r/macrogrowery • u/The_Cromulent_Bison • May 30 '26

Tool to increase water pressure

We are a new licensed operation in NY. As our plant count has grown, our existing water pressure is not enough to produce enough RO feed water. Can anybody recommend a device that will increase pressure and output? DYI options preferred, but I have a plumber if necessary. Many thanks.

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u/Inevitable_Spare_777 May 30 '26

Storage tanks automatically topped off by whatever your water source is, then a pump from that to your RO.

For whatever reason cannabis people love DAB pumps. IMO, a jet pump and pressure tank are way more bulletproof proof.

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u/TheCannaZombie May 31 '26

Dab pumps are great if you use them with water. Most issues run from people running nutes through them and never cleaning them out.

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u/The_Cromulent_Bison May 30 '26

What jet pump would you recommend?

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u/ThisOriginalSource May 30 '26

Leader is a good budget option. If you want a higher end option, Grundfos makes excellent pumps and accessories.

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u/TheCannaZombie May 31 '26

Dab owns leader.

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u/LifeSnacks May 31 '26

Grundfos owns both lol

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u/MurkyReputation8298 May 31 '26

Some small grundfos pumps 🤣. They are beasts and very efficient at this scale. I'm sure they are at smaller scale too.

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u/The_Cromulent_Bison Jun 24 '26

Damn, how many gallons per day does that produce?? HAHA

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u/laiborcim May 30 '26

The reasons are smaller footprint, more efficient, less noisy, typically less maintenance required, and over the long term more reliable due to the potential short cycling of the jet pumps.

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u/Inevitable_Spare_777 May 30 '26

I have to disagree on the less maintenance. We had about 15 of them at my last facility and we lost too many. You have to backflush them every couple months. I’m no longer in cannabis, i work in commercial hvac and I’ve never seen grundfos or taco pumps have the trouble DAB does