Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Whole house water filters

13 January 2013

Re: [DIY] Whole house water filters

Most doctors will tell you that unless you are exposed to a pathogen you will never develop an immunity to it. I personally have never worried about the water in our wells nor the dust in our air. I did not however drink the water when I traveled Europa and Asia in the 50's and 60's, but with the prices of adult beverages why would I wish to. I have probably had less than a dozen colds and no more than 3 bouts with the flu in the last 60 years. The honest truth is that we as a society are too sterile, and our people have never fully developed their immune systems. There is a bigger problem with the air tight buildings and homes we work and live in where these pathogens can incubate until their concentrations overwhelms our immune systems. Overtly tight homes are also the reason for the high concentrations of radon gas. Hey folks, a few germs and a little fresh air now and then will not kill you. I know folks who never open their windows and they are some of the most sickly among us.

Dale in the Flatlands.

Aki wrote:

I honestly don't think that city provided water (or any government provided water service) is dangerous to drink or bathe in. The

chemicals and filters that are used is quite extensive. However, most people I know (including myself who uses

an under cabinet filtration system in the kitchen), use filters to remove the chemical test and/or smell. For fresh

ground/brewed coffee, filtered water really REALLY makes a difference in taste.

I would be more concerned with well water because you don't know what you're pumping up or what may have seeped

into the water table.

-aki

From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cleanboost2
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 3:33 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DIY] Whole house water filters

My cousin is a researcher at Harvard and was involved in some research for water quality. He also says the RO is the best water filter. I will consider having that installed for my drinking water in the kitchen. Although it's a small city we live in, the drinking water is presumably not the greatest. My fear is also with bath water, and even taking sips of the water in the bathroom when I brush my teeth. I have a Brita water filter that I use to make my coffee, but aside from that, I'm wondering just how good is that type of filter anyway to remove harmful substances. Lots of questions here. thanks, cindi

P.S. Someone told me that you have to watch yourself even with the bath water. I don't know how truthful this is. that is part of my concern.

--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Steve Wilson wrote:
>
> All a whole house filter usually is, is a sediment filter. It wouldn't
> do much for drinking water quality except for removing particles in the
> water. It would help faucets with screen filters and such from clogging
> so fast from sediment. But they don't do much for lime buildup, if you
> have a dissolved solid content in your water. Adding a carbon filter
> would clarify and remove a lot of odor from the tap water but would
> likely restrict flow too.
> For drinking water a Reverse Osmosis system is what really works. But
> they have limitations too if your water supply has bacterial matter in
> it. I've had RO for years now. It strips just about everything out of
> the water, leaving it at or below 10ppm dissolved solids. (ppm is parts
> per million) That water is always good. I haven't changed my filters for
> at least 5 years and the water is still good.
> Every region has its own properties in the water. Here, in Southern
> California, the water is hard, alkaline and has, at times, dissolved
> solids content of over 400ppm. It leaves water deposits on everything.
> Almost nothing dissolves in tap water here. Other regions have soft
> water with an acidic property. All the situations above and below a PH
> of 7.0 are caused by dissolved solids of one type or another. Acidic
> water is usually caused by water near a peat bogg or rock formations
> that are acidic in nature. RO will solve both situations for drinking
> water. Only the water gets through them.
> Steve
>
> On 1/11/2013 8:15 AM, cleanboost2 wrote:
> >
> > I am thinking to install a whole house water filter, but I wonder if
> > any of you have had experience with a water filter like that. Does it
> > really make drinking water better? Because we live in an area with
> > city water, but as I understand it, the water quality is awful. So
> > wondering if a water filter will really help the content of
> > particularly the drinking water so as not to pass on junk and that I
> > don't have to continually carry bottles of water into the house. Thanks.
> >
> >
>