What do you do with your RO waste water? - Page 3

Butch01 · 11/16/2016, 04:36 PM

Wow! That's a big difference. I'm going to be in Tucson, where water is at a premium. Need to look into rigging up the most efficient RO/DI unit I can in that case. Holy cow.

reef thief · 11/18/2016, 01:18 PM

I use mine to rinse out the waste drains in the nearest part of the house.

mukota · 12/12/2016, 10:11 AM

I have a friend who uses it for a fresh water tank.

FirstContact · 12/14/2016, 11:50 PM

I have something like 20ft of line that runs from the unit to the sump pump both in the basement. Pumps out to the backyard to water the grass but I still feel guilty...hey honey we need a pool in the backyard to help stop wasting rodi water!

yeah right, pool I wish!

Voodoojar · 12/15/2016, 04:38 PM

Pump it into 3 stage carbon filter using a booster pump than into a 200gal holding tank to drink, shower whatever.

vikinglord13 · 12/15/2016, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Voodoojar

Pump it into 3 stage carbon filter using a booster pump than into a 200gal holding tank to drink, shower whatever.

Now this is being efficient. I like this method. Do you also use it to cook with?

jewlz · 12/15/2016, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Voodoojar

Pump it into 3 stage carbon filter using a booster pump than into a 200gal holding tank to drink, shower whatever.

Nice, we store it and use it for watering plants and clothes washing. It all gets used up, so there's no need to shower in it. My next steps would be toilet flushing but that would require a whole other level.

Protoavis · 12/18/2016, 09:35 PM

For the garden.

Being in Australia, summer can be very dry and very very hot for multiple days...this can result in the death of plants if the soil is super dry and there's nothing for the plant to draw up through it's roots over night.

Zatoichi · 12/22/2016, 01:10 AM

Mine goes to rain barrels that feed my garden

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marper331 · 01/20/2017, 09:13 AM

lots of great ideas here on wastewater. im hoping to try running the waste line to the back yard in the spring for watering plants. i hate watching it go down the drain!

Sk8r · 01/21/2017, 04:46 PM

Run a waste line to your toploading washing machine. It'll save it until needed. Doesn't work well with HO washers.

btb72 · 01/22/2017, 11:03 AM

Do you mean he washers?

Reef_Chief · 01/22/2017, 05:26 PM

Im currently setting up a waste water tank in the attic that when full will bypass the main water line into the toilet cistern. It can all by controlled by 2 stop taps. Simple and eliminates all waste of water...

Also everyone with high enough tap pressure should be running an upgrade on the RO/DI unit. This will half waste and double the usable water. Its only about $50/£40.

vikinglord13 · 01/23/2017, 08:42 PM

I don't see how running it to the washing machine works. Do you bypass the water-fill cycle or rely on the sensor to sense the water level to not add more water?

tfeyrer · 02/06/2017, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuckd76

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

LOL - Glad I'm not the only one!!

tkeracer619 · 02/06/2017, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vikinglord13

I don't see how running it to the washing machine works. Do you bypass the water-fill cycle or rely on the sensor to sense the water level to not add more water?

The water level is kinda dumb. Simply a sensor that tells it when to stop filling so you can put the water in via the RO and the machine tops off and takes care of the rest.

Personally I send it back to the drain so that it may be reprocessed and sent back out to someone who's thirsty.

Sounds Fishy · 02/07/2017, 12:18 AM

I re route the waste water back into the cistern.

Cammunoz · 02/07/2017, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by tfeyrer

LOL - Glad I'm not the only one!!

Man i do this all the time ! then i wake up to overflowing reservoirs fml!

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Synden · 02/13/2017, 07:58 PM

Currently goes down the drain

but planning to plumb it into my front yard drip system to water plants once I build out my new water change station that ill be building this summer.

Mr06evo · 02/24/2017, 02:23 PM

Try to store as much of it as possible and use it to wash cloths or water the plants.

CreoUCLA · 02/27/2017, 02:04 PM

We water the plants and/or direct to a cistern for later use.

Oeste · 02/28/2017, 03:47 PM

down the drain atm

AaaRr · 03/01/2017, 10:23 AM

Currently going down the drain but after reading everything here may be worth getting a storage tank next to our garden and using it for the garden.

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joyce322 · 03/25/2017, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tfeyrer

LOL - Glad I'm not the only one!!

Me three

!

Reefable · 03/25/2017, 05:35 PM

This is a great thread....my rodi unit is in the basement in the boiler room...i have a small hole that can accomodate the line (i use to use this hole to provide fresh air to my skimmer but i dont need it anymore) so i can transfer the line up 4 ft and out 30ft into my back yard...way to go...

11/18/2016, 01:18 PM	#52
reef thief Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Republic of Chicago Posts: 225	I use mine to rinse out the waste drains in the nearest part of the house. __________________ Sent from my Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Current Tank Info: 120 G glass

12/14/2016, 11:50 PM	#54
FirstContact Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 1,613	I have something like 20ft of line that runs from the unit to the sump pump both in the basement. Pumps out to the backyard to water the grass but I still feel guilty...hey honey we need a pool in the backyard to help stop wasting rodi water! yeah right, pool I wish! __________________ No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock

01/21/2017, 04:46 PM	#61
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Run a waste line to your toploading washing machine. It'll save it until needed. Doesn't work well with HO washers. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

02/07/2017, 12:18 AM	#67
Sounds Fishy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Canada Posts: 532	I re route the waste water back into the cistern. __________________ Blue Spotted Ribbontail Stingray.Zebra Moray Eel.Aqueon 210 gallon,Trigger Ruby Elite 36 gallon sump

11/16/2016, 04:36 PM	#51
Butch01 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 117	Wow! That's a big difference. I'm going to be in Tucson, where water is at a premium. Need to look into rigging up the most efficient RO/DI unit I can in that case. Holy cow.

12/12/2016, 10:11 AM	#53
mukota Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 13	I have a friend who uses it for a fresh water tank.

12/15/2016, 04:38 PM	#55
Voodoojar Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 123	Pump it into 3 stage carbon filter using a booster pump than into a 200gal holding tank to drink, shower whatever.

12/18/2016, 09:35 PM	#58
Protoavis Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 62	For the garden. Being in Australia, summer can be very dry and very very hot for multiple days...this can result in the death of plants if the soil is super dry and there's nothing for the plant to draw up through it's roots over night.

12/22/2016, 01:10 AM	#59
Zatoichi Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 440	Mine goes to rain barrels that feed my garden Sent from my SM-J700T1 using Tapatalk

01/20/2017, 09:13 AM	#60
marper331 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Boston Posts: 62	lots of great ideas here on wastewater. im hoping to try running the waste line to the back yard in the spring for watering plants. i hate watching it go down the drain!

01/22/2017, 11:03 AM	#62
btb72 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: KY Posts: 657	Do you mean he washers?

01/22/2017, 05:26 PM	#63
Reef_Chief Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Southport, UK. Posts: 95	Im currently setting up a waste water tank in the attic that when full will bypass the main water line into the toilet cistern. It can all by controlled by 2 stop taps. Simple and eliminates all waste of water... Also everyone with high enough tap pressure should be running an upgrade on the RO/DI unit. This will half waste and double the usable water. Its only about $50/£40.

01/23/2017, 08:42 PM	#64
vikinglord13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 484	I don't see how running it to the washing machine works. Do you bypass the water-fill cycle or rely on the sensor to sense the water level to not add more water?

02/13/2017, 07:58 PM	#69
Synden Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 90	Currently goes down the drain but planning to plumb it into my front yard drip system to water plants once I build out my new water change station that ill be building this summer.

02/24/2017, 02:23 PM	#70
Mr06evo Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 83	Try to store as much of it as possible and use it to wash cloths or water the plants.

02/27/2017, 02:04 PM	#71
CreoUCLA Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: West L.A. Posts: 4	We water the plants and/or direct to a cistern for later use.

02/28/2017, 03:47 PM	#72
Oeste Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 91	down the drain atm

03/01/2017, 10:23 AM	#73
AaaRr Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sparks, NV Posts: 54	Currently going down the drain but after reading everything here may be worth getting a storage tank next to our garden and using it for the garden. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

03/25/2017, 05:35 PM	#75
Reefable Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 213	This is a great thread....my rodi unit is in the basement in the boiler room...i have a small hole that can accomodate the line (i use to use this hole to provide fresh air to my skimmer but i dont need it anymore) so i can transfer the line up 4 ft and out 30ft into my back yard...way to go...