My water purifier waste a lots of water

Gurgaon, India
February 17, 2017 11:12pm CST
I recently purchased a new water purifier. It has UV+UF +TDS control +RO. What I am worried about is it waste so much water. As it store filtered water in its container, it throws double or maybe three times water out by a pipe. Have you experienced the same? How do you utilities that water?
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@JudyEv (339658)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 17
We trap rainwater from the roof and that becomes our household water supply. In Australia we can't afford to waste water.
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
That's brilliant. In India also this practice has been started in some places.
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@JudyEv (339658)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 17
@Bodyandbrain I would think that in some places in India the water from the sky would be too polluted to drink.
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
@JudyEv you are right, atmosphere in India is much more polluted than Australia, so the water from sky can not be used for drinking.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
18 Feb 17
Can you tap the water and store the water to flush toilet or for washing? Our water filter has the same issue, so we arrange it in such a way that the excess water goes into the washing machine.
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
Right now I am storing that water in a steel tank, I use that water to wash vegetables, fruit, and utensils etc,but the water thrown out is much more than tanks capacity.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Feb 17
Such water filters, while filtering, waste double the water. It is normal thing. You should store the waste water in a separate container. If you are finding one container insufficient either you will have to buy a bigger one or an extra container. The waste water could be used in other house hold activities.
• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
You are right, I am trying to do it.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Feb 17
@Bodyandbrain Water is very precious, therefore we should allow it to waste to the barest minimum possible.
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
@dpk262006 you are right, so many people in the world face such a shortage of water.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
4 Mar 17
What is the brand? We use Pureit...
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• Gurgaon, India
4 Mar 17
It's Kent RO.
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• Gurgaon, India
22 Mar 17
@HAPPSINGH thanks, do you have the same water purifier
• Gurgaon, India
22 Mar 17
@HAPPSINGH okay, have you choosed any brand and type
@shaynas (5487)
• India
18 Feb 17
I collect that water. Then that water is used in watering the pots or washing the utensils.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Feb 17
Still washing the utensils?
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Feb 17
@Bodyandbrain I would say No. It would be better to wash rice and pulses in filtered water.
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
That's what I am doing. Can we use that for washing pulse, rice etc?
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@The_sparx (289)
18 Feb 17
You should get it checked
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
Okay! So you think the machine may have any defect?
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Mar 17
never had one but often wonder how that works. it actually is supposed to throw some water out? never knew that.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Mar 17
@Bodyandbrain I why it just doesn't purify it all?
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• Gurgaon, India
28 Mar 17
@bunnybon7 it has to remove all impurities and hardness of water, maybe removing it mixed with water is easy for machine
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• Gurgaon, India
27 Mar 17
Yes it throws polluted water out and stores purified water in its container.
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@ptrikha_2 (46938)
• India
24 May 17
Yes RO s waste a lot of water. If I would have managed, I would have devised some means of storing the waste water. However, the structures within many flats and even houses in India would need a lot of adjustments for rainwater harvesting or similar kinds of water preservation plans.
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• Gurgaon, India
25 May 17
I store that water in a tank and use it for washing vegetables, gardening, washing balconies etc. You are right about the need of adjustment for rain water storage and use, we need to do something seriously about it.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
30 Mar 17
Wow. Is that normal? I wish I could help, do not have a water purifier.
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• Gurgaon, India
31 Mar 17
Yes the people using the same brand say that it's normal, but I am not liking the wastage of water.
@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
28 Mar 17
I have used many water purifiers . But I had no bitter experience.
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
29 Mar 17
@Bodyandbrain It is the Indian made. And small one it gives our needy water only.
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• Gurgaon, India
30 Mar 17
@shshiju okay, it's good that it serves fine and you are satisfied.
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• Gurgaon, India
29 Mar 17
Which brand you are using now, doesn't it throws waste water?
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• India
28 Mar 17
we can use that water in gardening and all
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• Gurgaon, India
28 Mar 17
Yes I do that, but the water thrown out is much more than I can utilise
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
21 May 17
get the issue resolved, and the water which you think is going in waste you can use it in other form such as cleaning the floor and washing clothes.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
22 May 17
@Bodyandbrain I got water bill today, including arrears.......they put bill for entire year to-gather.....which is big money
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• Gurgaon, India
22 May 17
@spaceseed okay, in which city do you live?
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• Gurgaon, India
22 May 17
You are right, I am using that water in those works and for gardening too.
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@syeow1 (5136)
• India
25 Feb 17
No I did not face .I use aguagard purifier..Which one you use send it's details..And best is to contact with customer care..
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• Gurgaon, India
25 Feb 17
I was using aquaguard earlier, it doesn't have this problem now it's Kent RO
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• Gurgaon, India
25 Feb 17
@syeow1 actually these types of water purifiers waste water in order to clean and reduce the hardness of water.
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@sans224 (1806)
18 Feb 17
you can use it for other purposes like washing vessels or cloths.
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@sans224 (1806)
18 Feb 17
@Bodyandbrain but water is precious. considering the suffering of many people for water during this summer, our little difficulty to reuse water is nothing. isnt it?
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
@sans224 yes you are right
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• Gurgaon, India
18 Feb 17
You are right, and I am doing that. Washing clothes would really utilities that much water but problem is that we wash in washing machine which is fully automatic and the distance between kitchen and bathroom is pretty much.
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@Shiva49 (26670)
• Singapore
25 May 17
I have seen RO water purification but not aware such amount of wastage. I think you should check further with the supplier/neighbors - siva
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• Gurgaon, India
26 May 17
I have checked with friends and neighbours and they complaints the same thing. I got it checked by costumer service by company and they said that it works that way only.
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