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I live in an area with very hard water. I have little ones and I am becoming more aware of how our drinking water is not that great. With the recent rollback of regulations, I would like to ensure our residential drinking water is safe. I am very new to this and if anyone can explain water treatment I would greatly appreciate it. Please link posts if you know of them and can take a look there as well.

Needs:

Water softener (pipe burst and this was recommended)

Filter for drinking water

Questions:

Do we need a whole house filtration system?

If we have a whole house system, do we need a reverse osmosis system?

Is a reverse osmosis system enough?

How does a water softener fit into all of this?

Notes:

A water softener was recommended but when asked about water filtration system, they said we don’t need it if we get a water softener (?).

I am a bit confused and don’t know where to start. We currently only use a fridge filter if that’s any help as to where we are starting from. I’d appreciate any help. Thank you

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My baby (technically now toddler) got their first MMR almost two weeks ago. I wouldn’t say we are in a measles outbreak zone but there have been a few cases. We were notified last week of one case in a toddler.

I’m wondering how long after the MMR vaccine does it take to build immunity and keep baby safe just in case we happened to be around someone with measles. It seems to be unlikely but I want to be safe. Should we be safe to head out again or is it best if I wait another week or so?

I’d appreciate any help trying to figure this out. Thank you!