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From someone that keeps aquariums, municipal water that is stripped of it's chlorine by carbon has the ingredients to grow bacteria. They need three things, car
by malfist 1y ago
From someone that keeps aquariums, municipal water that is stripped of it's chlorine by carbon has the ingredients to grow bacteria. They need three things, carbon, phosphate and nitrogen, all of which will be present to varying degrees. Particularly nitrates and phosphates. They're not harmful until concentrations are really high but certainly enough to grow bacteria.
Also consider what your holding tank and supply to the water, either through leaching, accumulation or simply time
- mousethatroared 1y agoNow strip it with an RO filter.
- malfist 1y agoRO (without DI) does not remove everything. With an advanced setup like with a booster pump and a 5:1 waste ratio and a high quality filter you would probably see a 95% reduction. But without a booster pump or if you've got a lower waste ratio either by restriction or piggyback ro membranes you'll have a lower rejection rate. And that ignores the fact the you really need to be back flushing the membrane regularly and rejection rates are measured after 30 minutes of continuous running, ions migrate when it's idle so you have to throw away a lot of water at the start that you're probably not doing