Question Abt. S.A. Drinking Water ??? (Houston, Orange: homeowner, ratings, area)

[TexasRedneck]

Fluoride...yeah, no arguement from me on that trash.And for the record....I've 34 years experience in the water industry, having designed equipment for everything from homes to NASA projects. My promises are my guarantees - it works as promised, or it's removed. Period. So before I suggest something, I KNOW what it's going to do, and not do.As for Bexar Met....I owned property in a subdivision that Bexar Met moved in to. When I found that out, I sold it for that reason.

[AtticMonkey]

SA has the worst water out of all the major TX cities. I never knew the importance of a water softener until I moved here. With one its great and great tasting but without its terrible. I do appreciate it come from an aquifer and not some dirty lake though.

[TexasRedneck]

I dunno about "worst"....there's LOTS of areas with LOTS worse water - try West Texas! A lot is going to depend on just what you're used to. I will tell ya one little hint, though - cold water will taste better than ambient/room temperature. The water IS hard - but the flip side is that it's very low in particulate matter - which for most folks won't matter, but for industrial applications can be huge.

[AtticMonkey]

Originally Posted by TexasRedneck

I dunno about "worst"....there's LOTS of areas with LOTS worse water - try West Texas! A lot is going to depend on just what you're used to. I will tell ya one little hint, though - cold water will taste better than ambient/room temperature. The water IS hard - but the flip side is that it's very low in particulate matter - which for most folks won't matter, but for industrial applications can be huge.

West Texas is not at all includes in Major Cities...

[TexasRedneck]

Very well then...try Houston water...

[huckster]

Is it true , that San Antonio has some of the best, purest drinking water in
the country? At least I remember it used to be said that it was practically residue free of contaminants years ago due to the filtering effects of limestone..

Originally Posted by TexasRedneck

Fluoride...yeah, no arguement from me on that trash.And for the record....I've 34 years experience in the water industry, having designed equipment for everything from homes to NASA projects. My promises are my guarantees - it works as promised, or it's removed. Period. So before I suggest something, I KNOW what it's going to do, and not do.As for Bexar Met....I owned property in a subdivision that Bexar Met moved in to. When I found that out, I sold it for that reason.

[TexasRedneck]

From a particulate standpoint, that's correct. It's hard - but that's dissolved into the water. I have customers that use some very fine filtration - 0.2 micron. On SA water, some of them will last years (literally), while the same filter in Houston might go 6 months, 4-7 months in Austin, and 2-3 months in D/FW.
Most folks would never notice this - your eye basically stops seeing particles at around 20 microns - but I notice it a lot with various filters and RO membranes, etc.

[SnappyBob]

Hey TexasRedneck, how about those built in water filters in refridgerators? They say to change them every 6 months. Those instructions are used on all of the units sold everywhere. Based on SA's particulate matter can they go longer here?

[TexasRedneck]

Probably so - or do what I do and bypass 'em.

They're like what - 50-70 bucks a pop? You can buy a 1-lb GAC cartridge w/a 5 micron filter in it for 10-15 bucks, and a housing for 30 bucks or so! It's a HUGE cash "up-sale" for 'em - and I won't buy a fridge that I can't bypass the filter on (usually, it's just remove the cartridge & it bypasses...).

[cakmke]

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