Villages Water Supply?

[VillageLiberal]

So I distill my own water for use in my CPAP machine. Today when I looked at the residue it was a dark brown. It's normally has a brown tinge to it but never a dark brown. I use cold tap water and let the faucet run for a while before I fill up the distiller. Just curious does anyone know the history of the water system here in the Villages? They've been doing some work on the golf course in our neighborhood I wonder if maybe something got in the line?

[dewilson58]

Lets than $1/gallon to purchase. Less than one gallon per month. ~$10/year to purchase. :shrug:

[VillageLiberal]

Lets than $1/gallon to purchase. Less than one gallon per month. ~$10/year to purchase. :shrug:

So I'm a cheap skate! My wife and I both have CPAP machines so it's more than a gallon per month, plus we use the distilled water for other purposes, such as crystal clear ice cubes, and to wash the car so not to get water spots. We also make our own alkaline water, which if bought in the store is about $4 a gallon.

[retiredguy123]

FYI, the Walmart Great Value brand is $0.78 per gallon.

[golfing eagles]

So I'm a cheap skate! My wife and I both have CPAP machines so it's more than a gallon per month, plus we use the distilled water for other purposes, such as crystal clear ice cubes, and to wash the car so not to get water spots. We also make our own alkaline water, which if bought in the store is about $4 a gallon.

Really? You're willing to have brown water in your CPAP so you can used your distilled water to wash your car, and save $0.78 in the process? Please don't do that any more, a car with no spots isn't worth a pseudomonas pneumonitis or worse.

[VillageLiberal]

FYI, the Walmart Great Value brand is $0.78 per gallon.

Probably from communist China

[golfing eagles]

Probably from communist China

specifically Wuhan:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[retiredguy123]

Probably from communist China
According to the label on the bottle, it is made and bottled in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

[Topspinmo]

Probably from communist China

Or air conditioner drain out back. :1rotfl:
I get probably over gallon each day I use to water my pepper plants.

[Topspinmo]

So I distill my own water for use in my CPAP machine. Today when I looked at the residue it was a dark brown. It's normally has a brown tinge to it but never a dark brown. I use cold tap water and let the faucet run for a while before I fill up the distiller. Just curious does anyone know the history of the water system here in the Villages? They've been doing some work on the golf course in our neighborhood I wonder if maybe something got in the line?

Well, if I found that I wouldn’t be using that water.

[VillageLiberal]

Another Villager just told me that all the water in the Villages is reclaimed, I've not verified, does anyone know? That might explain the variations I'm seeing. Maybe water treatment plant not working correctly?

[golfing eagles]

Another Villager just told me that all the water in the Villages is reclaimed, I've not verified, does anyone know? That might explain the variations I'm seeing. Maybe water treatment plant not working correctly?

No, just the water used for irrigation south of 466 is "reclaimed"

Do you have a whole house filter or a filter on the faucet you use to get the water you distill? The filter may need changing. Also if your filtration system uses some type media that was recently changed, that might affect the water color

[VillageLiberal]

No, just the water used for irrigation south of 466 is "reclaimed"

Do you have a whole house filter or a filter on the faucet you use to get the water you distill? The filter may need changing. Also if your filtration system uses some type media that was recently changed, that might affect the water color

I'm not sure yet, we're renting been here about a month in the Polo Ridge area. We were RVing around the country until the Virus, decided to hunker down thru December to see what happens. I'll have examine the water system in the house.

[golfing eagles]

I'm not sure yet, we're renting been here about a month in the Polo Ridge area. We were RVing around the country until the Virus, decided to hunker down thru December to see what happens. I'll have examine the water system in the house.

Perhaps you can ask the homeowner. And he may have experienced something similar in the past as well.

[Number 10 GI]

Another Villager just told me that all the water in the Villages is reclaimed, I've not verified, does anyone know? That might explain the variations I'm seeing. Maybe water treatment plant not working correctly?

Seriously, you believed that?

[golfing eagles]

Seriously, you believed that?

Go easy. He's just renting for a month now, no reason that he should know that. Blame the idiot who told him the water was reclaimed in the first place.

[CWGUY]

So I distill my own water for use in my CPAP machine. Today when I looked at the residue it was a dark brown. It's normally has a brown tinge to it but never a dark brown. I use cold tap water and let the faucet run for a while before I fill up the distiller. Just curious does anyone know the history of the water system here in the Villages? They've been doing some work on the golf course in our neighborhood I wonder if maybe something got in the line?

:icon_wink: Gee wiz they told me our water was number 1..... that looks like a little number 2 got in it. :shrug:

[queasy27]

Do you know if a boil water notice has been issued for your area?

Here's some info (https://www.districtgov.org/departments/Utilities/boil.aspx) from the district gov site.

[VillageLiberal]

This is from the 2nd run of the day, which I started about noon. The slightly brown tinged water is what I've typically been seeing most everyday since we've been here. Total Dissolved Solids runs about 155 ppm, which is not that bad actually. We were staying at an RV resort close to Kingsbay GA, I'd get about 350 ppm TDS with a thick white sludge left over afterwards.

[cypress]

Well, if I found that I wouldn’t be using that water.

Same here. I think it was more of a question about the dirty water than the cost of it.

[karostay]

I shut that feature off on mine 2 years ago

[villagetinker]

OP, call CSU and ask if there was any maintenance in your area to cause the discoloration. Any notices were probably sent to the home owner and not to the occupant.

[Bogie Shooter]

Another Villager just told me that all the water in the Villages is reclaimed, I've not verified, does anyone know? That might explain the variations I'm seeing. Maybe water treatment plant not working correctly?

I would believe nothing this person ever told me in the future......reclaimed water for consumption?
BTW if you want the factual answer on things going on in The Villages go here: Village Community Development Districts (http://www.districtgov.org)

[PeteI]

I use the Distilled water from Walmart too, but see no reason why you should not do your own. I live in the Village of Poinciana and this past week Jacobs came through opening all the fire hydrants to flush the system. I worked for a water utility in CT and when there was annual hydrant flushing we would inform residents to run water for a bit before using because the flushing loosened and stirred up sediment on inside of transmission pipe walls and water might be brownish...albeit safe. Flush
ing hydrants in your area?

[jimbo2012]

Have you considered using a 5 stage reverse osmosis unit under the sink?

Distillation will not remove all the chemicals.

Your TDS will drop to about 15, we have several customers using them for their CPAP & general drinking cooking etc.


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[Annie66]

No, just the water used for irrigation south of 466 is "reclaimed"

Do you have a whole house filter or a filter on the faucet you use to get the water you distill? The filter may need changing. Also if your filtration system uses some type media that was recently changed, that might affect the water color

Our drinking water comes from very deep aquafers.

[Skunky1]

Maybe the reclaimed water valve got switched and intermingled with the domestic water system. Our tapwater smells like swamp water

[jacksonbrown]

Another Villager just told me that all the water in the Villages is reclaimed

Actually, all potable water is reclaimed.

[jimbo2012]

care to share with us where you got that info from?

Reclaimed water is highly treated and disinfected but still contains some constituents at levels outside the desirable range for drinking water. Specifically, reclaimed water may have higher levels of salts, nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), and pathogens (e.g., bacteria and viruses). Reclaimed water has been safely used for non-drinking purposes in Florida for more than 40 years, but because of its composition, this water source should never be used for drinking or sanitary purposes.

source Reclaimed Water: Frequently Asked Questions - UF/IFAS Extension (http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/2017/06/20/reclaimed-water-frequently-asked-questions/)

another Uses of Reclaimed Water | Florida Department of Environmental Protection (https://floridadep.gov/water/domestic-wastewater/content/uses-reclaimed-water)

You may want to think about what stated before you scare people

[HimandMe]

So I distill my own water for use in my CPAP machine. Today when I looked at the residue it was a dark brown. It's normally has a brown tinge to it but never a dark brown. I use cold tap water and let the faucet run for a while before I fill up the distiller. Just curious does anyone know the history of the water system here in the Villages? They've been doing some work on the golf course in our neighborhood I wonder if maybe something got in the line?

I bought a Blondell reverse osmosis for under my sink. It takes little room and better than mere filtering though I have that too.

[photo1902]

So I distill my own water for use in my CPAP machine. Today when I looked at the residue it was a dark brown. It's normally has a brown tinge to it but never a dark brown. I use cold tap water and let the faucet run for a while before I fill up the distiller. Just curious does anyone know the history of the water system here in the Villages? They've been doing some work on the golf course in our neighborhood I wonder if maybe something got in the line?

VCDD Boil Water Notices (https://www.districtgov.org/departments/utilities/boilnotice.aspx)

[Dana1963]

So I distill my own water for use in my CPAP machine. Today when I looked at the residue it was a dark brown. It's normally has a brown tinge to it but never a dark brown. I use cold tap water and let the faucet run for a while before I fill up the distiller. Just curious does anyone know the history of the water system here in the Villages? They've been doing some work on the golf course in our neighborhood I wonder if maybe something got in the line?
We have an electric egg poacher/steamer we get the same brown stain with tap water.
Water standards have been relaxed chances are you may be getting filterred water as distilled.

[greenflash245]

do you really trust the municipal water supply?

[photo1902]

do you really trust the municipal water supply?

Absolutely

[Pedrocarrasco01@yahoo.com]

FYI, the Walmart Great Value brand is $0.78 per gallon.
I use distilled water in my Golf cart batteries and also for my dogs water (minimizes dark spots in their eyes what I call eye boogers), WalMart had been out of it for the past week so I found it at Winn Dixie!!!!!
:welcome::welcome::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2::1ro tfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: :welcome::welcome:

[La lamy]

VCDD Boil Water Notices (https://www.districtgov.org/departments/utilities/boilnotice.aspx)

Great link. Thanks for sharing it.

[VillageLiberal]

I bought a Blondell reverse osmosis for under my sink. It takes little room and better than mere filtering though I have that too.

We had an RO system at our home in Maryland, we had a well with very hard water. If I buy a house here in the Villages I will definitely install one of them, since we are just renting now I will just continue with distilling several gallons a day. I've found that the RO and Distiller both are effective at removing unwanteds down to about the 9 PPM level.

Thanks for everyone's responses didn't mean to cause alarm or stir anything up, just reporting something unusual to see if anyone knew something that could explain it.

[Bay Kid]

NOVA water system. You should see what the 1st filter looks like. Back in the day I had ugly water. Not anymore.

Not distilled but great water.

[Pfavreau]

So I'm a cheap skate! My wife and I both have CPAP machines so it's more than a gallon per month, plus we use the distilled water for other purposes, such as crystal clear ice cubes, and to wash the car so not to get water spots. We also make our own alkaline water, which if bought in the store is about $4 a gallon.
We use a “zero” water filter which removes all minerals down to <6 mho. Same as distilled water and we use this in our coffee maker and never get any scale. They come with a tester to prove it is working. So much better than the “britta” unit we used to use.

[karostay]

Our water here is imported, it's piped in from Flint Michigan

[graciegirl]

do you really trust the municipal water supply?

We have filtered water in the frig. We drink that most of the time but still use tap water for cooking and coffee etc. We have never had a stomach virus in the 13 years we have been here. Discoloration doesn't mean it is unsafe to drink. I trust they are doing the job and making it safe to drink.

We are still here, but still are thinking about a water purifier because of calcium buildup on sinks that are hard to remove. They don't harm but they are ugly and difficult to keep up with.

[CFrance]

Lets than $1/gallon to purchase. Less than one gallon per month. ~$10/year to purchase. :shrug:
But is it in a plastic container, or a reusable glass one?

[erhrph]

Obviously water spots occur if water droplets dry on the car. I squirt the car with water until all the large gunk is off. I then take a sponge with a 50% vinegar and water mix and wash the car, with special emphasis on the windows. Quickly I squeegee the windows and then with a towel, I dry the car. Any remaining moist parts of the towel I use to wipe off any water spots that remained. My car is spot free, and the whole process is 10 minutes!!

[karostay]

Obviously water spots occur if water droplets dry on the car. I squirt the car with water until all the large gunk is off. I then take a sponge with a 50% vinegar and water mix and wash the car, with special emphasis on the windows. Quickly I squeegee the windows and then with a towel, I dry the car. Any remaining moist parts of the towel I use to wipe off any water spots that remained. My car is spot free, and the whole process is 10 minutes!!


This will be flagged as off topic

My solution to water spots on my car and my neighbors laugh
When it rains { No Lightning around }

I put on my bathing suit and wash my car
Then let mother nature rinse it.
When it drys..... no spots

[OhioBuckeye]

I couldn’t hardly stand TV water, it smelled & tasted like chlorine. We drank bottled water & I’m not so sure if most of it didn’t come right from a faucet. Can’t hardly believe TV could bill us for it!

[graciegirl]

I couldn’t hardly stand TV water, it smelled & tasted like chlorine. We drank bottled water & I’m not so sure if most of it didn’t come right from a faucet. Can’t hardly believe TV could bill us for it!

I only notice the chlorine smell in the summer. I always thought that those little germies got more prevalent in the summer.

[Jazzman]

Another Villager just told me that all the water in the Villages is reclaimed, I've not verified, does anyone know? That might explain the variations I'm seeing. Maybe water treatment plant not working correctly?

The water for irrigation south of 44 is reclaimed/recycled waste water. Irrigation water south of 466A and between 44 is non potable water dawn from an aquifer. The water cannot be treated for drinking purposes.

[DeafDeaf]

I have been using the CPAP machine for over 12 years with the TV tap water!!! Look at me and I am still alive and healthy! Every month I used vinegar to clean the water chamber's residue! Breathing from tap water is the same as distilled water because the moisture in the air is the same, no different. Only the difference is the residue in the water chamber is from the tap water! If you do not agree, google how the water is distilled!

:blahblahblah::blahblahblah::blahblahblah::blahbla hblah:

[Scorpyo]

According to the label on the bottle, it is made and bottled in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Sure, it's made and bottled in WI but the ingredients come from Wuhan, namely the water and bottle. :a040:

[pqrstar]

Another Villager just told me that all the water in the Villages is reclaimed, I've not verified, does anyone know? That might explain the variations I'm seeing. Maybe water treatment plant not working correctly?

The Villages had two wonderful presentations about the advanced waste water and also storm water.

The Villages Community Development District Advanced Waste Water Treatment Presentation
Jan. 29, 2019
VCDD Advanced Wasterwater Treatment Presentation - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAQJk0Xwfhg&feature=youtu.be)

The Villages Community Development District Storm Water Presentation
March 7, 2018
The Villages Community Development District Storm Water Presentation - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VWL2iYzY-o&feature=youtu.be)

[Hans53]

back flushing increases brown particulate in the water. i have to change my whole house filter more often and it is reddish brown but my water is clear.

[courtyard]

We distill two gallons a day for drinking and cooking purposes. The residue is always a cloudy gray which we clean daily with vinegar. We also store the water in glass jars and never in plastic containers.

[Bogie Shooter]

do you really trust the municipal water supply?

Why not?

[photo1902]

NOVA water system. You should see what the 1st filter looks like. Back in the day I had ugly water. Not anymore.

Not distilled but great water.

It definitely depends on what part of The Villages in which you reside. I just had mine replaced after 8 months. My three filters looked brand new, and I was informed that I could go to an annual replacement.

[Bogie Shooter]

I couldn’t hardly stand TV water, it smelled & tasted like chlorine. We drank bottled water & I’m not so sure if most of it didn’t come right from a faucet. Can’t hardly believe TV could bill us for it!

You moved from the Villages right? Maybe I am wrong.

[RonaldJ]

Really? You're willing to have brown water in your CPAP so you can used your distilled water to wash your car, and save $0.78 in the process? Please don't do that any more, a car with no spots isn't worth a pseudomonas pneumonitis or worse.

If you towel dry your car before the air and sun dry it you will not have spots. You could also try a dish washer rinse agent or something like car washes use.

[VillageLiberal]

I have been using the CPAP machine for over 12 years with the TV tap water!!! Look at me and I am still alive and healthy! Every month I used vinegar to clean the water chamber's residue! Breathing from tap water is the same as distilled water because the moisture in the air is the same, no different. Only the difference is the residue in the water chamber is from the tap water! If you do not agree, google how the water is distilled!

:blahblahblah::blahblahblah::blahblahblah::blahbla hblah:

My CPAP water chamber says distilled water only, so I use distilled.

[JoMar]

It amazes me how many people believe where their water comes from, how it is treated, and what's in it can vary so much when getting the answer is only a phone call away. FYI, I'm between 466A and 44 and my potable water comes from the groundwater from the aquaifer. Make the call.....please.

[VillageLiberal]

The Villages had two wonderful presentations about the advanced waste water and also storm water.

The Villages Community Development District Advanced Waste Water Treatment Presentation
Jan. 29, 2019
VCDD Advanced Wasterwater Treatment Presentation - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAQJk0Xwfhg&feature=youtu.be)

The Villages Community Development District Storm Water Presentation
March 7, 2018
The Villages Community Development District Storm Water Presentation - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VWL2iYzY-o&feature=youtu.be)

This is a great resource, thank you

[thevillages2013]

So Village Liberal, you are doing a short term rental here in The Villages? SHORT TERM? Make sure you are following the rules and good luck with your brown water

[Jerseybob]

" They've been doing some work on the golf course in our neighborhood I wonder if maybe something got in the line?"

What got in to the sprinkler system water line on the golf course is fertilizer. Massive liquid fertilizer tanks have been installed on new concrete pads adjacent to some of the pump stations that bring water up from the lakes. Trees were planted around them during the last week or so to hide the tanks and hide...well, you know, what needs not to be seen or asked about.
The liquid fertilizer concentrate is mixed with the lake/preserve water at the pump station and then pumped through the sprinkler system on to the golf courses, nearby green areas, the roads, car paths etc,.
Federal deregulation of restrictions on water and chemical usage on golf courses took place last month. I guess that didn't make the news.
Couldn't say where the chemicals go in the run off into watershed, ponds, lakes or effect on wildlife both in the water and around it.
Also don't know about what occurs due to overflowing the soil capacity, like when the sprinklers runs in the rain storms to reduce the water level in the ponds.
I could not venture to say how your home water was effected, but I also use a gallon or two a month with CPAP and enjoy the ease and low cost of the store purchase when needed.

[Bay Kid]

It definitely depends on what part of The Villages in which you reside. I just had mine replaced after 8 months. My three filters looked brand new, and I was informed that I could go to an annual replacement.

I change mine every 12 months. Filter 2 and 3 look new.

[OhioBuckeye]

I only notice the chlorine smell in the summer. I always thought that those little germies got more prevalent in the summer.

Yes, you’re right, it was worse in summer. I did drink it once in a while but not right from the kitchen sink, I ran mine through a pitcher filter, then I could tolerate it.