I’m a plumber, and I explain to people you can wind up with legionella, cryptosporidium, etc. in their old galvanized pipes and all that, and people could care less. I tested one couple’s water for chlorine at 0.8 ppm (a pool should be 1-3 ppm). I tested it, then put my finger in the water for a few seconds, then tested it again and got 0.0, showing them that it absorbs through your skin. They didn’t care at all that their 2-month old son was drinking it and bathing in it. Filtration is so important for people’s health, and it’s the hardest thing for us to sell.
I live in a city with "award winning water" but the infrastructure is aged, so,I have been using PUR filters on the kitchen faucet. I bought dozens of filters from thrifts over the last 2 decades I have lived here. Out of the tap the water tastes blah, so I am grateful for the huge cost savings for filters..
This is why we have an entire home water system.
Then, underneath our sink, we have an RO water system, and then the extra filters that add the minerals back in.
I am perplexed that more people don’t have the systems. I know they’re expensive, but you can make payments now, why would you not
I’m a plumber, and I explain to people you can wind up with legionella, cryptosporidium, etc. in their old galvanized pipes and all that, and people could care less. I tested one couple’s water for chlorine at 0.8 ppm (a pool should be 1-3 ppm). I tested it, then put my finger in the water for a few seconds, then tested it again and got 0.0, showing them that it absorbs through your skin. They didn’t care at all that their 2-month old son was drinking it and bathing in it. Filtration is so important for people’s health, and it’s the hardest thing for us to sell.
I live in a city with "award winning water" but the infrastructure is aged, so,I have been using PUR filters on the kitchen faucet. I bought dozens of filters from thrifts over the last 2 decades I have lived here. Out of the tap the water tastes blah, so I am grateful for the huge cost savings for filters..
Didn’t take much to sell less. The investment of a whole home water system, and drinking water system has paid for itself, by providing great health.