NJ REEFERS and WATER QUALITY

[Domboski]

Anyone from Jersey experiencing the same water issues I am? My RO/DI unit Carbon filters need to be changed almost weekly when just doing top off. I was just wondering if it is just my house.

The carbon filters get used up quickly and then the DI is not too far behind after that. Frustrating as hell!

 

[Josh]

Is the carbon block your first stage? Is it a 3 or 4 stage unit?

 

[prattreef]

I believe some areas of NJ have super high TDS in the source water--in the hundreds ppt. as opposed to NYC where it is very low @30-40 ppt.

 

[Widdy]

I believe some areas of NJ have super high TDS in the source water--in the hundreds ppt. as opposed to NYC where it is very low @30-40 ppt.

That's for sure. I'm @ 160-175 TDS in Jersey City, 10-20 when I'm in Queens. Swapped out filters/membrane/DI in May... filtered about 150g of water and my DI resin was exhausted. I bought a handheld TDS meter at MACNA thinking my dual inline meter was broken, that wasn't the case

 

[Domboski]

My TDS "in" is almost 300.

I have the Air, Water and Ice Typhoon III which I have been using for a few years. Was awesome in Manhattan. The Typhoon III is a 5 stage plus I added an additional sediment filter in the front so basically the water passes through two Poly-spun polypropylene sediment filters before it hits the carbon filters.

 

[beerfish]

Same issue here. United Water handles most of NJ. You can go to their site and pull down a water report (although it's just averages). My TDS was over 300.

I have to seriously adjust my water for beer brewing as well.

 

[jf2381]

My TDS "in" is almost 300.

I have the Air, Water and Ice Typhoon III which I have been using for a few years. Was awesome in Manhattan. The Typhoon III is a 5 stage plus I added an additional sediment filter in the front so basically the water passes through two Poly-spun polypropylene sediment filters before it hits the carbon filters.

I thought my TDS meter was going. It went from 162 two-three weeks ago to 305.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

135 for Union County. :splitspin

 

[bizzarro]

Yup, I thought my TDS meter was broken because I've measured it around 170s and saw it spike up to 300s many weeks later.

 

[Boomer]

Your issues here with the rapid depletion of the DI is more than likley high CO2. This is easy to figure out, just get me the RO output pH, Alk and TDS. This will tell us the depletion rate of the DI from CO2. In short, the CO2 gas in the water passes right through the RO and combines with H2O or OH giving HCO3- as an end product which kills the DI anion resin.

CO2 + H2O ===> H2CO3-===> H+ + HCO3-

CO2 + OH ==> HCO3-

 

[Domboski]

Your issues here with the rapid depletion of the DI is more than likley high CO2. This is easy to figure out, just get me the RO output pH, Alk and TDS. This will tell us the depletion rate of the DI from CO2. In short, the CO2 gas in the water passes right through the RO and combines with H2O or OH giving HCO3- as an end product which kills the DI anion resin.

CO2 + H2O ===> H2CO3-===> H+ + HCO3-

CO2 + OH ==> HCO3-

Awesome. I'll check it out tomorrow. This may be a case of being spoiled with Manhattan water for the past six years :irked:

 

[Boomer]

Ok