The Villages Drinking Water?
 

We are new on the Historic side, and wonder if the water is good to drink or must we purify or drink bottled water? We would appreciate your thoughts.LB

We are spoiled well water people from up north and we do not care for the water here. We purchase 5 gallon jugs of water from the grocery store for coffee and the dog. (also ice cubes)

We're from Milwaukee WI (Lake Michigan water).
Personally can't tell the difference other than the temperature.

If we cool the water here it's as good as MKE.

If you have a new telephone listing you would of already gotten at least a dozen calls from people trying to sell you water purification systems. In fact I even got two more this week and we've been here since July.

There are plenty of people willing to tell you how terrible the water is. My favorite is when they say they are calling from Home Depot with a 'Welcome Kit' which includes a $25 gift certificate which they would love to present to me in person. Of course, while visiting they would gladly perform a water evaluation test free of charge. My neighbor fell for one of the calls and now has a $3100 system in his garage which puts out a little stream of water from a special tap on the side of his sink.

You should do a search on this site about drinking water, this topic comes up every month. Personally I don't mind the water for showers, coffee or cooking but we drink bottled water when thirsty.

Water is our area is tested annually and a written report sent to all homowners. Not sure when the next test will be. Bottom line - the water is safe - very safe. Yes, it has a high mineral content, as does almost all Florida water. Yes, it has a high sulfer content, as does a lot of Florida water. You may not like that. You may feel that a good use of your hard earned retirement money is a water purification or water softner system for you home. Go for it, if that is what you want. Just do not be "scared" into an expensive purchase of some water purification system because some scam artist "tested" your water and showed you a bunch of "sludge" in a test tube following the test. Our water is SAFE - maybe not exactly to your liking but perfectly safe. As an aside, should you decide to get a water purification system for your home, get several estimates. You wil be amazed and astounded at the variation in prices.

Thanks to all for your suggestions. I will search previous posts, but have decided that we will just drink it. Probably better than bottled water. Best regards LB

The filtration in the refrigerator works for me for drinking water.

The main problem I have with the water is the chlorine taste. The GE refrigerator we had before removed this. The Whirlpool we have now doesn't. I'm thinking we need a different filter on it. Has anyone run into this?

Drinking water
 

We tried Culligan for a while, but the whole house filter was
needing changed every 30-40 days at $45.00 each. I took the system out, went to Lowes and got a Whirlpool ($337.00 but cheaper now) wholehouse filter and installed it. Took about an hour to put it in. It cleans and flushes itself every 14 days. It works great, and we don't need a softner. Have had it for over 3 years. Can't tell the difference of bottled water.

My question is where does it put the backflush waste water? I see no drain being installed in my new homes garage.

Lol
 

The water is filtered and treated and tested! This IS America! I think that the Public Utility that delivers water to our community of 80,000 is confident you can drink it!!! We too are from New England and had a well. That well had metals in it radon and sediment. The water you should have been concerned about is "up north".:a20:

We used the filtered water from the refrigerator and also have a Brita pitcher.

Have cut back on using case after case of bottled water by using these two methods and notice no difference.

When cooking we use the water straight from the tap.

the keithfan comment above puts the period at the end of the sentence.

Any and everything else is only a preference.

I don't use/waste my discriminating capability on things that in the end have no real significance....that's me!

btk

Herv, I've seen drain lines for water softeners in TV going out through the block foundation or garage sidewall to the driveway or into the landscaping. Maybe check with your water softener installer (if you're hiring the job out) to see what their suggestions would be. Perhaps you can finagle a way to get an adequate drain pipe of some sort laid under the sod and any sidewalk that will lead out towards the street.

There's really no perfect solution unless you can get TV to install a floor drain in your garage close to where the softener will be located. Unfortunately, it's probably too late for that if the foundation work and slab are already completed.

Bill :)

The water we had in our CYV on three visits turned my wifes hair orange and my skin dried out like an alligator. The white scale on the shower head and chrome shower doors was not very attractive. Ahhh when you can't get dawn to suds something is wrong.

I have heard that all over the villages the water is different. It is safe to drink absolutely, However if you enjoy swallowing half a glass of bleach go for it. They have to kill those cooties from those underground wells somehow!

IMHO I will have our home water tested by a independant lab and treated for deposits and chlorine. Just had our Public safe City water here in Cortland tested. 500 grains hard and enough Chlorine to kill a cow!