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We had the same system and had it removed. We now use a 1 cylinder system, have great water and no waste. Yes, there was that constant dripping sound, but we grew accustomed to it.
Oh no, why is this bad? We were looking into getting the no waste RO system from Costco. Thanks for the info.
The reject water from an RO has a high minerals content among other things it removes from water and water heaters don't like them let alone the fact that everywhere in the house that you use hot water will be hard or harder water than your raw water on the cold side. And if you have a water softener, you are undoing the softness on the hot side of the system. And when you add hard water to softened water, it's all hard.
"NO WASTE RO" is a marketing term, a gimmick really, and the folks selling them never include any disadvantages of the system. But, for every action there is an opposing reaction, and no such thing as a free lunch.
ROs use water to produce high quality drinking and cooking water. They do that by removing a bunch of things that usually go to drain, no waste types add them back into your water heater. I can't see anything good coming out of that; water is much cheaper than replacing water heaters and paying more to heat the water due to hard water scale build up in the heater.
I know the "reject" water drains from the system, but we get water leaking from the dispenser / faucet for an extended period after using it. Is this normal? If not, what should / can we do to fix it?
The reject water from an RO has a high minerals content among other things it removes from water and water heaters don't like them let alone the fact that everywhere in the house that you use hot water will be hard or harder water than your raw water on the cold side. And if you have a water softener, you are undoing the softness on the hot side of the system. And when you add hard water to softened water, it's all hard.
"NO WASTE RO" is a marketing term, a gimmick really, and the folks selling them never include any disadvantages of the system. But, for every action there is an opposing reaction, and no such thing as a free lunch.
ROs use water to produce high quality drinking and cooking water. They do that by removing a bunch of things that usually go to drain, no waste types add them back into your water heater. I can't see anything good coming out of that; water is much cheaper than replacing water heaters and paying more to heat the water due to hard water scale build up in the heater.
I know the "reject" water drains from the system, but we get water leaking from the dispenser / faucet for an extended period after using it. Is this normal? If not, what should / can we do to fix it?
Thanks for any insights
No it's not normal. If you have an air gap type faucet, the drain line from it is blocked, or the blockage is in the fitting that the drain line from the faucet attaches to on the sink drain.
I did not like the idea of "wasting" so much water to get our clean water from our RO system, SO we just ran a line from the system routing the after-filter water outside (a little hole out through the wall behind the sink to the patio) and I collect it in containers and use it to water the garden. It is actually quite a bit of water and using it this way eases my conscience. Our system was set up by a fantastic local company(Seagull Distribution) that we rent it from - the installer did the work on the inside for a VERY reasonable charge (using a copper line to the outside) and my husband attached it outside to a longer line.
The quality of the reject water from an RO contains a concentrate of all the 'things' the membrane removes from the water; from Arsenic to Zinc.
I understand the concern of not using it for something but, it can be a very bad idea for people, pets, fish and plants. I'm not sure what is left out of that list but it's probably bad for 'it' too.
Recently had an RO system installed. Did not realize this wastes so much water (and the sound of the faucet drip is killing me!).
Wondering are there any RO/better filteration systems out there without causing so much water just wasted because we want to drink clean water? If we have to waste, I would like to use it maybe in my sprinkler system or something like that. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks,
PakBrain
Try this site www.watts.com. They have a pretty nice point of use set up that is esy to install and even easier to maintain.
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