Zero Waste RO

RuGlu6 · #1 01-15-2010, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mark

from the non green side.

A gallon of water is worth a penny.

Technically it's 6/10 of a cents but in Edmonton you also pay for each gallon you put in the drain so combined, a penny a gallon.

+1

Also from a green...er point of view,
Dilution of the toxic sewer water with RO/DI so called "waste".

The more non toxic cleaner water goes in to the sewer the less toxic the sewer water becomes to the environment.

We all know what people are flushing down the toilet right? Not so green...and environmentally friendly.

Now how about medical labs, unsold drugs, pills, washing detergents, soap.
Also think about industrial waste that is being leached, solvents, paint.
Pig/chicken etc. farming, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides...

Perhaps its ok to dilute some of that wit so called "waste" water from RO/DI.

Maybe we should ask ourselves a question: why they have a campaign to "save water" and "save Electricity"? is it because they want to save our planet or because they want to sell it down south and make a $?

Asking a question "who will benefit?", "who makes $"?
Following the money usually helps getting a bigger picture...
JMO.

banditpowdercoat · #2 01-15-2010, 01:24 PM

My thoughts exactly, RuGlu6. Especially on electricity in BC. Our power is primarily form HydroElectric dam's. Pretty green, renewable resourse if you ask me. Then why the Power Smart campaign? It does not harm our enviroment to generate electricity from water. Ohh wait, California is willing to pay 3-5x more than we pay for our power, lets conserve power, and sell to US. Then what does Cali do?? doesn't pay. But were still sending down power.

Mark, do you have meters on your homes sewer lines too in Edm?

mark · #3 01-15-2010, 01:30 PM

California is not paying it's bill? going to google that

In Edmonton there's only a water meter, but you also pay a drainage fee that's based on the amount of water coming into the house and lot size.

banditpowdercoat · #4 01-15-2010, 01:56 PM

I remember after we started sending power to Cali, they had bill, somewhere in Millions, But old Arnie said they couldn't pay. I can't remember all teh details, But I do remember Hydro being "nice" and waiving the debt. It was a while ago I remember that

sphelps · #5 01-15-2010, 02:15 PM

OK well the idea here is reuse your waste water from your RO units. To say that it's better to waste the water since it has potential to help out sewage issues is somewhat ridiculous in my mind. If this were the case, then for the same reasons we shouldn't bother to fix leaking faucets and running toilets. The average household wastes more than enough water to help with those issues already, and if a problem did exist with water treatment I don't think the solution would involve wasting more water.

Saving water is a good idea, and really this is something everyone should be interested in regardless if water is cheap or not. From a green point of view it's as simple as reducing your consumption, that's it. It doesn't involve politics and I see little relevance between the two. Yes power companies promote energy saving for other reasons than to save you money but so what? That doesn't mean you should leave the lights on 24/7, it's a simple system that both parties benefit from, you save money and the power company makes more money. Is it perfect? Absolutely not but it doesn't mean we should be wasteful.

banditpowdercoat · #6 01-15-2010, 02:20 PM

I know one of the women here, can't remember who, maybe Marie? said they run the RO waste into their washing machine. Good idea if you can do it for sure. If you have a large basement, why not get a large holding tank for the waste. Then use it for laundry? Would need a pump though. Could basically isolate the Cold Water of the washer form the house system all together.

Other's, store and use for watering garden, washing car's etc. If you got a back yard pool.. I don't have any room for any of those idea's though unfortunately.

Binare · #7 01-15-2010, 02:30 PM

Personally, I don't see my hotwater tank running needlessly to be any greener then letting the waste go down the drain. Of course diy isn't just about money... But it should have some sort of benefit no? Would I go out and fix something that isn't broken? Probably not. Would I diy just for the sole purpose of complicating something that's easy and works flawlessly to begin with? Probably not. Am I gonna diy something that will just end up costing me more money? Again... probably not.

RuGlu6 · #8 01-15-2010, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sphelps

OK well the idea here is reuse your waste water from your RO units. To say that it's better to waste the water since it has potential to help out sewage issues is somewhat ridiculous in my mind. If this were the case, then for the same reasons we shouldn't bother to fix leaking faucets and running toilets. The average household wastes more than enough water to help with those issues already, and if a problem did exist with water treatment I don't think the solution would involve wasting more water.

Saving water is a good idea, and really this is something everyone should be interested in regardless if water is cheap or not. From a green point of view it's as simple as reducing your consumption, that's it. It doesn't involve politics and I see little relevance between the two. Yes power companies promote energy saving for other reasons than to save you money but so what? That doesn't mean you should leave the lights on 24/7, it's a simple system that both parties benefit from, you save money and the power company makes more money. Is it perfect? Absolutely not but it doesn't mean we should be wasteful.

So then why exactly is it a good idea to save/conserve water?
I can see it in a desert or an area where there isn't enough, but here when it rains 27 days out of 30?
Our reservoirs cant keep it any way and it overflows to the sewer/storm

Fish Head · #9 01-15-2010, 05:59 PM

maybe 10 g. Every night when i get home. Go to put maybe 1 g into water change bucket and have next to nothing left. Boil water for youngest daughter, dog drinks alot but in a 50gpd system it shouldnt take that long for a 3g tank to fill. Booster pump runs almost non stop. Maybe i should have bought a bigger resevoir tank. or the 100gpd system but for 1000 bux it should have water whenever i need it. Im gonna call Aztek and ask some questions.

don.ald · #10 01-15-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RuGlu6

So then why exactly is it a good idea to save/conserve water?
I can see it in a desert or an area where there isn't enough, but here when it rains 27 days out of 30?
Our reservoirs cant keep it any way and it overflows to the sewer/storm

yep here in the capital people conserved so much the water meter rates had to be increased...they arnt making enough money...