[Mike #1]

for the waste water i have a bleeder irrigation hose running thourgh the raised bed in garden from b &q a fiver no more water from tap so i think i can be let off a bit

[bridger windows]

What do you lot say to customers when they complain/ask about the amount of water used and the environmental effect etc... I need a good answer to give them as I think this would put me on my back foot

Theres no environmental effect using pure water, it is after all water and it will dry up

I beg to differ! 

What about the litres upon litres of waste water that we use to produce pure water? All down the drain, straight to the wastewater treatment plant!! Not very environmentally friendly I say.

Customers would have a heartattack if we would say that for every 1000 litres used one thousand litres goes down the drain!

The pro 6 im buying only rejects 20 % so 200l per 1000l thats another reason im buying this one. All good answers though!

[[GQC] Tim]

Isn't the pro 6 equipped with an extra DI for the waste, filtering some of the waste back into the inlet or tank?

If so, imagine all the DI resin that gets landfilled!

(just kidding just kidding, you can go on forever like that)

[ccmids]

tell her its your recycled bath water

[dd]

What about all the perfectly good water that I supply the water company from my roof every time it rains...I mean I'm not allowed to charge them for that.

Yet every house does the same but the water companies have no intention of treating it seperatly but it all goes into the same 'pool' for treating.

Cheers
Dave.

Normally there is a foul water drain (bath, toilet water etc) and a surface water drain (rainwater).

[rich fraser]

What do you lot say to customers when they complain/ask about the amount of water used and the environmental effect etc... I need a good answer to give them as I think this would put me on my back foot

Theres no environmental effect using pure water, it is after all water and it will dry up

I beg to differ! 

What about the litres upon litres of waste water that we use to produce pure water? All down the drain, straight to the wastewater treatment plant!! Not very environmentally friendly I say.

Customers would have a heartattack if we would say that for every 1000 litres used one thousand litres goes down the drain!

Your using the wrong filters then. My 4040 produces about 10/15% waste and thats with a input tds level of 280, and its over a year old.

[[GQC] Tim]

What do you lot say to customers when they complain/ask about the amount of water used and the environmental effect etc... I need a good answer to give them as I think this would put me on my back foot

Theres no environmental effect using pure water, it is after all water and it will dry up

I beg to differ! 

What about the litres upon litres of waste water that we use to produce pure water? All down the drain, straight to the wastewater treatment plant!! Not very environmentally friendly I say.

Customers would have a heartattack if we would say that for every 1000 litres used one thousand litres goes down the drain!

Your using the wrong filters then. My 4040 produces about 10/15% waste and thats with a input tds level of 280, and its over a year old.

Please, don't give people any wrong ideas about 4040's, the recommended waste level ratio is between 60/40 to 70/30 waste to pure. Anything lower then that and you run a very high risk of ruining your membrane. Talk to any supplier in the business and they will tell you exactly the same. Running it at that waste level means it's on the way out soon. I believe RO mans 4040's top the chart in waste, they recommend to run it at a 4 to 1 ratio.

[Spruce]

tell them you use a rainwater harvesting system

We all get our water through a rainwater harvesting system. The intervention of the water board, dams, water purification plants, distribution networks etc is just superfluous information and may be left out.