RO water

[Altohombre]

This is what the representative at my local Culligan water store wrote back to me.

"We do not sell RO/DI water by the gallon. We do sell Distilled water by
the gallon and we sell purified water in 5 gallon containers. The water
is purified by Reverse Osmosis but has some minerals added back in for
taste considerations. The TDS is approx. 10 - 15 PPM. The cost is $6.50
per bottle with a $7.00 deposit."

First off I wouldn't want the minerals added back for taste and the cost of 6.50 is more expensive than my LFS ($5) and Wholefoods Market ($2.25) for a 5 gallon container. Does your Culligan dealer give a better deal?

[cthegame]

In the west we have water vending machines....BEAT THAT!!!!

[RyanG]

In the east we can actually drink our water.

[cthegame]

Originally Posted by RyanG

In the east we can actually drink our water.

Ouch!

[Bifferwine]

A TDS of 10 to 15 is not bad at all, in AZ if you can get your TDS under 50, you're good to go.

[bri74]

Originally Posted by Altohombre

what are some names of water companies/stories I could look up to see if I have one in my area? I pay about .45c per gallon (it only says RO) at Whole Foods Market and my LFS (RO/DI) for .99 per gallon. I'd like to get a RO/DI like the one Biff got on ebay, but I am living in a rented townhouse and dunno if I could set it up without ruining the plumbing.

Ebay.... mightymite ro with di added. I have one its pretty good not too fast though but it is totally portable and small. You dont have to plumb it in just hook up the adapter to your faucet and your good to go.

[fatman]

About the best you will do if you have low water pressure is a RO filter that comes with booster pump and automatic shutoff valve, and that will run around $350 to $400. Usually you acn not find cheap RO filter suppliers who also offer their cheap units with pressure booster pumps. You might want to check with a local non corporate espresso coffee shop. A lot of them use RO filters for there coffee water. A lot of water suppliers for water cooler bottles of water should sell RO water, and they should be nation wide. Personally I think if I only had on tank that 20 gallons per day would be enough water, but I would look at the amount of water going down your drain for each gallon of RO water produced. Just run the RO water into a bucket and the drainwater into a garbage tote untill you get several gallons of RO water (two hours or so). Then measure and compare the two amounts. The ratio of one to the other. Check your water cost per gallon at the tap and you should be able to easily calculate your RO water costs (minus the RO filter cost and maintenance/replacement cost).

[ravenfan8705]

The water is definitly cold so I will have to heat it up I guess. My Culligan man told me about the same thing as Alto's and I'm not going to spend that much on the water that has minerals added back into it, when I just bought a filter to pull them out. I guess I'll just heat it up and see what happens. Hopefully I'll have my tank filled by April or May. J/K

[fatman]

Are you living in a house, duplex or an apartment. Possibly you have access to the inlet water supply piping. They have a pressure regulator at nearly all domestic water entrances. Adjustment takes a pair of pliers and a screw driver. Just make adjustments in turns of a quarter of a circle until you see and feel an obvious difference in your water flow and velocity at a nearby faucet. Most city water supplies have pressures abobe 100 psi in their main lines. Here in Farbanks, Alaska the water system is a full circulating system at only about 35 pounds pressure or less depending on your distance from water plant. Turn screw out to incraese pressure and in to decrease pressure.

[ravenfan8705]

I live in a house with well water. I'll look into the regulator