The main point of using the waste lines into the feed of the next RO membranes is to reduce waste output. With 3 RO membranes in line I believe your ratio is 1 part good to 0.75 parts waste. This reason alone is good enough to hook it up in series imo. Running 3 seperate ins and 3 seperate waste/clean water lines your waste ratio is still 3-4 parts waste to 1 part good RODI water and now you have 3 more times the amount of waste water than if you were to run just a single membrane, all for just faster water production. We are still going to be in a drought even with these few massive rain falls.