Hi guys, New here so forgive me if I’m in the wrong place or this isn’t allowed…..looking for a good reverse osmosis water filter for a family member and also been looking for a shower filter for myself for a while too. Family friend is in Arlington Va and I’m in DC for reference. Any recommendations? Or any other recommendations will be appreciated as well. Thank you all in advance!
Can anyone tell me how I can remineralize distilled water for it to come as close as possible to Evian, Fiji, or Mountain valley? It doesn’t have to be exact but something close.
Ok the PFAS thing finally got me. Pulled up the EWG database last night for my zip and there's like four contaminants over their health guideline including PFOA. I'd been ignoring these posts for months figuring my municipal water was fine because the city sends those annual reports that always say ""compliant,"" but apparently compliant and ""actually safe"" aren't the same thing.
Now I'm sitting here trying to figure out if I should be filtering. I drink a lot of water. Like. A lot. And the idea that I've been chugging this for years is making me weirdly anxious about it. Is the move just an under sink RO setup or is that overkill for what I'm seeing?
Looking into getting a whole house filter recommendation. Been researching and seems like the spring well CF4 fits my needs but seeing if there maybe any additional adds or other systems some would suggest to look into. https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CO0130020#find-a-filter
I don't know if there's any proper format for posting on this channel but i'm gonna give it a shot anyways. I just don't know very much about drinking water and potentially harmful things but my water has changed color from clear to yellow for several weeks now and I did call my landlord last week and they told me that there was no problem with the water. I did try one of those cheap at home water kits and I can see a few issues, but I don't know if they're bad enough that I should be making a big deal about it. I'm including just a few pictures of the color of my tap water and I can include more in an update. The water also tastes awful, but I can't seem to pin down a specific taste like bitterness or metallic.
Why is 4 stage better than 6 stage? do you not want the extra filters?
Also if I buy a 6 stage filter, and decide I don't like the flavor, can I "remove" the extra two stages? I understand the "extra" stages are basically adding minerals back, but how do know which stages to get?