We had extremely heavy rains overnight and today and our well water started coming out yellow. I used my fish tank nitrate test on it and it came back at 18ppm.

Our well cap is located at the high spot of our driveway, no water flooded over it.

We’ve lived here for 7 years with no issues until today. Is this something that will clear up after the flooding in the area stops? Do we need a whole new well now that it’s contaminated? We’re just drinking the RODI water I use for my fish tank for now but that’s not a long term solution.

Hey so im looking into buying spring water and have heard good things about mountain valley. However after looking at their website they claim their spring water is "sodium free". Well isnt that bad? Isnt sodium literally the most important electrolyte and without it you won't get hydrated? It doesn't seem to make sense to me why you'd drink a spring water without sodium...

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240329/Research-highlights-health-risks-posed-by-26-DHNPs-in-drinking-water.aspx

I found a spring on my land, did all the work to capture it, its 100 metres up in the middle of nowhere. My wife asked to get the water tested by a lab so I did. Now the lab is phoning me saying it's the purest water they've ever seen and where did I get it. They say there is no impurity. Right now it's coming out the ground tens of thousands of litres a day. It runs all year. A little less in the summer.

What should I do?

Hello,

I recently installed water softener and RO in my new home directly to city municipal water line.

I tried to research where I should place my RO, on a straight city water line or post water softener line but didn't find the right answer. Hence reaching out to you to find the correct answer.

It's my basic understanding that a water softener removes dissolved calcium and magnesium and replaces it with sodium. It's not clear to me, however, which is worse for the reverse osmosis filter, hard water or salty water. The RO installation guy says if I install it post water softener it will have cholesterol problems in the long run.

Please advise me what is the correct way of doing this?

I have very hard water which leads to massive hair loss in the shower. This doesn’t happen in the salon using the same products and they’ve told me it has to be the water. Which I believe, given the water in there literally feels softer.

I can’t try a filtering shower head (I know there’s disagreement over them working but some of my friends swear they work for them) because they don’t work with my shower and I don’t own the place and don’t have permission to do any modifications. I also don’t want the expense or guilt of buying tons of bottled water when the water is technically clean and safe.

So my question is, is there any way I could set up a large bucket of water, do something to soften the water and have like a shower head that can suck that water from it? Sorry, I know this is a weird question but I’m desperate.

Got my water tested it was 12.6 what’s the best water filter system?

Alot of brands out there claim to have jugs but last time I checked they are all ABS plastic mostly (I am not sure how much microplastics those have), although a few like the "Earth's Water" brand has got glass pitchers?

EcoBud's glass pitcher I also saw for pre-order is less costly but do you think its worth getting?

I'm hoping a knowledgeable person can help me here.

Here is the sequence of events up to this point:

1. Our kitchen tap was having a structural issue.

2. Our property manager came by and replaced the kitchen tap.

3. At first, the kitchen tap was working fine, but was only giving us cold water, and the dishwasher was not working (ie, no water coming). We figured this was a problem with the hot water line.

4. After a few days of that, the property manager sent a plumber to restore our hot water to the kitchen tap and the dishwasher.

5. Since (only since, and NOT before) this plumber visit, the kitchen (kitchen only, other taps in the apartment are fine) tap water has had a weird chemical smell. It's not that swimming pool smell you get from over-chlorinated water. It's more like...modeling glue? Or turpentine? Rubbery? Some kind of solvent? Very chemically, very gross, does not seem safe for consumption. It's a smell that sticks on your hands. The smell decreases if you run the tap for about 10 minutes, but the but it returns with a bit of non-use.

6. The property manager has contacted the city's water quality line, but they have been unhelpful. They told us to run the cold water for 10 minutes to flush the pipes. Which reduced the smell temporarily, but it came back by the time we next ran the tap. After that, they said it's obviously a private issue occurring on the property, and it's not their domain to deal with it.

The plumber INSISTS that nothing he did could have possibly caused the issue, but I think it's extremely clear that's not true, and now I do not trust this plumber. I'm on the verge of calling another plumber myself.

I have called several water testing labs, and they charge thousands of dollars to test for 'everything', but if I'm only testing for certain things, I don't know what to test for!

What are my options? What's my course of action?

I'm sick of not having drinkable water coming out of my kitchen tap, and having to get all my drinkable water from the bathroom.

Water filtration landscape is evolving with the use of 3D printing technologies. This latest open-access study published in ACS Applied Engineering Materials shows how using direct 3D printing can significantly improve the water production (by up to 130%) of ultrafiltration membranes. What do you guys think about it? Can 3D printing pave the way for improved membrane technology and therefore, water production? Can this contribute to addressing global water scarcity challenges?

The link to the article: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00086

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Any idea what is in my filter for my cat's water fountain? I noticed the filter turning orange/brown a week ago. I tried washing it with soap but the color wouldn't come out, so I replaced the filter with a new one. The new filter also turned orange/brown within a day, so I decided to experiment a little. I washed the entire cat fountain and motor with Dawn, put in another new filter, and left the fountain running overnight on my counter that the cat can't reach. This morning I saw the 12 hour filter was already stained.

Do you think there is something in my water or is my cat fountain just beyond saving? If it matters, I live in an apartment complex in Fredericksburg VA and I haven't seen anything about a boil water advisory. I've also owned this cat fountain for several years, but I don't see anything in it or the motor that would be causing this discoloration. Is there a water test I should buy?

New filter, filter ran in cleaned fountain 12 hours no cat contact, filter ran in fountain 2 days regular use

Cat fountain with 12 hour old filter, no cat contact

Question in the title.

According to Zero Water (and my taste buds), when the filters reach the end of their life the water tastes lemony.

What element/chemical/etc. is causing the lemony flavor?

Their website makes a point of not telling us, here is their blurb:

"Unlike conventional water filter systems, a noticeable change in taste or smell is a common indication that you may need to change your ZeroWater filter. This is because ZeroWater filters reduce a whopping 99.6% of TDS including lead and other heavy metals! Once a filter has reached the end of its life, it may result in a lemon taste or scent. [WHY?]

The most common reason why your ZeroWater filter may seem to make your water have a slightly acidic lemon taste is due to a build-up of TDS [What causes lemony flavor? TDS in my tap water doesn't taste lemony]. Thanks to our Ecofilters and premium 5-stage ion exchange water filter technology, each ZeroWater filter works incredibly hard during its lifespan to deliver pure-tasting water. But everything has its time and place, including ZeroWater filters. If your water tastes like lemon, it’s likely time to replace the filter."

Okay, so my water intake goes like this, I will not drink water for like 8 hours, and then drink like a half liter of water straight, and I don't know how to stop.