How much water does reverse osmosis waste?
Not gonna sugarcoat it—reverse osmosis can waste a lot of water, sometimes up to 5 gallons per gallon filtered. It's the cost of super pure H2O!
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Reverse osmosis systems usually waste about 3-4 gallons of water for every gallon of filtered water they produce. Yeah, it's a bit of a thirsty process!
I've had a reverse osmosis system for years, and it wastes around 3 gallons per gallon of clean water, but the quality is unbeatable!
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