Conversation Between tekcormn and tuccillo

You will hear a lot of false information and fear mongering by people trying to sell you stuff. The water in The Villages is fine - you don't need bottled water unless you just really like bottled water. There are only two issues with the water in The Villages. The water is hard and a water softener will remove the hardness if you like soft water. This will not impact the taste of the water. You can get a water softener from Home Depot for $450 (full disclosure: I don't work for Home Depot and don't even particularly like shopping there). You can also buy water softeners over the internet. Anything with a Fleck control unit is a pretty good system. The other issue is the water has a pretty high level of chlorine and taste a bit funky to me. You can remove the chlorine with a carbon block filter. Your water will taste great. A relatively low cost way of doing this is a single 20"x4.5" "Big Blue" filter enclosure - you can buy it for about $100 over the internet.