reduce the ratio of waste:pure ro water?

[richardhmc]

I don't like how my ro throws out so much water just to make up a fourth of what it consumes. :irked: are there anyways to use more of this water and reduce waste water???

 

[Lenny718]

Nope.Just put your waste water to better use like using it for a fresh water tank,watering plants or garden,washing cloths etc.

 

[artie1209]

booster pumps and a secondary membrane help. But it still wastes alot. I reclame the waste water to water plants and for my freshwater fish tanks. Look to Bulk reef supply for Ideas.

 

[richardhmc]

I still have more than enough left over after filling up my freshwater and watering plants. I could probably water the lawns of all the people in my community!

 

[Josh]

1/4 usable with a TDS of zero is good, a lot of people can't get better than 1/10 usable.

Make sure your pressure is as high as the membrane and the system is rated for. If you run it any less than that you won't be as efficient.

 

[bad coffee]

You can fill your washing machine.

The waste of all the water is one reason I got rid of my RO membrane and just use DI. With NYC tap water being so low in TDS to begin with (30-40TDS) I easily get 0 from my unit with just DI.

Buying the DI resin in bulk saves some serious cash. If you buy the disposable carts, it's about $40 per change. With the bulk DI it's about $7.

B

 

[OceanBlue2]

You may reduce the waste water further by using a valve instead of a flow restrictor with your RO unit. The unit need to have a pressure gauge. I adjust the valve to make the pressure to 40+ psi. My RO unit's waste water ratio is about 3 to 1.

 

[Red Terror]

yeah it's so wasteful but what can you do. I recently started using R/O water and I was surprised at how much waste there is. I get about 1 gallon of r/o for every 5 gallons out of the tap. Good thing water on LI is cheap haha

 

[Wes]

Bulkreefsupply has a kit that passes RO reject water through a membrane again. It cuts down on waste but you need good water pressure or a booster pump.


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[richardhmc]

My setup is hooked up to my sink. Does it matter how much water I make come out of the faucet? Because I can make it run slowly or turn it up so theres alot of water running

 

[Buckeye Field Supply]

Richard - not sure I follow your question.

Bottom line - you want to deliver as much pressure as possible (to a max of 90 psi) to your RO system. If you have your RO system attached to a faucet adapter - open the faucet all the way when you run the RO or RODI system.

Russ

 

[richardhmc]

Alright thanks