[Villagesgal]

Don't know what part of the Villages you live in. Been here 16 years and love the faucet water. It's the same Florida aquifer water that water companies bottle and you buy in the grocery store. About as pure as you can get. Check out the yearly water quality report required by the FDEP. Possibly it's a problem in your pipes or faucets. By the way I've been a licensed Water Operator for over 30 years up north and here.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Villagesgal

Don't know what part of the Villages you live in. Been here 16 years and love the faucet water. It's the same Florida aquifer water that water companies bottle and you buy in the grocery store. About as pure as you can get. Check out the yearly water quality report required by the FDEP. Possibly it's a problem in your pipes or faucets. By the way I've been a licensed Water Operator for over 30 years up north and here.

Which Florida based companies, don't filter and purify their water before putting it into bottles?

I know it isn't Zephyrhills.

Where Your Water Comes From

Zephyrhills
Crystal Springs, Florida

Based in central Florida, the brand takes pride in its state of origin, and rightly so, as its product derives from Crystal Springs, which is fueled by the Floridian Aquifer -- a massive water source deep below the state.

There the freshly arrived fluid is filtered, purified and tested before reaching the army of plastic bottles.

[Bavarian]

Quality of water depends on where you live.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by Villagesgal

...It's the same Florida aquifer water that water companies bottle and you buy in the grocery store...

That is so wrong it's laughable.

[jimbo2012]

under the villages the water comes from ONE aquifer.

[RichLou]

A whole house water filtration system is the only way to go. The chlorine is very unhealthy to drink and to shower or bathe in.

[jimbo2012]

If you look at your annual water report there are two by products from the chlorine disinfection process.

Google TTHM & haloacidic acid.

there is also Nitrate from all the fertilizers and the surrounding areas have septic systems and other soil erosions work their way into the ground.

these all are present in the aquifer

this is all stated on your report.

None of which have anything to do with softening,

this relates to filtration/purification to remove them


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[jimbo2012]

Here a pic of a set of filters removed the other day 13 months use

The amount of particulate matter in water is very high here.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

under the villages the water comes from ONE aquifer.

There is ONE aquifer. Absolutely correct.

But there is variability in water quality from area to area within that aquifer. And there is a big difference between water as it exists in the aquifer and water bottled by any reputable water-bottling company.

[duhbear]

We have a water softener and the water tastes good out of the tap. We have a water filter on the refrigerator and that tastes great!

[mainecactus]

I've used All About Water and Solar for seven years. Very good water.

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by TheDude

I dislike it so much. Leaves an aftertaste that lingers. What do you all think?

Yes the short answer and it is drinkable but I prefer to have a water filtration system.

Two years ago, I had installed the NOVA water filtration system and my water taste great! Cost is $500 and the yearly replacement of filters, about $100.

Personally, I want to cleanest and clearest water coming out of my tap but that's me.........

[OhioBuckeye]

I think TV drinking water has to much chlorine in it, it smells like bleach. I just hope we don't end up finding out it's a health hazard. I know water is expensive in Florida, but our drinking water isn't worth drinking. I had to filter mine so now it just adds to the expense of our expensive water.

[big guy]

Unless I am reading this wrong, 'buckeye' posted this. I am from Ohio too and we drank Lake Erie water. Not too bad except August when the algae bloomed. There is nothing wrong with the water here.

[jimbo2012]

Originally Posted by big guy

There is nothing wrong with the water here.

Once a year you get an annual drinking water report, if you read it correctly there are 4 elements listed there you should Google.

After doing so it's impossible to state there is nothing wrong.

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