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Great point, in my case in the PNW, the water from my local well is infested with manganese (as in clogging the household plumbing in the absence of a sediment
by LogicFailsMe 4mo ago
Great point, in my case in the PNW, the water from my local well is infested with manganese (as in clogging the household plumbing in the absence of a sediment filter) and other contaminants and the water company providing it is owned by private equity. Legally, I can drill my own well for non-potable irrigation, but god forbid I filter and/or chlorinate it for my own household use. So I end up considering options like this, thanks for debunking.
- SoftTalker 4mo agoYou don't need to chlorinate water from your own well, unless maybe you have a cistern that you are filling for storage. And who's going to know if you are drinking it or watering your garden?
- LogicFailsMe 4mo agoAt the very least I would UV disinfect anything coming from the ground and absolutely make use of a 20 micron sediment filter if only to address cognitive load: Another place, another time, coliform bacteria from the well. Super fun(not).
- picofarad 4mo agoI vacillate between trusting my well and trusting my RO (10,5,1 micron filters, plus the membrane). But it isn't healthy to drink RO all the time and I don't wanna mess with remineralization. My well is 100' and 13 years old.
- SoftTalker 4mo agoFor me I'd do a sediment filter and a charcoal filter and call it good. Send a sample out for analysis a few times a year.