducts, hydrogen sulfide, VOCs, pesticides and dissolved heavy metals such as lead, mercury, nickel and chromium are handled by the KDF-55 and carbon stages. Bacteria, cysts, microplastics, turbidity and fine suspended solids are blocked by the membrane. Dissolved salts and TDS are the honest exception—lowering those takes a true RO membrane, which is the tradeoff you make in exchange for losing the tank, the pump and the brine—an easy fit for many Miami-Dade homes.
Whole home reverse osmosis systems commonly run several thousand dollars once the tank, pump, plumbing and labor are counted. Our complete whole-house Reactive Osmosis (RO2) system is $2,995 installed—regularly $5,000, so you save $2,005. That price includes the cartridge housings, manifold, membrane vessel, professional installation, a water test and a system check before we leave your El Portal home.
On Miami-Dade municipal water, the KDF-55 and carbon stages take on chlorine, disinfection byproducts, taste, and odor right at the main line. The pre-filter and membrane help reduce silt, rust, turbidity, and fine contaminants—plus the system helps you stay ahead of hard-water scale that can build up on fixtures and water-using appliances around El Portal. We install whole-house reverse osmosis quality systems across Miami-Dade County, typically in a single visit.
Limited Time Offer for El Portal
$2,995
Installed
Regularly