RO for drinking

[Turtle]

Is it safe to use RO for drinking? My RO water is reading 0 on the tds meter and the drinking water I filled up at the station near my house I never got a reading below 50. TIA.

 

[Blueflu1]

from what I hear, the waste from your RO/DI system is very clean and suitable for drinking.

 

[Turtle]

from what I hear, the waste from your RO/DI system is very clean and suitable for drinking.

Waste RO for drinking huh??? I used to use the waste water for the washing machine but now it goes straight down to the drain. We just upgrade the washing machine and it is a front load not top load anymore.

 

[Dave McReeferson]

Nothing wrong with pure water.

 

[Blueflu1]

If you think about it. Most people can drink their tap water, although it may not taste the best. The waste water is filtered, just not through the DI. So it is very pure.

 

[coralcor]

If you think about it. Most people can drink their tap water, although it may not taste the best. The waste water is filtered, just not through the DI. So it is very pure.

the water in shirley is one of thee cleanest in ma...

and yes you can drink waist and pure... except if it sits in a trash can to long.... it tastes like trash

 

[Aquaman_68]

Ro water is fine for drinking...You don't want to take the iron out if your drinking it though... (thru a DI chamber) Not a good thing though some people think it is fine...

 

[Joel A]

Ro water is fine for drinking...You don't want to take the iron out if your drinking it though... (thru a DI chamber) Not a good thing though some people think it is fine...

yeah, you want it before it hits the DI, drinking deionized water can lead to dehydration... so drink it before it hits the DI resin

 

[nicks387]

Yeah,why is it you dont want to drink RODI?
whats wrong with taking out the iron?

 

[nicks387]

Oh, nevermind then.

 

[Joel A]

I've never experienced it... but I've read/heard stories about it... i read a thread on another forum a while back about someone who ended up in the hospital from dehydration, they think it's because he was drinking deionized water...

 

[nicks387]

Wow, thats crazy. What about drinking the waste water from the RO? wouldnt that be more concentrated with waste than the tap water since the clean water comes out and leaves the waste water with higher tds?

 

[nicks387]

I'll have to check the TDS of the waste water when I get a chance and see whats higher the tap or the waste.

 

[Turtle]

Wow, thats crazy. What about drinking the waste water from the RO? wouldnt that be more concentrated with waste than the tap water since the clean water comes out and leaves the waste water with higher tds?

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Joel A]

high TDS water doesn't mean it's bad for drinking... spring water often has high TDS, as does well water... and they are both fine for drinking.

 

[NateHanson]

from what I hear, the waste from your RO/DI system is very clean and suitable for drinking.

Probably true that the RODI waste water is suitable to drink, but it's actually dirtier than your tap water. RODI waste water has a higher concentration of contaminants, because it carries away the stuff that's been cleaned out of the RODI product water.

On the original question - Is RO safe to drink? Absolutely. We plumbed the RO output from our RODI straight to a spigot at the side of our sink in our last home (which had dirty tap water).

 

[NateHanson]

I've never experienced it... but I've read/heard stories about it... i read a thread on another forum a while back about someone who ended up in the hospital from dehydration, they think it's because he was drinking deionized water...

Boh-oh-oh-oh-gus!

 

[marco67]

If you think about it. Most people can drink their tap water, although it may not taste the best. The waste water is filtered, just not through the DI. So it is very pure.

Or the RO membrane, that's why it's called reject ... but who's counting


FWIW I've had it each way and IMO the pre RO and the Post RO taste fine it's after the DI that it tastes "flat" for lack of a better term.

 

[Joel A]

Or the RO membrane, that's why it's called reject ... but who's counting


FWIW I've had it each way and IMO the pre RO and the Post RO taste fine it's after the DI that it tastes "flat" for lack of a better term.

yes, no doubt i know what you're talking about with that "flat" taste... it simply has no taste after DI to begin with..

maybe it is healthy though.. i'm just relaying what i read once upon a time

 

[Kiah]

Maybe RODI water causes issues when you drink only that because there are no ions (salts, minerals) in the water. Fluids move across permeable membranes to equalize concentration. So maybe if you drink too much RODI you actually are extracting and peeing critical minerals from your system. I've been out of school way too long for this type of question.