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| We are building a new house and want to install a whole house filtration system in Santa Monica, California. We have chlorine and chloramine in our water.
Can anyone recommend the best whole house filtration system? We can't find any unbiased reviews on the Internet--all of the comparisons on the Internet are published by the companies that sell the product they are reviewing and it's obvious they are slanting their review in favor of their own product. We are looking for something that doesn't require frequent filter changes and can last a long time. Do we need to get an additional filter under the sink for drinking water? |
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- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 14:44
| If your intention is to filter the chlorine and chloramine at the POE then you go in one direction. Be advised that those antibacterials are in the water for a reason and removing them whole house increases the possibility of a bacterial colonization in your plumbing, appliances, or fixtures. If your intention is to remove the chlorine and chloramine from your drinking, cooking, and ice cubing (fridge) water then you go in another direction and treat the water at POU. If your intention is to identify what is in your water and what should be treated then you get your water tested by a certified independent lab. If you're on a municipal water system the water authority can provide you a copy of their mandated testing but they test at the treatment facility and not at your water meter which is a long way any miles of pipe away from that location. |
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| We are on city water (which isn't very hard) and we also are looking for a whole house water filter system to filter Chlorine and Chloramine. And also a filter for pharmaceuticals. Most chlorine is injested in the shower and not in drinking water. The POU filters for the shower can't be hidden as well as the POU filters for drinking water in the kitchen, hence my quest for the whole house. From what I can find out, it looks like even if we have a whole house filter for chlorine/chloramine, we also need to install a POU reverse osmosis filter for our drinking water in order to filter pharmaceuticals. I also have read numerous reviews, which all sound "slanted". So if you have learned anything that convinces you in favor of one product over another, I would be very interested. Right now, I'm looking at Aquasana and Puronics. Did you go with a particular product for whole house filtering? |
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