waste water

[jonas]

I was wondering what everyone does with there waste water from there ro/di?

[Gabe]

Six 55 gal. drums plumbed into a drip system for the garden. Overflow in winter goes to storm drain.

[KMiller]

Right now, our waste goes in the drain.

[Smann]

Winter storm drain, summer piped to plants and swimming pool

[steelhead77]

So I had my overflow going directly into my front shrubs. The one that it was directly draining on ended up dying. Anyone else had this happen to them?

[Saltfinsax]

Down the drain. We have too much water in Washington anyways.

[Bigjohnwoody]

Mine is plumbed into my drain. I have a water saver unit so I feel less bad, but I still feel like should do something with the waste water.

[Eugenereef]

I collect mine in a 30g container and use it to water house plants etc.

[NoobtoSalt]

Down the drain. We have too much water in Washington anyways.

 

No doubt

 

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[Rick]

I just let mine recycle back into the water system to be used by someone else again. I.E. It goes back down the drain.

[Algae]

Down the drain. We have too much water in Washington anyways.

LMAO!

 

I take pictures of mine going down the drain and send it as an email attachment to Southern Californians with the title, "Not getting Any Of This!".

[jonas]

LMAO @ algae.Yeah i have been sending mine to the drain but seems like a lot of water to waste.I think i am going to make a dog bath and use it for that.

[Rick]

LMAO @ algae.Yeah i have been sending mine to the drain but seems like a lot of water to waste.

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The only waste is that it may increase the cost of your water bill. Other than this there isn't anything wasted as it is just recycled back into the environment just like all of the rest of the water we use. (I.E. Environmentally it makes little difference whether we recycle it out the door or down the drain)

[Gill]

The only waste is that it may increase the cost of your water bill. Other than this there isn't anything wasted as it is just recycled back into the environment just like all of the rest of the water we use. (I.E. Environmentally it makes little difference whether we recycle it out the door or down the drain)

 

A lot of energy goes into re-treating the water IMO

[LC Scott]

Unless your on the Bull Run watershed, for now anyway.

[jackaninny]

A lot of energy goes into re-treating the water IMO

 

I.E. $1.4 billion CSO/Big Pipe project PDX is building

[caolewis]

I was wondering what everyone does with there waste water from there ro/di?

 

Plan is to dump into my KOI pond but I haven't had a chance to do it yet.

[Topher]

The only waste is that it may increase the cost of your water bill. Other than this there isn't anything wasted as it is just recycled back into the environment just like all of the rest of the water we use. (I.E. Environmentally it makes little difference whether we recycle it out the door or down the drain)

 

once mixed with waste water, there is an added cost/energy and chemicals used to clean it before it can be "re-entered" into the enviroment. the green way would be to use as a water source for garden and such. the shrub that was lost probly got root rot from to much water(it drowned,sort of speaking. LOL)

[Electrokate]

What kind of shrub? How long did you have it? If you planted it, did you do so flush with the ground or slightly raised, did you dig a hole 2x or more the size of the rootball and amend the soil? Basically I find it real easy to either drown my plants in the cruddy clay soil we have here or to totally dry them out. I've had to dig up my early purchases and amend the soil to save them, because in winter they rot. I guess I was not following the directions clearly described on the tags and various books and websites showing a great big hole with drainage, compost, and a mulch layer. When all else fails follow directions... (: Some of my shrubs you could pull out of the ground a year later and the roots are still shaped like a pot. They would rather wind around eachother in that remnant of good dirt they were sold in than bother expanding into the brick of clay and rock my yard is made of.

If you need a new shrub the Crystal Springs Rhododendron garden is hosting a great sale this weekend with high end plants at decent prices, including non rhodies galore.

Kate

[frlejo]

water filter is next to my washing machine, so pump in to there. i make my water up at 10 gallons at a time, that is enough to fill the washer for a load

[racefan]

In the summer it goes to the swimming pool. In the non swimming periods(ie:11 months) it gets recycled. I'm on a well so it just goes back into the ground & I re use it!

[Googs]

water filter is next to my washing machine, so pump in to there. i make my water up at 10 gallons at a time, that is enough to fill the washer for a load

 

 

 

That's a pretty cool idea. My question is what is in the waste water? It obviously goes thru the whole system, so is it essentially better than tap still?

[frlejo]

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i was thinking it was dirtier than regular water, since the ro/di could not use it. i would imagine all the impurities are concentrated in the water the ro\di did not use, anyone?

[Mitchell]

water filter is next to my washing machine' date=' so pump in to there. i make my water up at 10 gallons at a time, that is enough to fill the washer for a load[/quote']

 

I like that idea, too bad I have a front loading washing machine.

 

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[jonas]

My tap water TDS is at 30.my waste water is at 45. so it is worse than tap.