Municipal Water Quality (New York, Rye, Hudson: houses, live, softener)

[KensingtonPark]

I am moving to Rye from outside the New York area. I am curious as to whether people generally install water softeners and water treatment systems in the areas of the County that receive municipal water (i.e., not well water). We have always installed Kinetico water treatment systems in our houses in California, Michigan, Missouri, etc. and are curious whether this is warranted or common in the county.

Thanks for any insight that you can provide. Thanks!

[NOLA101]

I don't think it's common. Most of the water in the NY area is soft water, so no softener needed, and you don't need to do reverse osmosis or anything like that because the municipal water is generally very good tasting.

Now if you have well water, ignore everything I wrote.

I have lived all over the country and I think the NYC area probably has the best tasting water.

[dr.strangelove]

Originally Posted by KensingtonPark

I am moving to Rye from outside the New York area. I am curious as to whether people generally install water softeners and water treatment systems in the areas of the County that receive municipal water (i.e., not well water). We have always installed Kinetico water treatment systems in our houses in California, Michigan, Missouri, etc. and are curious whether this is warranted or common in the county.

Thanks for any insight that you can provide. Thanks!

Of course everyone is different in terms of taste, but there is no need for a water softener. We do have a water filter on our faucet. We prefer the taste after a brief commercial kitchen grade filter cleans it. But there is nothing dangerous about it. I am in cortlandt, and we do not have fluoride in our water. NYC and further south county, some towns do. That is something that some support and some oppose, so just be aware of it.

If its well water, you will need a filter, but not a softener. Most of the wells have a low metal count and soft water, but the Hudson aquifer has a strong taste to it that a charcoal commercial grade filter will cut down on. Of course every well is differnet, so test it and act accordingly.

Many in NYC think that the water in the best tasting. Having lived in many places in Oregon including Portland, San Fran and Seattle, I rank it and third in my list of municipal water sources, far ahead of San Fran, ahead of Eugene and Salem, OR, but behind Portland and Seattle.

[KensingtonPark]

Thanks everyone! Very helpful.