I got my water tested by the city of Chicago, and the results showed higher levels of lead after the second and third draws than the first, which seems counterintuitive to me. Does anyone know why this would be?

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https://cityofvanalstyne.us/waterquality#occdrw

Trying to get away from bottled water but I’ve always been wary a bit of drinking straight tap given I live in a fairly rural area.

Would install a faucet filter but unfortunately I have a pull out faucet, so that’s a no go, and an under the sink system + installation is kind off of the table atm. I did buy a Zero Water system, but apparently doing a little research lead to me believe that Texas has fairly hard water, meaning the filters for that could need to be replaced fairly often which could get very pricey.

My current house is only 6 years old so I assume pipe/plumbing wise it’s all good with minimal risk of lead exposure, so if it looks good enough to drink straight out of the tap I’d be thrilled.

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This is probably an insane question, but I got on an Evian kick a few years back and I realized I have been drinking pretty much only Evian for about 7 years

It started when I read that Evian had one of the lowest amount of micro plastics out of all the bottled water. I live near-ish to Flint, Michigan, and even though my water has been tested and it’s clean, I stopped drinking tap water all together and only drink bottled spring water of some type. Which has been Evian 99% of the time.

I've got a Brita "Metro" filter pitcher I bought back in 2023, and it has a really long plastic tube descending into the pitcher, the pictures of the supposedly same model pitcher now have a really short tube with most of the filter sticking out the bottom of the tube. I replaced the filter once from a set of two and it worked fine, but now the 2nd filter from the same box, simply pops back up after I try to press it in place. Do I need to buy a new pitcher?

What are all the ways we can simply test water ?

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Berkey. Links to recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

So I have been doing some research, been on youtube, reddit, asking ChatGPT etc.
I live in northern europe, in a small apartment and can't fit a huge water filter, also on a budget, so no reverse osmosis.

I have been looking at these:

1. Frizzlife SK99
2. Waterdrop 10UA
3. Waterdrop 15UA
4. Waterdrop AS13
5. Frizzlife MK99
6. Frizzlife SW10
7. Aquaphor Crystal K7B

And mostly considering Waterdrop 15UA, Frizzlife SK99 or Aquaphor K7B. I want to reduce the amount of microplastics and pharmaceutical residues that end up in my drinking water, mostly, while preserving minerals.

Any suggestions?

We tested our tap water before and after the filter installation. And the results after came back positive for nickel which was not detected pre-treatment.
The overall score went from 66 to 80 which is quite underwhelming.

Here are the images of pre-installation testing and after.

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Hi everyone! I just bought a fridge from facebook marketplace and im not sure if its related but my throat has been sore ever since i started using the fridge water about 2 weeks ago.

Its a GE fridge from 2022 the previous owner bought it brand new and was selling just because they were moving. It seemed like it was in pretty good condition and everything has been working amazing.

I noticed the water line has never been used by the previous owner so i hooked it up to my house and bought a new filter but when i checked my cup there were small trace amounts of black specks which looked like carbon dust or charcoal something i had looked up online. Its definetly ran longer than 5 gallons but i still see the charcoal dust.

Is my sore throat related to this? Is there any way i can tell if my fridge water is safe to drink?

I ask a few people and everything is 50/50 so idk

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I am at an ends with my research and just want to make a decision..

Taking possession of a new build home soon and plan to have a whole home water purification and softener system installed.

The Springwell systems honestly seem to be top of the line and best long term choice but the currency exchange to USD is a hefty price tag.

An alternative is Aquasure which is significantly more cost wise but it uses cheaper connections and fittings and likely all around a cheaper build which is not something that appeals to me (leaks etc).

There is Aquasana Rhino which can be purchased in Canadian Dollars but I question its effectiveness at actually purifying.

What did you settle for in Canada and would you recommend it??

Hi all,

My family and I are going to California for a vacation in a month for vacation. We know if not great to drink water from the tap there so bottled is best.

What water bottles brands in America are best with least amount of microplastics (yes I know everything has microplastics just want to reduce as much as possible). We are Canadian so we don’t know what the states has.

Thanks!

Hello guys, I am a researcher from my highschool, and our study is about making a hand-pumped reverse osmosis filter system. In order for our study to succeed, we have to follow water quality guidelines. There are many of them, which water quality guidelines do I choose?

So a weird thought I had was sports drinks with electrolytes supposedly help hydrate you more along with water and a lot of Americans with our freshwater quote on quote seem to struggle to stay hydrated more than other countries basically I'm thinking freshwater isn't as good for us as they think it is salt water even if just filter down might be better because that salt is an electrolyte and we need that along with our water to say active longer