Dual pupose small scale RO system

[BoerBoel]

I'm new to all of this. This is my first year of helping my neighbour do syrup. In previous years he's done between 5 and 10 taps. I'm hoping with my help that we can increase this to 20+ taps.

In order to help reduce the amount of time boiling the sap down, it thought about adding a RO system to the process. Sounds simple enough.

I've thought about building something myself or getting something like The RO Bucket. But considering sap season is fairly short, I'm wondering if anyone has considered a dual purpose RO system to help justify the cost.

What I mean is something that can be used as a small scale RO system for sap for the 1-2 months its flowing and then for the other 10-11 months of the year use it as a RO system for the house.

Has anyone thought of doing this? Pros/Cons? No advisable?

[bowhunter]

I wouldn't recommend using the same membrane for sap and drinking water. The sap membranes can get pretty dirty with some funky micro-organisms and they can develop a pretty strong odor even after they've been cleaned. Theoretically the bad stuff shouldn't pass through the membrane to the permeate side, but.....

[carls47807]

Our ro bucket can be used for dual purpose. We have people using them for greenhouse water and drinking water. You would want to swap the 400gpd maple membrane with a 100gpd water one in the off season. PM me if you would like more info!