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Old 06-08-2010, 03:37 PM
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Default What to do with RODI waste???

So I installed my new RODI system this week and currently I have it draining into the floor drain in my basment.

Seeing as I have deep pockets and short arms, I dont like the thought that I am wasting all that water.

I am looking for suggestions for what to do with that water besides putting down the drain.

I had thought of sending outside to my rainbarrels to be used in the yard, but that wont work in the winter.

What does everyone else do?

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Old 06-08-2010, 03:43 PM
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Garden summer, toilets winter. I have several large plastic barrels in the basement for keeping it during the winter. Some folks also use it in their washers, but I have front loading which use very little water, so not feasible for me.
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Old 06-08-2010, 04:41 PM
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if you have plants, water them with your waste. but we used it for our washer.
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Old 06-08-2010, 04:43 PM
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i use my waste water for the washing machine
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Garden summer, toilets winter. I have several large plastic barrels in the basement for keeping it during the winter. Some folks also use it in their washers, but I have front loading which use very little water, so not feasible for me.
How do you use it for toilets
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I run a small black 3/4" line outside to my trees for the summer. I move the line every week to a different tree. In the winter I can't find an easy feasible solution yet, except as an occasional top-up for my hot-tub.
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I am too lazy to use in winter, but in the summer I have it going outside to a big 45 gallon drum.

Perfect to water the garden with water that has already run through carbon, and doesn't have chlorine in it!
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I use it for topping off my hot tub. But I also let it go down the drain, I am on a pressurized septic field so in effect i am watering my lawn with it.
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Old 06-08-2010, 07:39 PM
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Thanks for the ideas.

We have a front loader so the washing machine idea is a no go.

I do like the idea of some drip irrigation set up for the plants since we have plenty outside.

I recall seeing someone who tapped it into thier hotwater tank, but have yet to figure out how it would not overflow it.

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