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Old 03-25-2013, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Myka View Post
Keep in mind people's locations. Those at the west coast have ridiculously low TDS out of the tap (like <20 ppm) and many of them use DI only or prefilters only (sediment and carbon) or sometimes nothing at all.
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I use a 6 stage BRS RO/DI chloramines unit for Edmonton water. Output is now 0 ppm TDS.

My costco RO only system unit measured 3-7ppm TDS after a filter change. Sounds bad but that's about right for a 97-98% rejection rate. I'm guessing the same Costco unit used in the lower mainland would give you readings of 0 ppm and filters/membranes would last a good deal longer.
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