Recycling Carwash Wash Water for Landscape and Toilets

Recently a Business Marketing Student suggestedfiltration, this is because RO can offer relatively good
using carwash waste wash water and running it thruspot-free water and is cheaper to produce than that
and RO Reverse Osmosis unit and then using itof De-ionized water even though De-ionized water
water the landscaping at the car wash and even toworks better but costs much more.
flush the toilet. In fact the brainchild of this concept,Another issue in this invention is that in RO units it
Paula Chavis tells an online think tank of all the detailsoften takes 2-3 gallons to produce one gallon of RO
of the concept."clean spot free water". Another important fact is
In critique of this invention and Paula's "real world"that the RO units cannot handle water, which is too
based marketing and sales program, I must say thatbrackish without severely killing the life of the
although there are now many manufacturers whomembranes in the RO unit. Which is the most
claim to have a completely closed-loop [recycle andexpensive part. Nevertheless you are correct in
reuse] system to treat water. Many of thechoosing an RO system as the major component of
companies who sell this equipment are not as goodyour waste wash water recycling system. Here are
at marketing their products, as they should be.some interesting articles for your further research;
In fact my self having previously been in the cleaningIndeed the more humans can save water the better.
industry prior before my retirement I can say thatConservation of water is very important, especially in
many of the systems out there are expensive,drought ridden regions. We must be careful with our
problematic and maintenance problems. Many do usewater resources and all businesses and citizens should
RO Reverse Osmosis Units as the last step ofbe responsible in this regard. Consider all this in 2006.