Storage water treatment.

I would filter and store my well water in large tanks too, but I found its easier just to drive to town and fill my truck bed with 20-40g RV water tanks and 5-6g jugs full of municipal tap water (always 32 ppm, almost as good as RO anyway). My well slightly stinks and is like 300ppm, and would probably cost a fortune to make a proper filtration system down at the pump house. Leaves iron stains everywhere too, in the shower and sinks, and would clog any standard RO membranes up in no time. Takes me 5-10 minutes to snag 100 gallons or so whenever I need, and I have to go to town anyway all the time. I don't like how wasteful RO is either. It s like the well pump would constantly be running and wasting a ton of water while I wait days to fill a large tank..

They add enough chloramines to the tap here that I've let it sit up to a month before using with no problems. Even drank it directly from the jugs after that long, and never got sick. Doesn'nt seem to kill off the herd in my aquarium filters either, and I barely use water conditioners unless using it right away..

TCH said:

Would you be so kind and let my plant know that she is supposed to be dead please? She is getting about 4 drops of bleach per gallon of feed in her sterile reservoir.

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That reservoir is not sterile. Sterile means zero colony forming units.
Do you have a slimy film on the surfaces? That's bacteria growing and thus not sterile.

Lou66 said:

That reservoir is not sterile. Sterile means zero colony forming units.
Do you have a slimy film on the surfaces? That's bacteria growing and thus not sterile.

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No slimy film

Lou66 said:

That reservoir is not sterile. Sterile means zero colony forming units.
Do you have a slimy film on the surfaces? That's bacteria growing and thus not sterile.

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Growers don't need sterile they need aseptic, big difference.

curious2garden said:

Growers don't need sterile they need aseptic, big difference.

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I agree that sterility is not necessary, as I said before.

But aseptic and sterile mean the same thing.

Lou66 said:

I agree that sterility is not necessary, as I said before.

But aseptic and sterile mean the same thing.

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No they do not.

Sterile (definition #2b)

Aseptic

curious2garden said:

No they do not.

Sterile (definition #2b)

Definition of STERILE

failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores; failing to produce or incapable of producing offspring; incapable of germinating… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Aseptic

Definition of ASEPTIC

preventing infection; free or freed from pathogenic microorganisms; lacking vitality, emotion, or warmth… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

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"free from living microorganisms"
"free from microorganisms"

Yea that's the same thing. If you look at different industries you have more useful definitions. E.g. sterile pharmaceuticals (think injection solutions or eyedrops) are sterile if there is less than 1 colony forming unit per 100.000 units.
A colony forming unit can be a bacteria or fungus but also a spore. Spores are technically not alive but can have the same pathogenic effect.

Why? This is just stupid. It’s just not the same thing.

it someone told me their equipment is aseptic not sterile I would tell them to GTFO of here and follow proper sterilization procedures. There is a big difference when it comes to the medical world. Theyre very similar but the difference is very important in the medical industry.

pahpah-cee said:

Theyre very similar but the difference is very important in the medical industry.

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And what is the difference? I'm genuinly interested.

Lou66 said:

And what is the difference? I'm genuinly interested.

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Asepsis means without the presence of detrimental microorganisms such as coliform bacteria. Its translation from the Latin means without sepsis. Sterile is without any microorganisms. Chlorine is not enough to produce sterility. We use sterile water/saline in surgery. We use aseptic water in swimming pools.