shawmutt
Aquarium Advice Addict
I'm still trying to compile a budget for a salt water tank, and was researching prices on R/O systems. One common phrase I came across was "waste water." Apparently some systems have 5 gallons of waste water for every gallon of R/O water. Here are some sites I found:
http://www.algone.com/reverse_osmosis.htm
http://www.owaters.com/rev-osmosis.php
http://www.aquatechnology.net/frame426316.html
I didn't realize that these systems flush water down the drain, I thought that the water sat in the R/O unit and was squeezed out of the membrane, sort of like my brita filter--the filtered water trickles through, there is no waste. Can anyone verify this info?
http://www.algone.com/reverse_osmosis.htm
http://www.owaters.com/rev-osmosis.php
http://www.aquatechnology.net/frame426316.html
I didn't realize that these systems flush water down the drain, I thought that the water sat in the R/O unit and was squeezed out of the membrane, sort of like my brita filter--the filtered water trickles through, there is no waste. Can anyone verify this info?