jsiegmund
Member
Hi guys,
I'm looking into buying a booster pump for my RO system. As known, RO systems produce quite some waste water, something I want to prevent for both the environment as well as my wallet. At the moment I'm collecting the waste water in the bath tub and using it for a bath (mixing in hot water). So I'm not wasting water in that sense at the moment, but sometimes it is a bit inconvenient.
Now I ran into an interesting option, mechanical permeat pumps which reuse the waste water flow to build pressure increasing the effectiveness of the RO. The advertisement are very mixed, some say they produce 4 liters of waste for every liter of RO (which my RO unit already does when it's warm enough). Others claim they go up to 1:1, which I doubt.
Examples:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Permeate-...=UK_HGKitchen_SmallApp_RL&hash=item2346324cf2
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Permeat-Pump...s_Garten_Kochen_Geniessen&hash=item2329872fd1
So I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these units compared with a normal electrical booster pump. My assumption is that the electrical one will be better in all cases, but obviously requires electricity which is again bad for the environment and wallet (not as bad as dumping waste water btw). So if the mechnical one comes close (say 1:2), it might be the better option.
I'm looking into buying a booster pump for my RO system. As known, RO systems produce quite some waste water, something I want to prevent for both the environment as well as my wallet. At the moment I'm collecting the waste water in the bath tub and using it for a bath (mixing in hot water). So I'm not wasting water in that sense at the moment, but sometimes it is a bit inconvenient.
Now I ran into an interesting option, mechanical permeat pumps which reuse the waste water flow to build pressure increasing the effectiveness of the RO. The advertisement are very mixed, some say they produce 4 liters of waste for every liter of RO (which my RO unit already does when it's warm enough). Others claim they go up to 1:1, which I doubt.
Examples:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Permeate-...=UK_HGKitchen_SmallApp_RL&hash=item2346324cf2
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Permeat-Pump...s_Garten_Kochen_Geniessen&hash=item2329872fd1
So I was wondering if anyone has any experience with these units compared with a normal electrical booster pump. My assumption is that the electrical one will be better in all cases, but obviously requires electricity which is again bad for the environment and wallet (not as bad as dumping waste water btw). So if the mechnical one comes close (say 1:2), it might be the better option.