Water Filters

When I moved to north San Diego County from northern California in 1967 I was appalled by the condition of the drinking water. My wife and I were continually flushing toilets thinking family members had neglected to flush after using. Eventually, we realized that it was just the color of the water coming out of the tap and neighbors and friends advised us that it was “normal” and harmless and nothing could be done about it. “San Diego gets its water from the Colorado River” they used to say, “and by the time it passes though all the treatment stations, this is what we get.” Needless to say, being a plumber, I quickly became a bottled water convert. After a while I saw what the local water did to the pipes. Up north we generally piped potable water with galvanized iron pipe. We might use copper if the cost dropped (and iron went up), but usually galvanized iron was the standard.
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Although I had been involved in the plumbing business (my father opened a
plumbing shop across the street from our house in 1948) since childhood, it was
in San Diego that I first heard the term, “re-pipe.” The corrosive water was
destroying galvanized piping at an alarming rate until, in fact, it was
“outlawed” by the local building departments. I witnessed several galvanized
iron systems that were rendered completely inoperable in less than ten years. As
time has passed we are told that they’ve actually added MORE additives and
binders to the water and now bottled water is a thriving and multi-billion
dollar business. Now, even copper piping in certain areas is showing marked
deterioration from the harsh chemical additives in our water. Many people have
offered solutions to the problem, from bottled water to reverse-osmosis units
that totally purify the water (but remove the minerals and are expensive).
Whole house filters have begun to appear, but most have cost, maintenance and
longevity issues. For these reasons and others, I have stayed out of the water
treatment end of the business. I don’t feel comfortable representing something I
don’t fully believe in.
Recently I have learned of a water treatment unit that is virtually maintenance
free and affordable. Additionally, I have been made aware of several issues that
are being discussed nationwide. Do you know that a ten minute hot shower with
tap water is equivalent to drinking eight glasses of unfiltered tap water? So
you spend good money on bottled water and as soon as you take a shower you
absorb the chlorine and other additives, anyway. Plus, chlorine dries your skin
and is harsh on the hair (if it hasn’t all fallen out from drinking tap water).
The fish will die if you put it in his tank without treating it and what does it
do to pets? These are only a few of the issues neutralized by a whole house
treatment unit. I’m not going to try and do a hard-sell, here. I now have a
solid whole house treatment system that is affordable (eventually it’s paid for
by the savings of bottled water and you get to shower and bathe in it) and
virtually maintenance free.
The water quality becomes equivalent to typical bottled water standards and
there is no maintenance until you’ve used a million and one half gallons. At
that point the unit is serviced at a cost of $500-$600 and then another million
and one half gallons is available. I can sell the unit installed for about what
they’re selling it for retail in most cases.
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