RO/DI Waste water

[newguy1233]

Just wondering what everyone dose with their RO/DI waste water, Im about to fill up my 75Gal so Im going to have a pile of it haha.

[cloak]

Set up another tank? At least make sure your RO/DI is working right.

;)

[kdv9tb]

I use my waste for drinking, and for my other freshwater and brackish tanks. Not so great results in my freshwater breeders using this water, but still was worth a try.

[allactiondan]

It's good for watering plants, and water testing new tanks, and for use in fresh water tanks. Not much else. Some people do their laundry with it, but that seems over complicated for me.

[EdMan71]

Mine is wasted. I should have it go into an outside container and water plants like previously mentioned.

[Canadian Reefer]

My is plummed right into my drain. I never have to actually see how much water is being wasted that way.

[isildursbane]

Tooshay

[Ann Marie]

When I had a top loading washing machine, my waste water went in there. Now that I have a front loading washer I've gotten some soaker sprinkler line. I move that around my yard when I'm making water.

[Bad LS1]

We have an aerobic septic system at our house. My waste water is plumbed right into my drain so it will eventually water my lawn. :D

[cajunreefer]

Well if it's good enough to drink, then........

[FearTheTerps]

Well if it's good enough to drink, then........

We have an aerobic septic system at our house. My waste water is plumbed right into my drain so it will eventually water my lawn. :D


You could drink it, and water your lawn....eventually.:lmao:

[aleonn]

You can put the waste line into the washing machine to do laundry, but I just drain into the backyard. I feel bad about just dumping it into the drain.

[orion251]

Waste line is usually in the washing machine. If it is full or in use I run the waste into the washer drain.

[brycerb]

I collect mine in 58 gallon plastic drum and use it for water changes in my 180 gallon African cichlid tank.

[BayAreaBigMac]

I run min into the back yard and water my trees w/ it.

[davocean]

Some people run a drain line that feeds plants, gardens.

[nwinverts]

I think you will find that you will send most down the drain. Unless you send it outside on the lawn of flowerbeds where you don't have to worry about floods. You will be making so much waste water that it is difficult to use it all.

[Burghboy]

Right down the drain. Not the best use but because its not permanently plumbed in and due to location it is the most practical for me.

[99mstng]

I've always just had mine go into a drain so like mentioned above I've never seen how much is wasted. About how much waste water comes out per say 100 gallons?

[newguy1233]

after reading all the post I think I will try and have it go into a drum and use it to water flowers and the dog bowl lol

[RiffRaff]

I've always just had mine go into a drain so like mentioned above I've never seen how much is wasted. About how much waste water comes out per say 100 gallons?

well when i make a gallon i usually get 3-4 gallons of waste water. I never measured it more than that. too much of a pain. But I'd imagine its 15-20 for a 5gal jug. HAHA So you'll have about 300 - 400 gallons to play with. Got a pool you need filled?

[newguy1233]

well it is suppose to be a 4 to 1 ratio. with that said thats a sh** ton of waste water that I have to pay for lol

[faulkincanyon]

big plastic bin and then dump in yard for the grass...better than going down the drain

[Mike31154]

Water is a little more precious where I live than in other areas of the province so I collect my waste water in a large plastic drum and use it in the garden in summer. In the winter I lug buckets to the toilet for flushing. Sounds a little extreme, but when the quarterly utility bill from the city comes in, I feel a bit better about not having all that stuff go down the drain. There's a similar thread on a Canadian forum I frequent where a fellow has a secondary system plumbed into the pipes for his toilets using a pressure tank and pump. That way the waste water is automatically used to fill his toilet tanks. If you search home gray water systems, you'll come up with plenty of info on uses for other waste water which we normally send down the drain, including dishwater, bathwater, shower water etc...

Water is still in abundance in most of North America, so we tend to take it for granted, but I doubt our current usage habits are sustainable and the day will come......

[99mstng]

Wow!!! That's a lot more waste than I thought . . . guess I need to work on a plan start using that now. Newguy I don't think my dog could drink that much water lol

[Kweli]

Please dont drink the waste water....

Why would you ever drink anything with the word "waste" in it....
Its all the crud that didnt make it through the filters

[chimmike]

Please dont drink the waste water....

Why would you ever drink anything with the word "waste" in it....
Its all the crud that didnt make it through the filters


with a 4:1 result through the system, it's not 'waste' water. You were drinking it prior to the ro/di, right?

It's just concentrated 5 gallons worth of TDS into 4 gallons, is all. It's probably perfectly fine for drinking, but if you're worried, run it through a Brita filter or something ;)

[RegalAngel]

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[lordofthereef]

with a 4:1 result through the system, it's not 'waste' water. You were drinking it prior to the ro/di, right?

It's just concentrated 5 gallons worth of TDS into 4 gallons, is all. It's probably perfectly fine for drinking, but if you're worried, run it through a Brita filter or something ;)

No I never was drinking it. TBH tap water has always tasted horrible to me so I always looks for some sort of filtered alternative.

[chimmike]

No I never was drinking it. TBH tap water has always tasted horrible to me so I always looks for some sort of filtered alternative.

That's why i suggested a Brita filter or something.

But anyways, the wase isn't super highly concentrated, I think the 4:1 ratio is likely to extend the life of the filters.


I'm going to get a lot of line and drip water in the gardens since my association doesn't know how to turn the sprinklers on :hmm4:

[goochesfish]

Well the TDS in waste water isn't much higher than the source. I top off my pool with waste water. My Rodi is outside

[Kweli]

with a 4:1 result through the system, it's not 'waste' water. You were drinking it prior to the ro/di, right?

It's just concentrated 5 gallons worth of TDS into 4 gallons, is all. It's probably perfectly fine for drinking, but if you're worried, run it through a Brita filter or something ;)

I dont know.... You dont think its odd that you give your fish better water then your own body?

Waste water contains all the things not good enough to make it through the filter... So its not WORSE then the tapwater, but at the same time your not getting any of the good stuff either.... so really there cant be any positive remarks besides "im a cheap ***" to drink the waste water

Live long

[jeepinphil]

I dont know.... You dont think its odd that you give your fish better water then your own body?

Waste water contains all the things not good enough to make it through the filter... So its not WORSE then the tapwater, but at the same time your not getting any of the good stuff either.... so really there cant be any positive remarks besides "im a cheap ***" to drink the waste water

Live long

It's actually quite the opposite, it is recommended by most people NOT to drink RO/DI water, since it has all of the minerals removed from it, it can actually cause osmotic shock in some cases. The EPA standards state that the maximum for public drinking water is 500ppm, so as long as your "waste" water is lower than that, it's safer than a lot of public drinking water, which can exceed that 500 mark quite often. My drinking water comes out at 200ppm, my waste water is 240ppm, the "waste" would be throwing it down the drain.

[chimmike]

It's actually quite the opposite, it is recommended by most people NOT to drink RO/DI water, since it has all of the minerals removed from it, it can actually cause osmotic shock in some cases. The EPA standards state that the maximum for public drinking water is 500ppm, so as long as your "waste" water is lower than that, it's safer than a lot of public drinking water, which can exceed that 500 mark quite often. My drinking water comes out at 200ppm, my waste water is 240ppm, the "waste" would be throwing it down the drain.

+1, especially since we all drink so much coffee and soda.

[cajunreefer]

Maybe drinking waste water will get you wasted :)