Whole House Water Filtration Systems

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Submitted by joec on November 7, 2008 - 8:47am

I keep hearing San Diego has hard water. Anyone have thoughts or a good place to research the different brands and whether it is worth it? Use a PUR pitcher type one now and it's a pain to refill daily. Bottled is a pain to purchase, lug home, recycle, etc.

Doing google searches results in a lot of company paid websites stating their solution is the best so it can get confusing. Thank you for any ideas and thoughts as to what's out there.

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I would think a reasonably
Submitted by Russell on November 7, 2008 - 11:44am.

I would think a reasonably priced reverse osmosis system would be the way to go unless you are concerned about hard water for bathing and washing laundry. But while I am at it, let me scare the hell out of some people. Did you know that someone could easily overcome the water pressure at the kitchen tap or other domestic water supply valve and force poison into the system? This is in any area where back flow prevention isn't the norm or is malfunctioning or bypassed.

http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10....

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/facts-slides...

For drinking, I just use
Submitted by flu on November 7, 2008 - 12:15pm.

For drinking, I just use bottled water and or run the water through a pur filter in the refrig.

If you're talking about getting water softener for showers and such...We considered that. But I've been told water softener does interesting things to one's plumbing and water heaters...So I opted to just get use the harder water.

I think in water purifiers, part of the comparison is
1) how much water in does it take to get water out.
(efficiency of water purifiers).
2) Also, consider parts/replacement costs.

You probably don't need to worry about removing bacteria/etc from san diego tap though.

Rustico wrote:I would think a
Submitted by flu on November 7, 2008 - 12:14pm.

Rustico wrote:
I would think a reasonably priced reverse osmosis system would be the way to go unless you are concerned about hard water for bathing and washing laundry. But while I am at it, let me scare the hell out of some people. Did you know that someone could easily overcome the water pressure at the kitchen tap or other domestic water supply valve and force poison into the system? This is in any area where back flow prevention isn't the norm or is malfunctioning or bypassed.

http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10....

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/facts-slides...

Yup...

The water is hard, but I
Submitted by sdduuuude on November 7, 2008 - 8:53pm.

The water is hard, but I don't really notice in the shower, doing dishes, etc. The guy before in this house used to have a water softener as did many in Clairemont. Apparently it caused some problems with the water heater - they corrode faster. Lots of people in the 'hood mentioned this.

So I ended up taking it out.

I add some conditioner to the dishwaser, per the manufacturer's instructions based on the water hardness measurements published for this area.

I do have a reverse osmosis water purification system because the water tastes terrible. I love the RO system. The water tastes great and I have it hooked up to the water dispenser in the refrigerator. It fits under the kitchen sink and cost about $250.