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Posted: August 09 2009 at 12:13pm |
I've come here with a question. I'm building a pondless waterfeature in my front yard and I've been thinking about running my waste water from my ro unit to the waterfeature for auto topoff.
My question is, would this give me enough water to keep a 80 gallon reservoir full with all the evaporation I will have, or should I just tap off one of my other watersources?
I'm not sure how much waste water my RO unit puts out, its rated as a 100 g a day unit, but I never make that much on any given day.
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Posted: August 09 2009 at 12:38pm |
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Posted: August 09 2009 at 12:39pm |
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you will use more waste water than what RO water you make you could probably use it for some but I think you would still need another source to finish the job but hard to really know for sure
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Posted: August 09 2009 at 12:42pm |
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ya my dad has one in his back yard... granted its way bigger than your will be. But he has to use a lot of water to top it off. The sprinklers do help with topping it off though. I agree with Andy,. your doing to need some other source to finish the job!
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Posted: August 09 2009 at 1:39pm |
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i dont know... i have a 120 gallon pond with waterfall and the sprinklers do all the top off i need... so with only 80 gallons and it being pondless (so no water showing? just a rock bed?).. i would imagine it would help a great deal... but you may need to add water ocasinally
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Posted: August 10 2009 at 2:27pm |
For every gallon of water you use for your tank you'll get 2 to 3 gallons of waste for the water feature. How much do you use for your tank? I have a 4500 gallon pond with a stream and water fall and have to top off up between 50 and 80 gallons a week in the hottest weeks of the year. My waste water wouldn't even make a dent in that, but with yours being much smaller it might work out OK.
Of course my real suggestions is "go bigger". You can't keep fish in a pondless water feature.  |
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Posted: August 10 2009 at 5:11pm |
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Of course my real suggestions is "go bigger". You can't keep fish in a pondless water feature. |
That's EXACTLY why it's pondless! 
I think I'll just tap off another watersource. Then I wont have to worry about running a expensive pump dry.
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Posted: August 18 2009 at 6:45pm |
I just finished. What do you think?
This bubblerock is 900lbs+ It wasn't fun getting it up there.
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Posted: August 18 2009 at 7:30pm |
I think it looks great Brad!
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Posted: August 19 2009 at 11:02am |
That is awesome Brad! The new stairs and porch and especially the wood graining on the doors and shutters are great too. 
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Posted: August 19 2009 at 12:28pm |
Thanks Mike and Will. I'm very happy with the outcome. It was also very fun to build and create. My neighbors have already asked if I could do theirs, but I said after this one, my landscaping business has retired. LOL
Will, I have enough fish to worry about, I didn't want anymore, at least the freshwater ones. |
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Posted: August 19 2009 at 12:38pm |
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That is beautiful! Great job.
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90 gal. reef
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