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Originally Posted by Garywt
We are going to look into both a softener and a filter. Our thought would be to buy from Home Depot or the like if we go with either. Our friend installed a system for about $400 to avoid the thousands that various companies charge. If we decide we need something it will probably be after a time of using the water as is for a while.
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We were running both a whole-house softener and filter. Had to remove the filter because it took the chlorine out and that resulted in high bacteria counts at the sinks and refrigerator dispenser. Both aerobic and coliform bacteria were present. Went nuts tracing this down. Flushed entire system with bleach twice. Even went so far as to confirm that when the house was built, they did not plumb the irrigation water to the fridge. Not sure of the source of the bacteria as the raw incoming water tested fine for bacteria. Only solution found was to remove the Whirlpool whole-house filter, install a UV filter and allow chlorine to pass through system. Put the fridge filter back in service to handle drinking water.