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Old 07-27-2009, 08:15 PM
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Also would you like to explain how you would practically go about reusing the waste water from an RO??
My drain goes out kitchen to rain barrel for garden use. Many people can hook up the unit in the laundry room and fill the washer with the waste water. You can fill jugs and use it to water plants. If you care enough, it's no big deal. It's as difficult as washing that tin can and going all the way across the kitchen to put it in the recycle bin.
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Old 07-17-2009, 06:53 PM
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Your needs will depend on the quality of your tap water. Here in Stoon I get a TDS of about 180ppm from the tap so I use a full 6 stage RO/DI to bring this down to the range of 0-4ppm. I've talked a few people down in BC who get a reading as low as 20-30ppm so they can usually just use a dual or triple stage (no ro or di) and get similar results as me.

RO units are very wasteful and I don't believe you should use one unless you need to.
I'm not sure where Chilliwack gets their water from.. but here in Coquitlam (about 1 hour away from Chilliwack) I get 12ppm on ym TDS meter right from the tap. I just use a DI unit. Works for me and many other local reefers.
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