R/O+DI ok to drink?
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Lpsfanatic338
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Well usually tap water is good to drink before it goes into an RO system so when it comes out it would be even better. For the waste water I'm not sure I would actually like to know what to do with it.
They make RO systems for drinking use too.
They make RO systems for drinking use too.
I wouldn't recommend it. You'd have to ask the manufacturer.
Other people use the waste water for laundry sometimes.
Ricky Soutas Jr.
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Other people use the waste water for laundry sometimes.
Ricky Soutas Jr.
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BrassMonkey
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it doesnt taste good. dont think theres any health risks,
KyleO
Premium Member
I run the waste water into 3 55 gal barrels outside my fish room. I then use this water to refill the pond and water as much of the plants as possible.
Have to use RO/DI but the water waste is terrible and if we use our imaginations, I am sure there are all kinds of things we can do with clean, fresh water!!
Have to use RO/DI but the water waste is terrible and if we use our imaginations, I am sure there are all kinds of things we can do with clean, fresh water!!
GrimReefer82
Roll Tide!!!
I read somewhere that ro water is safe but that you shouldn't drink the DI water. Actually my son has been drinking ro water in his formula bottles since he was 2 months old he is now 9 months old. I have a valve that reroutes water to bypass the DI section for his water. I think melev has done the same thing, just look at his site or ask him.
OwenInAZ
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I wouldn't drink exclusively RO/DI water, because your body can use the goodies in tap water and it's possible to upset your electrolyte balance by consuming exclusively pure water. If you're worried about taste, just get one of those filters that goes on the end of the faucet -- those will improve the taste and get rid of the gnarly stuff in there (arsenic, lead, etc). I wouldn't drink the wastewater especially -- you wouldn't put it in your fish tank, but you'd put it in your body? 
You could save the wastewater for flushing your toilet, doing the laundry, watering plants, etc.
You could save the wastewater for flushing your toilet, doing the laundry, watering plants, etc.
widmer
Drug Enthusiast
1. RO/DI water was the only stuff I drank for at least a couple years on end. No problemo. I just stopped because I'm lazy in my old age...
2. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have your RO unit in the laundry room, you can route the wastewater tube into the washing machine and after it fills, the excess water should drain safely from the washing machine's overfill drain.
3. Also, it seems like it's getting trendy now to hook on an extra RO membrane, which will cut your wastewater production in half.
2. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have your RO unit in the laundry room, you can route the wastewater tube into the washing machine and after it fills, the excess water should drain safely from the washing machine's overfill drain.
3. Also, it seems like it's getting trendy now to hook on an extra RO membrane, which will cut your wastewater production in half.
Flipper62
Premium Member
The DI filter is the final stage in a RO/DI system. This filter is filled with a resin that will take the remaining TDS out of the water. If you have a dual inline TDS meter, you will see that there is still some TDS in the water even after all of the first filters, but after the DI filter the TDS reading will be 0.0
GrimReefer82
Roll Tide!!!
With my sons formula i dont think lack of nutrients or electrolytes is a problem but I can see why someone would say that about drinking exclusively ro water. Most baby formula already has electrolytes and he seems very healthy now. I just can't stand the idea of chlorine and fluoride being ingested by a human since both have proven to be toxic at least at some level.
widmer
Drug Enthusiast
I'm having trouble understanding how people have no concern about drinking RO water, but are afraid of RO/DI. Do you guys know something I don't?
Because the difference in electrolytes between a dozen parts per million (RO water), and zero parts per million (DI water), is like the equivalent to the tiniest pinch of salt imaginable.
A more sensational illustration of the above would be if I were standing there with a glass of RO/DI, and then drop a couple grains of salt into it and say "I hereby decree this water drinkable now after the addition of these two grains of salt".
Because the difference in electrolytes between a dozen parts per million (RO water), and zero parts per million (DI water), is like the equivalent to the tiniest pinch of salt imaginable.
A more sensational illustration of the above would be if I were standing there with a glass of RO/DI, and then drop a couple grains of salt into it and say "I hereby decree this water drinkable now after the addition of these two grains of salt".
Just boil the water. People have been doing this for many years. Back then when i use to live in the Phillipines, Boiling water was the only way to get CLEAN WATER. Have you ever watched survivor man? He drink of the river(after boiling) and who knows how many pathogens river water there is.
ludnix
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Widmer, I think most people are concerned that they are not getting the necessary minerals if they drank RO/DI exclusively, but as you point out the difference is ridiculously small and most minerals are gotten from your food anyways.
My family drinks RO/DI exclusively, everyone in my family prefers the taste of the RO/DI to tapwater and they can't taste a difference between the RO and RO/DI water.
Do be aware that the lack of chlorine in the RO and RO/DI water means you should not leave it out for extended periods of time exposed to the air.
My family drinks RO/DI exclusively, everyone in my family prefers the taste of the RO/DI to tapwater and they can't taste a difference between the RO and RO/DI water.
Do be aware that the lack of chlorine in the RO and RO/DI water means you should not leave it out for extended periods of time exposed to the air.
Buckeye Hydro
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DI water doesn't taste good to most people. I suspect folks who drink it and like the taste might be using one of those oddly configured ebay systems that have GAC AFTER the DI.
RO water tastes great - RO systems have been used to produce potable water for lots of people for many years.
Russ
RO water tastes great - RO systems have been used to produce potable water for lots of people for many years.
Russ
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
My concern would be bacterial growth - chlorine is put there to kill bad stuff in the water. I see no problem with drinking it right after it's filtered, but be careful of storing it in containers long-term.
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