This stock tank pond is fed by the waste water reject line of a reverse osmosis membrane. This is highly filtered water that is low, but not zero, TDS (total dissolved solids). Instead of wasting the water directly to ground, we turn it into another habitat. The next steps are adding plants and mosquitofish.
Top down view from the porch
The black line at the top is the reject line for the RO membrane. It drains in the pond.
The filter is a block of 20ppi Poret slipped over a length of drilled and capped PVC.
Published by Ryan Boren
Howdy. I’m Ryan Boren (he/they) with Stimpunks Foundation, a nonprofit by and for neurodivergent, disabled, and queer people. I’m a retired tech worker turned wannabe sociologist.
CV: I helped start WordPress.org, WordPress.com, WordCamp.org, and Automattic.com, among the first fully distributed organizations.
About: queer, vegetarian, autistic, bipolar, hyperlexic, power wheelchair user, neuromuscular disease
Location: Dripping Springs, Texas, USA, named after the springs at the Milk House Branch of the Edwards Aquifer, a gathering place for the Tonkawa people, who were here before us. We’re a little west of Austin in Texas Hill Country.
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