Ok so in my previous water quality post its apparent that my used 12GPD RO unit was a waste of cash, thankfully only $20, and I have to get a new one anyway.
So research has shown that for every gallon of water im wasting about 3-4 gallons. So what im thinking about doing is having the RO unit mounted in my garage and have two 55 gallon drums, one for the good water and one for the waste water. I want to set up an auto shut off so I dont have to watch it. So obviously common sense would state that the auto shut off should go on the waste water tank because it fills up 3-4 times faster than the good water. Should I also put an auto shut off on the good water too?
What do you guys do with your waste water? I dont want to simply send it down a drain cause thats wasting water and its expensive. My thought is to store it and use if for watering plants, etc.
Is the waste water bad? I mean obviously its called waste water but are their bad chemicals that are released into through the ro process? My other idea was to set up some kind of system where the waste water goes out and fills up the bucket my dogs drink out of. But then that would need an auto shut off and my dogs would eat that up. Any ideas for making a shut off valve bullet proof so my dogs cant eat it?
Would it be bad to leave the RO unit outside?
Thanks guys I know its alot of questions in one post.
So research has shown that for every gallon of water im wasting about 3-4 gallons. So what im thinking about doing is having the RO unit mounted in my garage and have two 55 gallon drums, one for the good water and one for the waste water. I want to set up an auto shut off so I dont have to watch it. So obviously common sense would state that the auto shut off should go on the waste water tank because it fills up 3-4 times faster than the good water. Should I also put an auto shut off on the good water too?
What do you guys do with your waste water? I dont want to simply send it down a drain cause thats wasting water and its expensive. My thought is to store it and use if for watering plants, etc.
Is the waste water bad? I mean obviously its called waste water but are their bad chemicals that are released into through the ro process? My other idea was to set up some kind of system where the waste water goes out and fills up the bucket my dogs drink out of. But then that would need an auto shut off and my dogs would eat that up. Any ideas for making a shut off valve bullet proof so my dogs cant eat it?
Would it be bad to leave the RO unit outside?
Thanks guys I know its alot of questions in one post.