Drinking RODI

[palvyre]

So my dad and I plumbed in the rodi unit and we sent everything through the DI. The TDS meter is showing 10 TDS into the DI and 0 out. I see mixed thoughts online about drinking it, but we already plumbed it this way, primarily because I like to fill my buckets up in the sink.

 

[fragmatic]

I'd put a tee between the RO and the DI and use that tee as drinking.... my opinion.

 

[gmoney243]

Ive heard its harmfull to drink

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[orthokardia]

pure water is safe to drink! RODI is very pure water.

 

[Rick C]

I'd put a tee between the RO and the DI and use that tee as drinking.... my opinion.

I agree. I don't think RODI is supposed to taste good.

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[Pappy]

I would think that it would be ok however I'm not a professional nor a doctor. I pulled this off spectrapure as they are the professionals...

IS DRINKING DI WATER OK?

When it comes to drinking DI water, there are many different thoughts on it. First thing you should understand is that DI water has all minerals removed. If ALL you were drinking was DI water and you did not eat anything, it would be harmful. Cells in the body need electrolytes (salts) to stay active and produce more cells. So, if you are not replenishing the electrolytes, the cells could not survive. To better illustrate this: Imagine that you have two batteries. One batter is connected to a glass container filled with tap water, the other is filled with DI water. Tap water is able to conduct the electricity through it because of the minerals. DI water cannot because the lack of minerals. It is only when you add salt to the DI water, that you would be able to conduct electricity.

DI water does not necessarily harm your health unless it is the only thing that you are putting into your body. We would not recommend drinking it because of its flat taste and because DI resins are not made of food grade approved material.

 

[GHill762]

Mixed opinions on it. Drinking too pure of water on a regular basis supposedly brings on early onset osteoporosis (not enough conclusive evidence). You get use to the taste imo.. ro only is considered drinking water.

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[fragmatic]

It has no taste, it makes great tea and coffee which brings back flavor and electrolytes. However, I'm not found of drinking water that has been pushed through DI resin. We just do not know what we may learn later about it. How many times have we been told a product was safe or not safe to learn later they were totally wrong? I'll pass on drinking DI water.

However, giggle, I seem to have no problem using RO water to make my coffee and tea... it taste Grrrrrreat.

 

[Torx]

Nice write up Pappy. Well said.

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[GHill762]

The taste I'm referring to is the absolute absence of taste. Which is strange at first. "Zero" water is the same way (0 tds, strange absence of taste)..

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[dwilliams87]

I work in an environment where we run pure water through sediment filters, carbon tanks, softener resin, and RO that takes out way more than what we use in this hobby and then di in some cases. The medical directors in pur facilities stress the importance of not drinking only this water. They say its not bad to drink it but it is bad to only drink this water. It works through osmosis. It will literally pull the nutrients out of your system.

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[Pappy]

Nice write up Pappy. Well said.

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Thx wish I could take credit but all I did was take off spectrapures FAQ on site. They're the pros not me!

 

[palvyre]

I went ahead and bypassed the DI resin. I'll pick up a couple of push fittings tomorrow at Lowes to plumb out the DI for my tank.

 

[Tennsquire]

Putting taste and minerals aside, I think part of the issue is that the stuff that's put into the water to keep the bad stuff from growing (bacteria, viruses, pathogens) is also removed by the filters. Depending on how long the filtered water is stored, and how it's stored, it could have wee besties in it by the time you get around to drinking it. That would be more of a concern to me; it's also the reason that you're supposed to occasionally break your RO/DI system down and clean/disinfect it (something I admittedly rarely do).

 

[quigimon]

I work in an environment where we run pure water through sediment filters, carbon tanks, softener resin, and RO that takes out way more than what we use in this hobby and then di in some cases. The medical directors in pur facilities stress the importance of not drinking only this water. They say its not bad to drink it but it is bad to only drink this water. It works through osmosis. It will literally pull the nutrients out of your system.

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Das right, while drinking too much water in general can cause dilutional hyponatremia, and given the fact that rodi water is squeaky clean it would take less then the amounts required from tap but the amounts of water required to reach that level are pretty insane. But provided its not the only thing you consume in conjunction with an excessive workout it should be ok otherwise there would be warnings about it and since they are making water filters for consumption claiming to reach these levels of total dissolved solids I would presume its safe with caution, again its about quantity here though so I wouldn't drink anything but it even if taking multivitamins.

 

[quigimon]

I would think that it would be ok however I'm not a professional nor a doctor. I pulled this off spectrapure as they are the professionals...

IS DRINKING DI WATER OK?

When it comes to drinking DI water, there are many different thoughts on it. First thing you should understand is that DI water has all minerals removed. If ALL you were drinking was DI water and you did not eat anything, it would be harmful. Cells in the body need electrolytes (salts) to stay active and produce more cells. So, if you are not replenishing the electrolytes, the cells could not survive. To better illustrate this: Imagine that you have two batteries. One batter is connected to a glass container filled with tap water, the other is filled with DI water. Tap water is able to conduct the electricity through it because of the minerals. DI water cannot because the lack of minerals. It is only when you add salt to the DI water, that you would be able to conduct electricity.

DI water does not necessarily harm your health unless it is the only thing that you are putting into your body. We would not recommend drinking it because of its flat taste and because DI resins are not made of food grade approved material.

Would make me think twice about putting it in a tank if its not food grade approved materials since our pets are living in it and there is concern about just drinking it, although we are attempting to reconstitute oceanic conditions with the salt that wouldn't inhibit any leaching of chems from the resin if not changed regularly and it were allowed to deteriorate.

 

[AlexAquaFX]

A great product that we use in our drinking water add on kit is a Taste & Odor polisher. Its an inline filter that removes unwanted taste and odor. From personal experience this makes the water much more palletable. Especially RO/DI, as I seen someone else mention which has a almost a absence of taste. I know there are mixed feelings on drinking RO/DI, but if you are going to a T&O polisher will probably make it much more enjoyable.