Question Abt. S.A. Drinking Water ??? (San Antonio, Lufkin: organic, moving, best)

[wellguy]

Originally Posted by Andy CWS

I wouldn't say your friend is over doing it.

All municipal water supplies in the US must abide by rigid codes and monitoring. That is not to say some fail or slip up during stressful times as shown by the large number of boil alerts, nitrate warnings, and faulty/antiquated distribution systems across the country everyday. Disinfection by-products, cryptosporidium, and a host of intentionally supplied chemicals can still be carried in our water supplies.

I am not trying to imply that your water supply is unsafe, but it can be improved.

For city water supplies, a high quality RO can be very effective at removing a host contaminants including those within MCLs set by government agencies.

Andy Christensen, CWS-II

What you are saying is correct but if SAWS will be her Water Purveyor there is nothing to worry about and no need for any water treatment to improve what is already pristine water. I can see one installing a Water Softener if they don't want to deal with hard water deposits / buildup and to reduce the Chlorine Residual. Again hard water is not a bad thing.

[Lol_Stacey]

You know what is funny about drinking bottle water is that it comes from municipal water sources that is then filtered. I use a Brita filter on mine, just because I don't like the chlorine taste. San Antonio has some of the best water quality in the country, we are very fortunate to have our water coming from the Edwards Aquifer. Although, it is hard water, which sometimes seems "chunky"; lots of stuff floating around, be assured that is mineral deposits and not something that will hurt you. Filtering helps rid most of that.

[Andy CWS]

Originally Posted by wellguy

What you are saying is correct but if SAWS will be her Water Purveyor there is nothing to worry about and no need for any water treatment to improve what is already pristine water. I can see one installing a Water Softener if they don't want to deal with hard water deposits / buildup and to reduce the Chlorine Residual. Again hard water is not a bad thing.

I never wanted to imply that there was anything to 'worry about'.

I do see a bit of a contradiction. Though it may be syntactical, pristine indicates 'natural in state' or 'of its original condition'. The fact that it is treated on a massive scale, makes it impossible for the water to be pristine. One could even argue that the water is manfactured, or at least greatly altered.

In fact, many waters that are pristine may be not only unpallatable but even dangerous, eg., soda lakes. Pristine is often used as a marketing lexicon or in environmental conservation and not found in the water treatment industry.

But that is off the subject. I trust you when saying that SAWS is excellent water. I only wanted to suggest that there may be ways to improve it just as you recommended a softener to remove hardness. Whether hardness is 'bad' or not, is subjective and must be determined by those whose water quality goals are also subjective.

Andy Christensen, CWS-II

[barleycorn]

Thanks for all the inputs. It sis always nice to learn from people who lives there when you are new to the neighborhood.

[fusQer]

SA water tastes great compared to Corpus Christi's.

[huckster]

That is the worst water, smells like rotten eggs

Originally Posted by fusQer

SA water tastes great compared to Corpus Christi's.

[SabresFanInSA]

To me the tap water tastes like wet rocks.

[TexasRedneck]

San Antonio city water is fine - period. Lots of folks will try to "upsell" you on all kinds of water gadgets....bunk. I've been in the water treatment business since 1976, and am proud to say that several of the companies with the "gadgets" have attempted to quiet me with "Cease and Desist" orders because I speak my mind on public forums. I've yet to comply, instead inviting them to take me to court and prove that I'm wrong, and they're right.
Yes, the water's hard - and a softener is a VERY smart move. I personally wouldn't live in a home without one. Folks should insist that any house they build be pre-plumbed for one, and frankly I wouldn't buy one that wasn't preplumbed, simply because retrofitting is somewhat expensive and not as "clean" as doing it during the initial build.
Other than that...well, if you don't like the taste, then a Brita filter or simply a carbon cartridge on the cold water tap should do fine. I personally refuse to install the filter in our fridge - they're WAY too expensive IMO. If I didn't like the taste from it, I'd install an inline carbon filter at $15-20 vs one of those $60 "built-in" cartridges - but that's just my German heritage.....<G>
RO systems, etc. - yeah, they work - but in 99% of the cases they're not worth the headache/cost IMO - and yeah, I sell 'em - to maybe 5% of my customers, because I'm up front in telling them that I refuse to install one in my home b/c I honestly don't see the need/benefit. Oh, well - I may not get rich, but at least I can live with myself!<G>

[GlorifiedMalcontent]

sa water sucks to wash with (oi, hard water stains), just parroting what everyone's been saying; safe to drink. we have a water filter pitcher but i bearly ever use it. it's good for, like a previous poster said, getting rid of the deposits that you may see when boiling the water, etc, but the water is fine and tastes like any other tap water (to me).

[BamaSailor]

Originally Posted by SabresFanInSA

To me the tap water tastes like wet rocks.

And why to you taste wet rocks?