How Pure Does Water Need To Be To Be Pure Water

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Originally Posted by Lil Duck

I only shop at other horrible corrupt American grocery store chains with flimsy products and like their bathrooms, I dread thinking about what lies within.

There is always a countertop RO unit. Ray sells several models.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Dusty Ol' Man

There is always a countertop RO unit. Ray sells several models.

This is likely a very temporary problem - the usual water source in the SF area is a reservoir that is supplied with snow-melt water, some of the best water around. (Valley very near Yosemite.) But at the moment, I suspect that everything is pretty frozen. A situation that should be resolving itself in the next month or so... we hope that it does so gradually and gently, there's enough snow to cause some really nasty flooding if the warming is too fast.

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Originally Posted by Roberta

This is likely a very temporary problem - the usual water source in the SF area is a reservoir that is supplied with snow-melt water, some of the best water around. But at the moment, I suspect that everything is pretty frozen. A situation that should be resolving itself in the next month or so... we hope that it does so gradually and gently, there's enough snow to cause some really nasty flooding if the warming is too fast.

I used to live in Modesto. Some days I wish I still did. I remember some miscalculation of snowmelt in past years caused one reservoir to overfill. I think having your own source of RO takes the guesswork out of watering needs. I realize some folks have many more plants than I, but the fact remains that city water quality, regardless of source, is variable. I've been watching the Sierra snowpack and praying for a slow melt.

[PuiPuiMolcar]

I dont know if this is a norcal and centralcal thing but down here in Socal we have waterstore (where mostly immigrant family owned) that sell drinking water or just RO water. They permit bigger water container in any shape, and I usually refill my 5 gallon bucket at the local uncle's shop for $1.25. If you don't have them, you can also get larger RO water quantity from the local fish stores, aquarium hobbyist need RO water for their fish and plants so I can safely say that you can use it for orchid as well.

[Lil Duck]

Originally Posted by PuiPuiMolcar

I dont know if this is a norcal and centralcal thing but down here in Socal we have waterstore (where mostly immigrant family owned) that sell drinking water or just RO water. They permit bigger water container in any shape, and I usually refill my 5 gallon bucket at the local uncle's shop for $1.25. If you don't have them, you can also get larger RO water quantity from the local fish stores, aquarium hobbyist need RO water for their fish and plants so I can safely say that you can use it for orchid as well.

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