Andy, sorry for your experience. We were approached by 2 or 3 (or more) sales persons shortly after moving in, including the "welcome wagon". All were selling water treatment, filter, etc., systems. One "tested" our water, then showed a notebook with headlines indicating that FL water was BAD, all of this taken out of context. I did a Google search for the government required water tests for Sumter County, water is fine, and well below government requirements. We got the same high pressure sales pitch, asked sales person to leave. Went to Sears, bought a whole house filter and whole house water softener, for around $600, and had this installed by a plumber (in hindsight, I could have done this myself...). Result, we have wonderful water, no restrictions on the amount we use, total cost was around $1000 (4 years ago), and the only maintenance is to add salt, about 4 to 6 bags per year.
What really gripped me was taking the headlines and "test data" out of context and then stating this was what we were getting from the faucet in TV. All we noticed upon moving in was the chlorine smell, and the hardness. To be honest, we had a water softener back up North, so we did notice a difference.
Glad you posted, you may have saved a few others from this situation.
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Pennsylvania, for 60+ years, most recently, Allentown, now TV. 
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