[Tfug] OT: Plumbing

[Timothy D. Lenz]

On 2/21/2013 9:53 PM, Bexley Hall wrote:
> I thought "filters" didn't really affect the mineral content of the
> water.  Rather, dealt with odor, clarity, bacteria, toxins, chlorine,
> etc. (e.g., it is wise to install one upstream of a traditional
> softener to protect the resin from the active chlorine).

It gets the chunks out. And after a few months, it has gone from white 
to kind of brown. Chunks of rust, alkali, etc..

>
>> We also have a charcoal prefilter after the partical filter or
>> the water smells like a swimming pool.
>
> Hmmm... I am guessing water in individual parts of town doesn't
> all "come from the same place"?  (if not, then how is *my* water
> supply "treated" to yield the same quality level as *yours*?)

I know the water on the southwest side around A mountain and south is 
really bad. If you don't have a bleed off pump on your cooler there, the 
water pump doesn't last long. So water is not the same everywhere. It's 
a mix of water from a local pump and whatever else the city can get. We 
used to have a pumping station just a block away, but I think it's been 
shut down. Some 25 years ago, they brought in a drill to make it deeper. 
They where already at 1000' down. The amount of clorine added likely 
depends on the water quality in the area and how much has out gassed 
from the cap supply.

>
> E.g., I know this neighborhood used to be on a "private well"
> until the owners sold the well to the City some years back.
> But, I had assumed that, since then, all the water went into
> the "same pipe"?
>
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