A reverse osmosis system drinking water system will waste a certain amount of water for every gallon it produces.
1. The higher the TDS (total dissolved solids) the higher the ratio of waste water to product water.
IE: An RO on TDS of 1000ppm may require 7 or more gallons of water to waste to 1 gallon of product water. TDS of 100ppm will have about 3 gallons of waste to each gallon produced.
2. It also depends on the Membrane capacity. Membranes for residential RO systems come sized from 7-75 gallons per day. If you are a heavy water user and have a low producing membrane the RO may not shut off until it gets to rest at night and fill the tank.
3. There can also be a problem with the automatic shutoff on the RO. When the tank fills up and the pressure equalizes across the system the ASO (which is just a simple diaphram system) shuts the water off to the system.
4. If there is not enough pressure in the RO tank the tank may fill up but there may not be enough back pressure to shut the ASO off. So the waste and product water go down the drain and it runs constantly.
RJ
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