steamman
Member
Most of us know that water is one of our most precious natural resources. Without it life could not exist. Their is currently a world shortage of potable water. The problem is only getting worse as the population increases.
My mother used to scold us kids if we left the water running when we brushed our teeth or washed our hands. Mom also used to say to me "their are plenty of people in this world that would appreciate what you are throwing away". In this day and age water is one of those things many people in this world do without and could use what we discard.
In this great country of ours we do sometimes forget how good things are here and learn to take things for granted. A good example of something we take for granted is good clean drinking water.
As far as those of us who have City Water. That water delivered to our homes cost money to get their. Not only does the water cost money, but if you have City Water, the amount of water we use determines how our sewer bill is calculated. We are literally "throwing money down the drain" every time we use our ro/di units. It doesn't matter if you have city water or well water. Your well can still run dry.
I think that most of us in this hobby consider ourselves conservationist to some degree or another. We may not think that being a conservationist in one way, (reef conservation), may contribute to our disregard of the need to conserve our water supply. This seems to be counter productive.
I would like to know what everyone here does with the waste water coming off their ro/di filters. Maybe you save it to water your lawn. Maybe it just goes down the drain. Whatever it is I would like to know. If you just dump it down the drain like most of use probably do or have done the water police are not coming to get you. So please post dumping down the drain here as well. This thread is to try to bring awareness of how much cumulative water is being wasted and the alternatives to just dumping it. If you can also post how many gallons per week you make with your ro/di unit that will help me get a tally on how much is going to waste.
If you have any creative ideas on how to, or how you already, use the waste water from your ro/di filters please post it here. It could make some of us aware that we can make productive use from something we would normally just be "money down the drain". Not only is it a waste of money but a waste of a precious natural resources.
Show us how green we could be.
Please give me the amount of gallons you estimate you are making through your ro/di unit per week first. Then tell what you do with the waste water. Thank you to everybody in advance for contributing.
I would like to start:
I make 100 gallons of ro/di per week.
I use my waste water for our laundry. In the spring I store it outside to use in our garden and top off my swimming pool.
My mother used to scold us kids if we left the water running when we brushed our teeth or washed our hands. Mom also used to say to me "their are plenty of people in this world that would appreciate what you are throwing away". In this day and age water is one of those things many people in this world do without and could use what we discard.
In this great country of ours we do sometimes forget how good things are here and learn to take things for granted. A good example of something we take for granted is good clean drinking water.
As far as those of us who have City Water. That water delivered to our homes cost money to get their. Not only does the water cost money, but if you have City Water, the amount of water we use determines how our sewer bill is calculated. We are literally "throwing money down the drain" every time we use our ro/di units. It doesn't matter if you have city water or well water. Your well can still run dry.
I think that most of us in this hobby consider ourselves conservationist to some degree or another. We may not think that being a conservationist in one way, (reef conservation), may contribute to our disregard of the need to conserve our water supply. This seems to be counter productive.
I would like to know what everyone here does with the waste water coming off their ro/di filters. Maybe you save it to water your lawn. Maybe it just goes down the drain. Whatever it is I would like to know. If you just dump it down the drain like most of use probably do or have done the water police are not coming to get you. So please post dumping down the drain here as well. This thread is to try to bring awareness of how much cumulative water is being wasted and the alternatives to just dumping it. If you can also post how many gallons per week you make with your ro/di unit that will help me get a tally on how much is going to waste.
If you have any creative ideas on how to, or how you already, use the waste water from your ro/di filters please post it here. It could make some of us aware that we can make productive use from something we would normally just be "money down the drain". Not only is it a waste of money but a waste of a precious natural resources.
Show us how green we could be.
Please give me the amount of gallons you estimate you are making through your ro/di unit per week first. Then tell what you do with the waste water. Thank you to everybody in advance for contributing.
I would like to start:
I make 100 gallons of ro/di per week.
I use my waste water for our laundry. In the spring I store it outside to use in our garden and top off my swimming pool.
