[Killietalk] Re: R/O Question

[Larry Botkin <larbot at jorsm_com>]

First of all, thanks to everyone for the answers.  In my current setup I do 
use warmer water and have sufficient pressure to more than generate enough 
for my soft water killis.  I am thinking about when I move next year and 
get into an area where water rationing may be in effect at various times of 
the year and I have to be a lot more efficient. I was trying to figure if 
there might be ways to lessen the overall waste water by running another 
R/O unit using the waste from the first one that as the feed source..

I figure that there is a "wife rule" as to how many water storage tanks I 
can have on the property to store waste and R/O water so I'm just brain 
storming and looking for possible ways to improve the fishroom operation 
without resorting to a municipal type tank at 40 feet   :-) ...  This will 
be the first time I can design the fishroom from scratch and not have to 
work around pre-existing conditions.

Thanks Again

Larry Botkin
AKA 07801
CKA (ChiKA)
WAKO


At 08:40 PM 9/23/03 -0400, you wrote:
> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:02:03 -0700
> From: Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] R/O Question
> To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
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> Good advice, Bill.
>
> A point often overlooked is that better RO units have an automatic
> cutoff switch that shuts off inlet water when the little pressure tank
> is filled. This saves huge amounts of water over simpler units that run
> all the time, whether producing RO water or not.
>
> I have had both kinds, and the waste difference is enormous.
>
> Wright
>
> Bill Wallace wrote:
>
> > You might be better to pressurize and warm the water to increase the
> > efficiency of the R/O unit.  Another option is to only use the R/O
> > water for some of your fish tanks that need it, and just use a
> > regular filter unit for everything else.
> >
> > Bill.
> >
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> >
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