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Re:Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis–Until Now by r00fus on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:14PM (#35864238)
This wastewater isn't even gray water, it could be simply reused as non-potable. I think of it as "light gray water" - you wouldn't want to drink it but it would be better than gray water for plants, etc.
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Re:Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis–Until Now by seanp2k2 on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:44PM (#35866831)
any relevant research on how much of that higher-than-tap-water TDS content makes it into the plants? I'm not sure I'd want to use this brine (plants also aren't huge fans of saltwater) to water an edible herb garden, for example.
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Re:Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis–Until Now by kbelder on Monday May 08, 2023 @05:25PM (#35867249)
It's only about 50% more concentrated than normal tapwater. It's taking the junk dissolved in 3 liters and condensing it down to 2 liters. Different cities probably vary more than that. Probably still pretty safe to drink, although that defeats the point of having a filter.
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