Water issue.

Avox45

Avox45

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Hey guys :) I do not have the funds to keep a flow of RO water on hand so.. Can i just fill up some buckets of tap water and run air threw it for 3 days? Will that get rid of all the impurities that it needs to?
 
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HSA

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Avox: this is what I just told Cuzz. Seems like we all have the same problem. I hope this helps.
  • Cozz: You're obviously going through what I just faced so maybe this will help. We do have a problem with municipal water because those were the test specifications they sent you that were taken at a specific point in time and I suspect they vary throughout the year. Mine looks good on paper and my water tastes okay in the winter when they send me the report but today it tests out of my tap at 470 ppms and a pH of 8.7. The crap that comes out of my tap literally ruins my plumbing fixtures every couple of years. When we moved here the city sent us a letter congratulating us on buying a home in this community but they warned us not to drink the water! No shit. They said it was not recommended for seniors, infants or tropical fish. The said it was safe for bathing and cooking but they recommended we drink bottled water. This stuff kills Walmart's goldfish! During the summer it tastes like it came out of my neighbors swimming pool. Pour yourself a glass, hold it up to the light, and you'll swear you see something swimming in it. As a result we drink only from the refrigerator filtered water and the GE filter I installed under the kitchen sink.

    For hydro growing I buy filtered water for 39 cents a gallon from a kiosk at the local supermarket for my little bubble tubs and DWC's. It's not that expensive, just a pain in the ass to have to go get it every week or so.

    For my greenhouse and dirt garden I went to Lowe's and bought the biggest Whirlpool 'whole house' filter they had that would remove chlorine. Unfortunately the cheaper ones don't. The chlorine is what I was told to fear. The filter housing was $69 and the accompanying carbon and particulate filter was another $39 but now it doesn't taste like chlorine and my potted plants in my little greenhouse seem to like it.

    Your next option is an R/O system that costs anywhere from $150 for some systems I've seen online to as much as $700 for some of the ones at the hydro store, but they waste anywhere from 1/2 to 2/3 of the water they filter. And if you're only growing for yourself the maintenance on those systems is no minor expense. The R/O system I saw at the hydro store that I liked was almost $300 for 100 gallons a day and the membrane is $90 and the two filters are about $40 each and that's estimated to have to be replaced every six months. For my little operations that's just too much. There is one with a back flush feature that is supposed to last a years but I think it's still too much for a little operation like mine. I hope that helps. Good luck. HSA​


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HappyHarvesters

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HSA said:
Avox: this is what I just told Cuzz. Seems like we all have the same problem. I hope this helps.
  • Cozz: You're obviously going through what I just faced so maybe this will help. We do have a problem with municipal water because those were the test specifications they sent you that were taken at a specific point in time and I suspect they vary throughout the year. Mine looks good on paper and my water tastes okay in the winter when they send me the report but today it tests out of my tap at 470 ppms and a pH of 8.7. The crap that comes out of my tap literally ruins my plumbing fixtures every couple of years. When we moved here the city sent us a letter congratulating us on buying a home in this community but they warned us not to drink the water! No shit. They said it was not recommended for seniors, infants or tropical fish. The said it was safe for bathing and cooking but they recommended we drink bottled water. This stuff kills Walmart's goldfish! During the summer it tastes like it came out of my neighbors swimming pool. Pour yourself a glass, hold it up to the light, and you'll swear you see something swimming in it. As a result we drink only from the refrigerator filtered water and the GE filter I installed under the kitchen sink.

    For hydro growing I buy filtered water for 39 cents a gallon from a kiosk at the local supermarket for my little bubble tubs and DWC's. It's not that expensive, just a pain in the ass to have to go get it every week or so.

    For my greenhouse and dirt garden I went to Lowe's and bought the biggest Whirlpool 'whole house' filter they had that would remove chlorine. Unfortunately the cheaper ones don't. The chlorine is what I was told to fear. The filter housing was $69 and the accompanying carbon and particulate filter was another $39 but now it doesn't taste like chlorine and my potted plants in my little greenhouse seem to like it.

    Your next option is an R/O system that costs anywhere from $150 for some systems I've seen online to as much as $700 for some of the ones at the hydro store, but they waste anywhere from 1/2 to 2/3 of the water they filter. And if you're only growing for yourself the maintenance on those systems is no minor expense. The R/O system I saw at the hydro store that I liked was almost $300 for 100 gallons a day and the membrane is $90 and the two filters are about $40 each and that's estimated to have to be replaced every six months. For my little operations that's just too much. There is one with a back flush feature that is supposed to last a years but I think it's still too much for a little operation like mine. I hope that helps. Good luck. HSA​


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The R/O Prices are a little lower than that and operation costs would be very low for a small grow. You could get the filters for 23 dollars and replace your membrane every two or three years for a small grower. But yes it is an upfront expense.
 
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HSA

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Dbdick: does the chloramine evaporate if the water is stored for say 24 to 48 hours? It's not even summer yet and our water is already starting to smell like it came out of a swimming pool before filtration. HSA
 
dbkick

dbkick

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HSA said:
Dbdick: does the chloramine evaporate if the water is stored for say 24 to 48 hours? It's not even summer yet and our water is already starting to smell like it came out of a swimming pool before filtration. HSA
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Dude, again, its dbkick! and chloramine does not outgas like chlorine, you'll either need to filter it OR I read the way to remove chloramine is to add chlorine and then subject it to UV light.
 
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