water price for ro/di

[monocus]

depends on how much you go through.as of now i do 50 gallons of water change a week and 10-15 gallons of top up.any waste can go in my garden so i'm not worried.if you aren't going through that much you can use your waste in your laundry.at $3 a gallon for top up water i would be better buying 3 nice corals.it's almost the same thing as selling snow to a Eskimo

[Bob]

Red coraldoes not charge 3 a gallon...one dollar a gallon...and usually free if you happen to buy something...

I am running a zero waste ro/di so i dont waste any water. look up zero waste ro systems or watts ro zero waste. So I dont waste any water. What kills me is the cost fish stores charge for DI resin. You can buy it at a fraction of the cost if you just go to a water/plumbing supply store.

[sphelps]

You can also get systems with 1:1 ratios or even better. The difference is typically cost, so if you can't justify the waste spend more on the RO unit.

[Myka]

I have my system modified for 1:1.5 (good:waste) ratio. It cost me $3 in parts to modify from a "stock" 4-stage.

In the frost-free months I collect the waste water outside in a couple 65 gallon plastic drums that I use with a Mag pump to water the flower and vegetable gardens. In the winter I put some of the waste water into my washing machine, but that's a pain in the butt to pack the 5 gallon pails over there. I tried just putting the waste line in there with a timer, but I still ended up flooding the laundry room regularly.

[Lampshade]

Good advice on here, thanks. I want to use the water water just because it's well.. a waste. I've got a 1:5 system right now, so with my 50 gallons of water change and 15 gallons of top off in a month it is about 325 gallons. It's only costing about $3 a month for all that water, but still, I'm dumping usable water down the drain.

Then again... we use drinking water in out toilets...

[TheMikey]

Originally Posted by Myka

I have my system modified for 1:1.5 (good:waste) ratio. It cost me $3 in parts to modify from a "stock" 4-stage.

Details please!

[troni]

I did some looking and the zero waste just dumps back into your hot water line. If anyone's heard of that answer me this where does it go when its full?

On another note I never actually looked at how much the waste water costs lol, just killed me to see $$$ down the drain.