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Re: for those that use a water filteration systems,
said by NotRequired  :you keep thinking like that, YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT???, Yes, and I do have the credentials to back that up.
Your municipal water is well within EPA standards for adults.
Those bar graphs don't mean anything to me, as I look at laboratory data (with real numbers even) on all these chemicals/contaminants every day and know the MCL for each.
I don't think you're a baby, so the high nitrates aren't a real factor. Adults can't get Blue Baby Syndrome.
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said by 34702533 :said by NotRequired : (I still don't know how much a liter is,ie a 1/2 gallon,a quart,ect) 1 liter =1.057 quarts Just remember that it's a little more than a quart. =======================================
if a liter equals a little over a quart then I am using approx,(4 quarts = a gallon) 5 to 8 gallons on a filter l that should last for up to 40 gallons, well that blow the Hell-o out of Pur's statement,
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higher prices for less of a product item
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said by Gbcue :said by NotRequired :you keep thinking like that, YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT???, Yes, and I do have the credentials to back that up. Your municipal water is well within EPA standards for adults. Those bar graphs don't mean anything to me, as I look at laboratory data (with real numbers even) on all these chemicals/contaminants every day and know the MCL for each. I don't think you're a baby, so the high nitrates aren't a real factor. Adults can't get Blue Baby Syndrome. well I prefer as many do to have "clean water" WITHOUT all the city additives in it.
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| said by NotRequired : well I prefer as many do to have "clean water" WITHOUT all the city additives in it. ABC's John Stossel did a segment back in 2005 on tap vs bottled. Very interesting results. »abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story···0&page=1
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Bottom line, if you buy bottled water because you think it's healthier than tap, test after test shows no evidence of that. And if you buy fancy brands because you think they taste better, you're probably just buying the hype.
I live in the City of Houston and I drink the water straight out of the tap all the time. I tried the PUR filter you use and just didn't like the hassle and I found the water tastes the same as straight from the tap. I also have filtered water on my refrigerator door - still use the water straight from the tap - I like it better. |
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said by gateguy :Second on the one built into my refrigerator. The water that makes the ice cubes goes through the filter also. It does use a Pur filter and lasts about 6 months. What type of system do you have on that fridge? I'm looking to get one for mine, since I find I use the water/ice in the fridge door a lot. Are they easy to install? |
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| said by captokita :said by gateguy :Second on the one built into my refrigerator. The water that makes the ice cubes goes through the filter also. It does use a Pur filter and lasts about 6 months. What type of system do you have on that fridge? I'm looking to get one for mine, since I find I use the water/ice in the fridge door a lot. Are they easy to install? The filter system is part of the fridge, not a aftermarket install. |
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I have the Pur Faucet mount system, stage 3. My filters last about 3 months before the water flow slows down. Even then, I get another 1-2 months out of it, just takes a little bit longer to get the volume of water needed. During the winter, I drink 1-3 pots of Tea/day, wife uses it to fill the baby's bottles for his formula every day, everyone uses it to drink, and wash our veggies in. Even when the filter is nearly done for with just a trickle of water, it's still noticeable better then straight from the tap. Milwaukee Water is horrible. I wouldn't drink un-filtered here, especially after every rain storm, the sewage district dumps millions of gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan right where our tap water comes from.
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said by 34702533 :said by NotRequired : well I prefer as many do to have "clean water" WITHOUT all the city additives in it. ABC's John Stossel did a segment back in 2005 on tap vs bottled. Very interesting results. » abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story···0&page=1 quote:
Bottom line, if you buy bottled water because you think it's healthier than tap, test after test shows no evidence of that. And if you buy fancy brands because you think they taste better, you're probably just buying the hype.
I live in the City of Houston and I drink the water straight out of the tap all the time. I tried the PUR filter you use and just didn't like the hassle and I found the water tastes the same as straight from the tap. I also have filtered water on my refrigerator door - still use the water straight from the tap - I like it better. I think it depends on where you live, here the tap water doesn't taste that good to me. So I buy Dasani or Aqafina bottled water as it tastes better and when its on sale you can get a case for $4. I thought about home delivery of water but like grabbing a few bottles if I need to when I go out.
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We ended up getting a filtration system for the whole house. Our water was so nasty that both my wife and I got sick from it when we moved into the new house. It was tested and came out to a harndess of 22, whatever that means. It was awful. I'd take a shower and come out feeling more dirty than when I went in. And it wasn't just a day or so. We dealt with it for about 2 weeks before we got the filter system. County water = bad.
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| said by ender7074 :We ended up getting a filtration system for the whole house. Our water was so nasty that both my wife and I got sick from it when we moved into the new house. It was tested and came out to a harndess of 22, whatever that means. It was awful. I'd take a shower and come out feeling more dirty than when I went in. And it wasn't just a day or so. We dealt with it for about 2 weeks before we got the filter system. County water = bad. Water hardness is the amount of minerals in the water. The more minerals it has the harder the water. I think your water would be considered "very hard". |
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1 edit | I wonder what kind filter NASA will start using now that they have tested & found out the pple going onto the space station can drink their own urine,ughh |
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»abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?···0&page=1
Not surprisingly, it's a $250,000,000 filter that turns urine into drinking water... |
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I bet they had credentials in Milwaukee, too...
said by Gbcue :said by NotRequired :you keep thinking like that, YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT???, Yes, and I do have the credentials to back that up. Your municipal water is well within EPA standards for adults. One word... cryptosporidium
This article covers it... »www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol9no4/02-0417.htm
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Re: for those that use a water filteration systems,
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wellthats take of #1 now to build a filter so that you can recycle #2 body waste,that way look at the $$$ you save on toilet paper,lol
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Re: I bet they had credentials in Milwaukee, too...
said by Technogeez :said by Gbcue :said by NotRequired :you keep thinking like that, YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT???, Yes, and I do have the credentials to back that up. Your municipal water is well within EPA standards for adults. One word... cryptosporidium This article covers it... » www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol9no4/02-0417.htm Unless the water is all surface water or the GW well is super contaminated, there shouldn't be crypto.
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Then they mix it with glucose and freeze it in those little plastic molds for desserts. Astronauts love Pee Pops. |
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Just get a Reverse Osmosis system - they run $200 - 250 and are easy to install. I change my pre-filters yearly at a cost of ~$20 and get consistently good tasting water from it. Paying the $45/mo for bottled water was getting too expensive, even if it did come from a "Natural Spring". |
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It is a Kenmore fridge |
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