What do you do with your RO waste water?
 

As the title says. I'm getting back in back to the hobby and this time I have a house. When I buy my RO system I'd like to be able to do something useful with the waste water.

Other than the very coldest months, I route mine to a cistern outside and use it to water the plants and veggies.

I run mine to one of my peach trees

If you have a top loading washer that might work as well.

Ours is run out to a container on the deck then we use it for the lawn and roses.

Top off our pond, water the lawn.

down the drain.

One of these days I'll do something smart with it

Also top off pond, water garden

Down the drain and some used for plant water.

Watering plants seems like a popular one - I'll keep it in mind. 😊

How do you do this? Is it plumbed in, or do you just put the waste water line feeding into the washer tub?

Hate to say it, but down the drain...really hoping to set something up to water the flowers/shrubs with it this year

I run mine to a flower bed except during winter months.

I have heard of others using it to fill washers and toilets.

My wife uses it in her greenhouse.

Great for Africans. They like hard water.

^^This.
Just don't forget the water is on and go to bed like someone I know did (me).

Right now down the drain and I hate it. I feel so wasteful. Once I'm in my own home it's going to water the lawn.

I setup an herb garden on the opposite side of the wall from the RO unit, complete with low pressure drip line from the system. Nothing beats good water and fresh herbs when you are making Italian.

I used to collect the RO waste water in top load washer, but I got a lot of grief from people in the house complaining they cannot do their laundry. So that was not worth it.

As for collecting it in a container outside the house, make sure it does not become a mosquito breeding ground (e.g. zika).

Right now, it just goes down the drain. I just do less water change instead, half what I used to. I'd say most people are probably doing too much water change.

I need to start containing mine. That water is much too nice to keep dumping down the drain!
I'm going to move my ro/di to the garage and will likely setup a collection bucket

I bred canaries and use enough water to wash in lye feeding, watering ... The use for this.

I collect it in a 1000ltr IBC container and use it pumped with an external tap & sink for the garden, cleaning (power washing) the patio & deck,bar-b-que grill shelves, wash bicycles and kids muddy boots and anything external that isn't consumable..

i use the left over for watering garden and planets

I ran a line to my pool. I live in Florida and have huge evaporation problems... I have yet to encounter any problems with the pools natural balance in doing this.

When I first purchased my RO/DI system I ordered an extra 30 feet of line for the waste water. Ran it through the dog door on my porch to my back yardand. I use it to water vegetables and fruit trees. Four years and counting and everything seems fine.

Swimming pool, in season, and it doesn't generate near enough to keep up with evaporation.

Out of season, it goes down the drain. Not as bad here as it might be elsewhere... our water comes out of the ground from a well, drain goes right back into the ground. All we're really wasting is the electricity we used pumping it out.