What can I do with the waste water from my ro/di?

[jasonrog]

Is there anything I can do with it? And how do you do it?

 

[Anonymous]

I run it out into my yard

 

[jasonrog]

I live in Canada, so thats not an option for 6 months out of the year.

 

[MarkO1]

Drink it... unless you don't drink your source water.
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[mountainbiker619]

waste water? what do you exactly mean by that? Here is a link to my RO/DI http://www.airwaterice.com/typhoon.htm
I only have two water outlets, one after the DI and one before the DI just to make RO water.

 

[mountainbiker619]

ok..I have found the waste water valve. It is the one located before the DI unit. Should this valve always be in the open position?

 

[O P Ing]

hi.
Every RO have a brine outlet. Your RO/DI must attach to drain, and that is where the waste water goes.

Drinking RO waste water will save you about $5 a year, unless you live in Saudi Arabia or an elephant and need 10 gal of water everyday. Just use it to flush toilet if you can't drain it to the yard (make a nice big icicle :wink: ) or use it to wash floor or to risen down your car to wet it or something. Youy can use it during the summer for your yard, right?

 

[foozed]

Yeah, I feel kind of bad but I just have my waste line going into the drain with the washing machine..

Oh well. I havent noticed my water bill go up at all since using the RODI when I first started over a year ago..

 

[MDboyz]

Is it luck that we live in the country where water doesn't cost much?.
If I was still in my country, this would cost me a fortune to waste water like that. :lol:

 

[Mac1]

Some people use it to fill their washing machine, as well. A lot of folks (like me) simply flush it down the drain. I was very impressed however, my last trip to Germany, when I got to see how they plumb some things over there. Water is quite a bit more expensive, so they waste very little. We got a tour of some friend's new home, and I got a good look at the plumbing setup in the house... Most home's over there have a rain collection device buried in their yard - nothing fancy really... a big plastic tub sunk in the ground w/ a pump at the bottom. The gutters from the house drain into this tank, so they collect quite a bit of rain water over the course of a year. This water, is then fed into a separate plumbing system in the home. These lines feed the toilets, washing machine, and dish washer. The rest of the home, is on city water.

Seeing this gave me a similar idea to do w/ my RO's waste water, but I haven't found the same equipment here in the states reasonably priced. While this is an awful lot of work to do, I can understand you not wanting to waste the reject water. Use it to water the plants, or make a really, really, really, big ice-rink out of your backyard - the neighbor's kids will love it!

- Mac