Reverse Osmosis Water Filter a giant waste?

[dyeager535]

Hello!

I'm on my second one of these systems, the manual calls it a PNRV12ZBL.

The reason I'm on my second one is that I noticed water running from the "product" water faucet to the drain, constantly. I assumed this was due to a faulty system, so this one was returned for credit, and I was given another from a family member. This one does the exact same thing.

I would still assume this to be faulty equipment, however, there is a drain line FROM the faucet itself. If this wasn't a design "feature", there shouldn't be one, except maybe from a bypass valve to the drain. On top of that, under troubleshooting in the manual, it says that hearing water running from the unit to the drain is normal.

I calculated the amount of water the system uses (10 minutes of collection from the drain line into a measured container) and it came out to over 1000 gallons a month down the drain!

At the point I discovered that, I was sickened. That is a LOT of water being wasted for no reason, and there is nothing in the manual I can find to even clue you into this. I'm surprised this product was allowed to hit the market.

Does anyone have any insight or other experience with this system that could shed some light on what is going on, if abnormal?

Thanks!

 

[porcupine73]

Old post but later is better than never I always figure haha.

That's how reverse osmosis works. Most setups drain about 5 times the amount of water they filter from what I can tell. For drinking water etc that is not a terrible amount I suppose, but if you're going to r/o your whole house's water that is going to use a lot of water!

I think r/o setups were originally developed by the navy to make sea water drinkable. Waste water wasn't an issue since it just went back into the ocean.

 

[gburns]

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