[matty72]

Hi there, water meter fitted today, I use a merlin and use about 650 liters aday, someone told me for every liter produced the merlin puts 2 down the drain thats 1950 liters aday, any idea how much it will cost anyone, any solutions, harvesting water not really an option, how can i slow down the meter.

[GB Window Cleaning]

better ro? di only?

[Londoner]

I think I have the same problem coming soon as well. DI only would cost about £5 a day in resin for me. Thats actually not too bad.

[matty72]

are you saying just go straight through the resin bottle and by pass the merlin, what else could i use apart from a merlin

[matty72]

anyone use amerlin on meter how much it cost

[Hedgehog]

Hi there, water meter fitted today, I use a merlin and use about 650 liters aday, someone told me for every liter produced the merlin puts 2 down the drain thats 1950 liters aday, any idea how much it will cost anyone, any solutions, harvesting water not really an option, how can i slow down the meter.

Approx £4.50 round here for that volume of water. Check out what your pence per square meter price is. A square meter is 1000lt

[TomCrowther]

For me it's £1.47 per 1000 litres, plus the same cost for sewage. So each time I fill the 1000 lire tank it costs around £6 to £8 depending on how much waste is given off the system. I just "value" it as a tenner a time.

[matty72]

cheers for reply, another bill i could do without at mo

[Mike_G]

Sorry to bring you bad news but I use a Merlin and the waste is loads more than 2 litres for every one produced. I suppose it depends on your tds going in but I reckon its at least 3 litres waste for each 1 litre of pure water, and thats on a good day!

[matty72]

bloody water companies it'sganna costa fortune

[james stanley]

using my ro 40 inch membrane, my water bill is 110 quid a month thats filling 500ltrs a day plus family usage.

[Mike_G]

I dont use one Matty but perhaps a filter before the pre filter on the merlin would help, scroll down on the link and have a mooch.............£2 for a bay window dont shoot me pleeeeaaassseee

[Bobs Window Cleaning]

Gotta ask......why did you ask to go on a meter

Bob

[scud]

  Is your next door neighbour on a meter?

  Mine isn't

[matty72]

compulsery fitting them in the south you have no chioce, £2 mike, well maybe not all the time lol

[Dougaldum]

compulsery fitting them in the south you have no chioce, £2 mike, well maybe not all the time lol

if you can collect as much rainwater as you can to save on your water bill I just worked it out that I can collect about 3000 L of rainwater which will last me four weeks because I cleaned just upstairs with WFP and traditional downstairs my bag of resin  lasted me two years

[Mike_G]

Sorry Matty forgot the link, here you go

http://www.gapswater.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?PN=copy_of_GE_Merlin_reverse_osmosis_system.html%23a178

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

so is the merlin for sale

[Frankybadboy]

so is the merlin for sale

keep up gav
 

[GB Window Cleaning]

Hi there, water meter fitted today, I use a merlin and use about 650 liters aday, someone told me for every liter produced the merlin puts 2 down the drain thats 1950 liters aday, any idea how much it will cost anyone, any solutions, harvesting water not really an option, how can i slow down the meter.

can you not turn the waste tap down and just get an higher tds out the merlin?