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JohnD

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Okay, final got my report from the water company. The water source is a series of wells in and around town. Here are the results:

Barium 0.088ppm
Cadmium 2ppb
Chromium 3ppb
Copper 0.088ppm
Fluoride 0.73ppm
Lead 5ppb
Nitrate 3ppm

They also had listings for:
alpha emmitters 2.1pCi/1
total trihalomethanes 6.04ppb

The water company says these are good numbers. What do you think of them?

(I use a 3-stage Dolphin RO unit from AquaFX.)

Thanks for any comments.

JohnD
 

MIKE NY1

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JohnD, those numbers aren't too bad,but they will probably be alot worse by the time the water gets to you. Unless they just installed all new piping to your house
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Keep using the R/O unit.

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golfish

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I read a reply the other day that really got me thinking about tap water. You\we say that x amount of copper or zinc, nitrates, phosphates or what ever, isn't bad. Then you stop and think that only PURE water evaporates form our tanks not the x amount of bad stuff. The more water we add the more x amount of bad stuff is added until those levels start to effect our systems. I never thought about it like that......silly me
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