DarkSpeedWorks wrote:
There are a bunch of things to consider.
Whole house filtration can be a little insane because then you are filtering your water for clothes washing and toilet flushing and outdoor watering, etc.
However, if you there are any organic solvents in your water (many many places in the usa that use well water have various solvents in the water, gasoline, benzene, TCA, and many many others) then you should be aware that often you can get a bigger dose of solvents in a daily tap water hot shower (via respiration) than you can in drinking the same tap water.
Water filtration is good. BUT, do you know much about where your water comes from? Is it from a river, from a well, from a lake, from a resevoir? Which one exactly? Can you post that info? By knowing that, you can probably make a much better decision on how to treat your drinking water and how important it is to do it.
Have considered a bunch of things.
Whole house filters did seem "insane", especially RO that requires energy to convert water and creates waste water while creating RO water. Then you're left with water with zero minerals which is a drinking water that will leach those minerals from your body.
Yes, there can be low to high amounts of organic solvents in the water depending on the locale, time of year or circumstances. A water filter system helps to take care of that.
The Berkey I use can handle water from a number of sources. So in case of disaster, I could go to closest natural water source and supply a community. Or at home, it takes care of tap water. I don't use bottled water. I do clean/wipe the build up off the filters once a month. I had experience with the Berkey years before and again chose it over smaller filters or refrigerator filtration. I also like my water room temperature.
Lots to consider to cover some of the bases that you mention.
Not trying to convince anyone to buy a Berkey or filter their water. Nor do I want jerks to slam me for my choice in doing so. It's in the personal preference range, a rather harmless activity and purchase under $200. So if some have a problem with it, they need to get a life. Maybe a commie socialist would wish to manage my life to this level of detail and keep me on community water. bahahaha Or just an overbearing person with passive aggressive control issues if we leave politics out of it.
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