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Dan L. Dan L. is offline
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Default U use Brita water system?

In article .com>,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> Beea wrote:
> >
> > "FERRANTE" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >I usually buy bottled water and a friend of mine uses the Brita system
> > > for his drinking water and he likes it. Anyone here use it and if so,
> > > your thoughts on the taste of the water? Also, how many gallons get
> > > one get from a filter before it has to be changed?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mark

> >
> > Where is Sheldon with his reverse osmosis spiel?
> > Reverse Osmosis is the way to go for good drinking water.

>
> Certainly RO water will be superior to ordinary carbon block filtered
> water, but may be overkill depending on how bad your source water is. RO
> filter systems use carbon block filters as their first stage since
> chlorine is bad for the expensive RO membrane.
>
> I used an RO system in my previous house where I had lousy city water
> and it was great. At my current place we have co-op water that is quite
> good, so I haven't added any extra filtering.


Hmmm ....

I think - not positive.

I believe the Brita Systems are for city based chlorinated water
systems. City water systems tend to have the biologicals removed or
killed. Brita systems will remove some chemical based items from the
water. I am not sure about Brita removing biologicals from the water.

R.O. based water purification systems will remove biologicals and most
chemicals from well based systems. Most wells do not have chlorine in
them and not a problem for the first stage R.O. membrane. Again I think
- not positive. Something for you to research.

I have a well system with a water softener and a R.O. purification
system. I think - water softener only systems are not safe to drink.

Brita's for city water.
R.O.'s for well water.

To be positive have your water tested for biologicals and chemicals.

Enjoy Life ... Dan

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