RO filtering? is it a waste of water

[tokingtonto]

i've run systems with RO water in the past and have always been conflicted regarding the waste water level, the machine i have has a 1ltr good to 2ltr waste ratio,so when i fill a 200ltr drum of good,400ltrs is going down the drain. Obviously the quality is heaps better and the plants love it,they are getting full balanced nutes instead of 0.8ec of suspect properties(heavy metals etc), i use House & Garden PH Stabiliser to control the PH flutuation.

 

i guess wot im trying to say is can we justify this water consumption for the health of our plants when they do grow with tap water just not quite as well. i'm in south oz and we clearly dont have much water about. does anyone have a RO machine that has a better good to bad ratio?

the government here clearly doesnt give a fuck about the waste water level,hence the building of a desal plant in a gulf with minimal tidal flow, and the large corporations like d'vine ripe dont care,so its left to us. Hydroponics clearly is the growing way of the future and hydro really is all about water quality if it is to maintain the quality produce it is capable of.

 

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