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> I'm sure having a UV filter of your water would not go amiss. UV "filter"? I thought the UV thing in water treatment was merely to kill most (if not all) of
by cies 7y ago
> I'm sure having a UV filter of your water would not go amiss.
UV "filter"? I thought the UV thing in water treatment was merely to kill most (if not all) of what micro-life would otherwise still live in yr water.
Filters are needed to actually get some (dissolved) solids --possibly UV-zapped micro org corpses-- out of yr water.
Most places add chlorine/chloramine to the tap water to prevent micro orgs becoming so prevalent "at the faucet" that you can get "cannot go to work tomorrow" sick.
- zdragnar 7y agoYes, if you live in an area with municipal water treatment, but if you rely on a private well, accessible and inexpensive UV treatment would be great. Of course, you also (generally) need a water softener and perhaps more expensive filtering equipment depending on the what metals and minerals might be present.
- cies 7y agoWhy would one need a UV if there's also going to me actual filters after that? (honest question) Only thing I can think of is to prevent contamination of the filters.
- tsomctl 7y agoBecause if you have an actual filter that is a small enough micron to capture pathogens, it's also going to capture all of the really fine sediment and plug up quickly.
- cies 7y agoThat why most water filter systems have "stages", every stage "covers" for the next.
- zdragnar 7y agoIt is entirely site specific. I don't have any filters, just a water conditioner (since I don't want to deal with a softener). Adding UV would probably be unnecessary but would provide some nice peace of mind.