虽然逆渗透单元是生产适合敏感礁系统的纯化自来水的更实用,负担得起的手段之一,但毫无疑问,它们倾向于相对于纯化产品的量产生很多废水。实际上,它们通常每加仑的纯净水生产超过四加仑的废水。以保护为导向的业余爱好者寻找收回这种废水并将其置于有意义的用途而不是将其旋转下来的方法上是很自然的。
但是,找到使用所有水的现实方法并不像看起来那样简单,尤其是如果您拥有相对较大的水族馆系统,因此需要定期生产大量的RO水。
通常的建议是使用废水给您的植物或草坪喝酒。这些肯定是有效的选择,但是让我们面对现实吧,您必须有很多植物来跟上所有废水。And as far as watering the lawn is concerned, I’m sure someone more inventive than I (which isn’t saying much) could find ways to do this efficiently using RO waste water, but I haven’t figured out a method that would work for my yard yet.
我确实有一个体面的后院,带有梯田绿化,所以我有足够多的口渴户外植物在夏天和秋天都可以根据天气来浇水。However, Ohio tends to be quite wet in spring, so the plants don’t need any help from me at that time of year, and winter around these parts is bone-chillingly cold and usually snowy, putting all the plants into dormancy, so I’m not apt to be out watering then either. I also have houseplants to water year round, but again, they can only soak up so much before root rot spirits them away.
那么,这会让我或其他人手上有更多的RO垃圾水比他们知道该怎么办?从实际的角度来看,以下是我对难题的想法:
这不是一个全有或全无的主张
这样,我的意思是,收回一些RO废水总比没有好。如果您找不到每滴良好的用途,并且不得不将一些排水管放下,请不要击败自己。Think of your RO system as another water-using utility like your dishwasher or clothes washer (but instead of using water to produce clean dishes or clothes, you’re using it to make pure water for your reef system) and do your best to reduce the waste as much as possible.
您需要发挥创意
正如我在上面的植物浇水示例中指出的那样,没有一种用途可以消耗RO系统产生的所有废水,但是弄清房屋周围的多种用途肯定会造成凹痕。除浇水外,您可能还考虑或可能没有考虑过其他一些废水:
- 洗碗机的浸泡/预制菜肴和银器
- 洗车
- 擦地板
- 清洁台面
- 顶上游泳池
- 冲洗厕所
- 部分填充浴缸
有了一点创造力,您可以大量扩展此列表。或者,如果您不能立即提出任何好的用途,那么您总是可以将废水管线运行到一个尺寸良好的存储容器中,以收集并在想法时使用水。
您可以在其他地方减少用水量
If you’re still not satisfied with the amount of RO waste water diverted down the drain, you could always compensate by cutting your household water consumption in other areas, for example taking a shower instead of a bath, taking shorter showers, postponing washing clothes until you have a full load, etc. You’ve heard of “carbon credits”? Think of these as ways to accumulate “water credits.”
RO系统的废物输出各不相同
货比三家,您应该能够找到RO系统或升级到系统 - 每天会产生更多加仑的产品水(例如150 GPD),浪费较少。如今,市场上甚至还有零浪费的RO单元。据我了解,这些单元没有将废水泵送到房屋的水加热系统中。