For anyone doubting RO/DI

[Akronviper]

Here are a couple of pictures of a 6" water main that was removed in Akron. Once most people see the insides they wonder why they would drink it, Let alone let our fish swim in it (our fish always have better water than us ). I though some one would get a kick out of them.

A tee with the tee'ed pipe in half

6" pipe closed up to about 4" with deposits.

Believe it or not these look better than most, they are usually closed up almost all the way when they get removed. So never doubt the need for RO/DI at least for the fishes sake.

 

[DiscoReefRover]

And that my friend is exactly why i dont drink municipal water i dont even like bathing in it!......Nasty

Sean

 

[serpentman]

Suddenly, my well water issues don't seem all that bad!

 

[Akronviper]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12399933#post12399933 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by serpentman
Suddenly, my well water issues don't seem all that bad!

I don't know that red stuff you call water can't be good.

 

[serpentman]

Agreed, after about $4000 in additional filtration, I think we have it under control (for the time being at least). I have to drop another $400 to recharge my softener and we should be good to go.

Makes a $150 RO/DI unit sound like a bargain, doesn't it?

 

[Charliegirl2u]

OMG that is soooo gross, now I want to use my ro/di system for drinking and cooking and not just for my fish!!!!

 

[ReefWidowed]

A-men....I just reinstalled the Pur filter on the kitchen faucet

 

[CleveYank]

The fact that there is nice dark green and very healthy algae mat growing on the inside of a dark/light free pipe is interesting. Nutrient is so high it does not even need to rely on photosynthesis to flourish.

 

[crazyseany]

I had a bottle of bottled water from somewhere and it had its source listed... I figured a fountain or stream in the middle of antartica or an underground stream in The up in MI where noone was..... well it proundly stated.....

water source- Columbus municipal water

Sean

 

[t11t5]

After I got my TDS meter I took it to work. The drinking fountain read 465. The water bath in the plant that is used to cool tubing as it is made was 233. The water bath has a brown slime on the bottom and a odd slime on the plumbing that sprays the water into the bath. Nasty stuff.

 

[oldreefer76]

The size of that main leads me to believe it maybe a Fire Service Main and not a Domestic Supply Main that main for domestic supply wouldn't supply much flow or pressure to a residential area

 

[Akronviper]

It is a 6" water main pulled from the middle of the street. Most mains for supply are 6" to 12" (usually 6" to 8" in residential areas) with 3/4" services, 1" to business, 2" to schools and 4" and above to industries, high rises...

Heres the same pipe with a small leak in a 3/4" house service. For scale the pipe is 5' deep

 

[Akronviper]

I took readings when I got my TDS meter and got 10 ppm from Walmart distilled, 40 ppm from Dasani bottled water, 260 ppm from icemaker filter, and 540 ppm from my tap.

Hey the way I look at it the water gives me vitamins and minerals, so I dont have to take the daily multi vitamin. Plus a little lead and mercury is good for you , makes you strong.