reverse osmosis

Scott Denny

Hot Rod mentioned Mark Rowzee. He is the education director for the Water Quality Assoc. and a very knowledgable water expert. He can be reached at (630) 505-0160 or via e-mail at mrowzee@mail.wqa.org. You'd do well by asking him what you've asked "The Wall".

harvey

off topic reverse osmosis

I know there are ALOT of plumbers out there but we're HVAC contractors. What have you found to be the best RO system you have installed for performance and maintance. What have you installed in your own homes? Thanks for your input!!!

hr

I feel RO

is often an over kill for most drinking water applications. Have your water tested to see what you may want to remove.

A basic carbon block filter can eliminate most smell and taste. RO's strip most everything from the water including the minerals that may be good for you and give the water it's taste.

Perhaps if you have heavy metals or other "bad' things RO may be called for.

They also waste a lot of water to generate the "conditioned' product. Personally I think they are over sold as the "everyman" treatment system.

Contact a water treatment pro to prescribe the treatment you need.

www.pmmag.com has a new Water Treatment columnist, Mark Rowzee, that covers all the various products. Check out the last couple issues for RO and softener info.

hot rod

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jeff_51

me myself and the dog

we just drink plain old tap water. If you are on a municipal system, they are generally so stringent on quality and testing these days I don't see the need for anything. If you are on a well, than that of course could be a differant story. Yes, have the water tested to see what if anything you have. I took the softner out a year and a half ago and put in a superior water treatment system instead. No salt, just backwash a couple of times a year. It is a superionizer

Maine doug

We are on a municipal system

that draws from a lake. You can't swim in the lake but you can in the 2 lakes that feed this one. And you can have motor boats on all 3 and ski-doos in the winter.
Total Clorinated Hydrocarbons are high, some benzene opticals, a variety of other goodies.
One can't assume that a municipal system is clean. They may test but they don't tell you the details of what they find. Drinkers beware, stick to Pinot Noir!

Constantin

Hmmm...

All the more reason to ban two-stroke engines in watershed areas... our municipality put a 8' chain link fence around the reservoir to even keep the bathers out...

Weezbo

RO. A friend of mine in Bermuda,Installs ROsystems on many new

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