TheyCallMeMr.703 December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 (edited) More specifically, What do you do with the Rejected Water??? I'm curious to hear what Everyone does. I'm curious because, I know there is a Considerable amount... So What do you do with yours??, Collect it, if so, How?? and What do you do with it?? or do you Just Plumb to the Drain, lol. CareFree. LessToDealWith.lol. Curious to hear what you all got goin' on... Edited December 2, 2013 by TheyCallMeMr.703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnevo December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Right to the drain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 get pissed everytime I see my water bill. I am in the GB for a 100 gal container to hold the wastewater and am planning to use it for the washing machine and gardening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2nhle December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Collected it in summer for flower and grass. straight to drain in winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxTech MoneyxX December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 ummm, water the soil year round!!!! I live on base and I don't pay for my water. I fill up my 32 gallon trash can and use that for a while until it runs out. VERY LUCKY GUY HERE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimboy123 December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR-Tanked150 December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 We keep it in our rain barrel and water the outside garden and plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 I cut my waste water in half on my 75gpd BRS RO/DI by installing their 150GPD upgrade kit. http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/catalog/product/view/id/328/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prunfarm December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Goes into my washing machine. You could also use the waste water for a FW Cichlid tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeMr.703 December 2, 2013 Author Share December 2, 2013 Loving the Washing Machine Idea's. I've seen different ways'. How do you all do yours'??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djplus1 December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Loving the Washing Machine Idea's. I've seen different ways'. How do you all do yours'??? I'm curious on this too. Do you just pour the water into the machine? I have a front load, so if that's the case, I assume this won't work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ford December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 I have a 15 gallon drum I use to water my inside plants and outside plants year around. It has an overflow tied into my basement sump which ends up watering the grass in my common area. My neighbors wonder why it's always wet and to my luck my townhouse is the lowest of all four in my strip. I say I catch all their water and it runs all the time. I also dump my freshwater tank water changes outside to fertilize plants. They probably think I grow weed with all the containers I'm dumping outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 I'm curious on this too. Do you just pour the water into the machine? I have a front load, so if that's the case, I assume this won't work for me.Yeah no working for you....So...top loaders you can just have it go inside... I collect mine in a Rubbermaid and water my herb garden and front yard with mine..(my front yard is 3ft. By 6ft,lol) During the winter...down the drain it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeMr.703 December 2, 2013 Author Share December 2, 2013 (edited) I have a 15 gallon drum I use to water my inside plants and outside plants year around. It has an overflow tied into my basement sump which ends up watering the grass in my common area. My neighbors wonder why it's always wet and to my luck my townhouse is the lowest of all four in my strip. I say I catch all their water and it runs all the time. I also dump my freshwater tank water changes outside to fertilize plants. They probably think I grow weed with all the containers I'm dumping outside Still better then Selling Corals all the time. People always come over carrying a Cooler, and Leave with a smile on their face, Or worse. If they have nothing at all, They Leave, With this Plastic Bag... Walking Back to the Car... hahaha. Got the BEST look from some guy that was walking by about 2 months ago, as someone walked down my driveway carrying a Plastic Bag, with a Grin upon their face. He Immediately stopped, Looked over and Gave me... The " I know, What You're doin'...."Look" 0.o ". hahaha.lol Couldn't help but look over, Smile and give him a thumbs up as I nodded my head. It's pretty cool, to see How many Reefer's also, like Botany as well... Kinda; go Hand-In-Hand, Huh??? Edited December 2, 2013 by TheyCallMeMr.703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddR December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Water plants with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 I use it for the 20gallon turtle tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djplus1 December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 Yeah no working for you.... So...top loaders you can just have it go inside... I collect mine in a Rubbermaid and water my herb garden and front yard with mine..(my front yard is 3ft. By 6ft,lol) During the winter...down the drain it goes... Oh well. I was afraid of that. I guess it's back to drilling the house to run water outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howaboutme December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 (edited) I'm curious on this too. Do you just pour the water into the machine? I have a front load, so if that's the case, I assume this won't work for me. I did some research a while back but don't quote me on this... You have to set up your water storage container higher than your washer so it is gravity fed. This gravity fed water will provide similar pressure as if the water was coming from your pressure pipe. The washer has it's own solenoid valve that opens and closes when it needs to fill the drum up. I like the idea but not sure I have room for a container that close to the washer. I have a front loader too. Edit..i'm sure it's the same for a top loader too. Edited December 3, 2013 by howaboutme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 For those of you filling up barrels to water plants/grass with, do you have your "waste" line running outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 I run the black reject rodi water to the top loading wash machine. The black reject rodi line fits nicely in the wash machine holes in the basket. I set a timer on my phone to remind me when to take the black line out of the wash and shove it down the wash drain till it's secure. This is not a good practice if you have nice floors (luckily mine is in basement) I had my phone on silent once and some water overflowed since I could not hear the alarm. I get a lot more waste water than rodi so it fill quicker. I'd say 2:1 ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ford December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 For those of you filling up barrels to water plants/grass with, do you have your "waste" line running outside? I have a drain valve to my waste reservoir and carry buckets of water outside. I have also used it to make coffee too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 Here's an older thread with some ideas: http://wamas.org/forums/topic/22890-diro-machine-waste-water-uses As for me, this summer I felt very guilt free about the RO/DI. Without going into all the details, I had to grow about 15,000 square feet of grass in my yard this summer. If you can imagine, that's quite a bit of lawn to have to water every day (sometimes 2x a day when really hot). To make things worse, I'm on a well so that's a lot of drinking water lost. To help with this, I set up a few large rubbermaid stock tanks and ran my RO waste line out to them. The tanks were also strategically placed under some clogged rain gutters on my roof. I also bought a sump pump from home depot to generate enough water pressure to drive the sprinklers. Between the water changes, natural rain,and the overflowing the gutters, I was able to keep the bins pretty full. I'd say I only had to resort to using water from the faucet once every 4-5 days. Granted I did a lot more water changes this summer than normal but my tank needed it. My wife thought I was crazy with my Rube Golderberg watering system but it was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 In the summer it either goes into the pool to top it off or goes into a barrel with a pump and is used for the garden, shrubs, washing cars, just about anything we need water outside for. When the barrel is full it goes into the down spout and into the woods. I also use the waste water for my QT system top off and water change, just add a de-chlorinator to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 In the summer it either goes into the pool to top it off or goes into a barrel with a pump and is used for the garden, shrubs, washing cars, just about anything we need water outside for. When the barrel is full it goes into the down spout and into the woods. I also use the waste water for my QT system top off and water change, just add a de-chlorinator to it. That's a great idea...will start to use mine for hot tub.... Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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