"Don Wiss" wrote
I find water filtering to be awfully complex. I don't want to drink
fluoride or chlorine.

For drinking water I'm now drinking Mountain Spring in the clear
plastic
jugs. I'm happy with this. When I renovate my kitchen I could put in
reverse osmosis, but then I'd be taking out the calcium and magnesium.
Living alone, bottled water isn't all that expensive.

But what about showering? I like to get rid of the chlorine there.
Then
what else shouldn't be in my shower water?

Coming from the mercola.com web site it sends you to
http://www.aquamd.com/main/watercheck.cfm where they give you a free
water
check up. It basically has a database of the water reports that each
water
system must file. With commentary added by someone, either Mercola or
AquaMD. It does not list chlorine or fluoride levels. Not surprising,
as
the water authorities add it and think they are beneficial. I added
the red
color for ones out of range. Here's what it has for me:
http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/WaterTestResults.htm

But what gets confusing is just what filters remove what? The water
pressure in the fourth floor shower isn't all that strong. Do shower
head
filters only remove chlorine? The whole house filters presumably
remove
much more. But do they remove things that I'd like removed? Such as
what is
red on my report?

Thanks, Don donwiss at panix.com

You have some serious problems with that water based on the limited
analysis. It isn't all that good in just about all areas shown. The 6 pH
should be in red too. Along with all the things a pH that low can do and
then add to the water.

You need POE treatment rather than just certain things related to the
shower and the things mentioned in the drinking part of the subject.

The acidity has to be buffered or it will eat copper and leach lead out
of lead based solder and brass fixtures/fittings. Pinhole leaks in
copper tubing is a huge problem and although acidity isn't not the only
cause, it is the primary cause in the majority of cases. Your water is
extremely hard and high in TDS so I really question the validity of the
pH result. Nitrate is very high although 10 ppm is allowed, it is a
carcinogen and causes serious health problems in a fetus and infants
while pregnant women should not be using water with that level of
nitrate in it.

I suggest you get in touch with a water treatment dealer. The proper RO
would greatly reduce/remove those parameters that RO and distillation
are used for. The rest needs other types of treatment.

Gary
Quality Water Associates