gabew
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I am currently planning out how to set up my new RO/DI system for my tank. I already have a very basic RO system set up. It has no DI no fancy pressure grudges or TDS meters and the water is stored in a 4.6gal storage tank. It works but I wanted to upgrade it for my tank. I often drink the water from my current RO system because it is stored in a closed tank and no bacteria can develop. But for my new system I wanted to have the water stored in a larger open container such as a trash can or storage bin. I was thinking with the bigger storage tank I might use it instead of the Poland Spring water we currently use. We have a bubbler and they deliver the blue jug things but it would be a lot cheaper to use my RO/DI water instead. I wanted to just refill a single jug with my RO/DI water whenever it was empty. So my question is, is the RO/DI water safe to drink? It takes chlorine out of the water so bacteria can develop. I would probably add a bit of chlorine to the jug every time I refill it to kill all bacteria but there is still the days to weeks in which the water is in the open storage bin unchlorinated. Would it be better if the storage tank had some sort of lid. Not airtight bit just enough so airborne stuff could not fall in. Or am I just paranoid and would a bit of chlorine kill all the bacteria and the water would be fine?
Thanks for your advice
Thanks for your advice