[punkpup]

I am someone who hasn't imbibed tap water unless it's an absolute emergency in 30 years!!!!

Being the daughter of a Chemist has made me hyper vigilant in regard to things that can potentially contaminate our environment and as a result tap water has become a pet peeve of mine. I'm not necessarily advocating for any particular brand of bottled water or filtration system because I think that whatever you do you must first consider the quality of water wherever you live. For example the filtration system I chose might be considered overkill as it's good enough to use if I had a well with untreated water but I live in Boston, MA and use city water from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. Even our pets are served filtered water. lol

If you're curious about your water quality and what it all means go to this site www.ewg.org/tap-water/home and enter your zip code, (you don't need the name of the water company and as a matter of fact you'll get better results just entering the zip.)

Water in The Villages is referred to as "Hard Water" and as such is high in mineral content as is most water in Florida. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_water for more of an explanation.

When we buy in The Villages I will probably install a Whole House filter to pull out sediments and other particulates and then if necessary add a heavy duty filtration system like I currently use to remove other contaminants.