RO Vs. Distilled Water

**Al B. Fuct** · 05-27-2007, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by VictorVIcious

a section dealing with 'perth' water.

Perth hasn't much water and what they do have from natural sources isn't so great. Perth is so dry they've had to put in a desalination plant to convert seawater. I'd think this would be a boon to Perth indoor growers as desal water is so rigorously quality controlled.

The writer was complaining about relatively high salinity even in river and bore water. Bore water from anywhere is of course chockers full of minerals and metals like iron.

**GangAman420** · 05-27-2007, 01:42 AM

hey guys... i've just gone through all this myself just recently...
i'm running a drip hydro system, and for my first run with it i used regular tap water... it was a mistake for me. i live in southern california, and the issue i was running into was not so much the ph count but the ppm. there's a lot of junk in tap water. my water was coming out to 360 ppm. i initially bought a britta jug system, but that has an active carbon filter and it only took the ppm down to 240. I finally bought a RO system from costco, and i love it. my water comes out at 40 ppm exactly everytime and it tastes great for me!! i highly recommend it! At costco it was cheap, got mine for 160 plus tax. good luck!! roll it up and burn it up!!

**Al B. Fuct** · 05-27-2007, 01:50 AM

I could see a real advantage for RO in a drip system or any other sort that has small sprayer apertures. Anything that reduces mineral content that much would reduce clogging probs.