R.O waste water for drinking.

[blackthunda77]

do any of you use the waste water from your RO units for drinking water?

 

[coralfragger101]

I don't but it wouldn't hurt you.

 

[nivram]

You might want to measure the TDS. If its super high it might not be a good idea. For some reason i'm thinking it won't taste good. But thats just my guess.

 

[blackthunda77]

already tasted it and it tasted,.......well, it didnt lol. i couldnt taste anything.

 

[loyalrogue]

Run it through a Brita-type (carbon/charcoal) filter and it should taste fine.

***Edit***

Nevermind.

 

[Linesider]

"In the deionizing process, the contaminated water passes through two columns full of ion exchange media, one of which is saturated with sulfuric acid, the other sodium hydroxide. The H+ from the sulfuric acid replaces any cation contaminants in the water, while the OH- from the sodium hydroxide replaces any anions.

Some people feel that deionized water (especially if a mixed bed deionizer was used) is so pure that it is very aggressive and unsafe to drink. "

I wouldn't be comfortable drinking water that comes out of a tube that was recently filled with liquid caustic or concentrated sulfuric acid.

Maybe RO before the Deionizer..besides its so pure i dont think it would quench your thirst

 

[blackthunda77]

well yea, thats what im asking, the water before the di resin. after the mechanical filtration but before the di.

 

[coralfragger101]

That's not what you stated in the first post.

The water before the di resin - is RO water. Definately safe to drink and exactly where you should tap off if you are going to make drinking water.

The waste water from an RO system IS NOT RO water. It is water that is rejected by the membrane and heads down a different tube - not the tube headed for the DI resin.

Waste water can be used to do laundry, water plants, whatever you want - even drink it. It won't hurt you.

It is my understanding that dionized water won't hurt you either however I realize that is debatable. But - by the time you were able to drink it (it sits around for awhile, you make coffee out of it, whatever) it isn't deionized anymore anyway. Now I wouldn't take the tube and suck the fresh RO/DI water directly from the tube. THAT might not be too healthy for you.

 

[blackthunda77]

ok. point taken. thanks.

 

[Treeman]

A chemist buddy of mine told me the reason a lot of people don't think ro-ro/di water is safe to drink is because it is so pure that it can actual rob minerals from your body instead of adding them.

 

[Paco]

Been drinking RO/DI water for years...no problem with it. There's no lack of minerals in your average American's diet. If you eat *anything* you're getting enough minerals.