What are the indicators/results to suggest the well water is : (1) safe to drink, (2) safe to shower in/wash hands, (3) safe on washing clothes?
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All three. Personally, though, if any result was borderline, I would send my water to a professional lab before drinking it. I would consider the test as a screening device, only.
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Water that is safe to drink should contain zero bacteria and metals and pesticides under the EPA maximum contaminant levels, it is less critical when showering, washing hands and clothes
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I guess I cannot help you there, we are in the country, however are served by a rural water system. The water comes from the river and is treated a lot. Well water is typically hard. you may have to change the filter more often. Hope I helped.
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Public water, milk, and tea. Tea sample results made me stop drinking it (>4ppm on average), some skyrocket above 10ppm.
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You're right, there should be some numbers, a symbol, etc. but I can tell you just from having one that it's something very light and pliable, because you have to be able to squeeze it, and it has virtually no odor at, even when you put warm water in it (unlike many plastic products you buy). It just seems very non-toxic.
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This device will tell you how many parts-per-million of 'stuff' there is in the water, but not weather those parts are harmful or not. It is designed to be used in tap water and the lower the ppms the cleaner the water is. It cannot tell you if your water is safe to drink.
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http://www.cityofbremerton.com/content/dw_emergencydrinkingwater.html See bullet #5 under ' Storing Water for Emergencies'.
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Use room temp bottled water (not tap water) to wash the ceramic media. Tap water may contain flouride and/or chlorine. Hot water kills the beneficial bacteria.
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Purified water. Not the water from your sink or bottled water. You can boil your drinking water.
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Since I'm on a well with a lot of minerals, I use distilled water. Actually, I think the directions state that you should use distilled water.
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The contaminants it filters are listed on the specification sheet. If they are not listed then I would assume they aren't filtered. I don't know what you mean by "bad well water". I had a domestic water well in New Mexico and had to treat the water to prevent mineral stains and red iron deposits. I used a water softening system to do that. I use the Shower Filter for our water in Marin County to filter the chemicals used by the water district. I forgot to replace the filter at six months and my skin began to break out again. Within 3 showers after replacing the filter my skin started recovering and now after about ten days it is totally clear. This reinforces the experience I had after initially installing the shower filter. My skin cleared in about two weeks. This was after several years of using prescription steroid creams and other treatments to clear my skin. I don't use anything now but a dry skin lotion.
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Perfect. We have well water with high iron content. I put in algacide & about 1/2 bottle of vitamin c tablets and our pool water stays perfectly clear. I run my salt system 2 hours a day. If it rains and water turns green just add more vitamin c.
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No bottled water works fine. Try to stay away from well water as it has impuries. Distiller is the best and the gallon is pretty cheap which I do use when I am home but for travel bottled is the ticket.
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1) hand-held2) water: spray3) water: pulsing4) water: floodThat's all I can think of.
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You can do tests for different contaminants for only one water source (well), so you will need 3 kits for 3 wells
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Tap water is perfectly fine. We have used tap water from the outset with with all three kids on the pediatrician's recommendation. So easy! Honestly I cannot say enough good things about this.
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well water can certainly be used. that's actually natural water from the earth. well water don't have any chemicals in it, that would be the best way to go. the reason is because you don't want to knock off your ph balance, so by not mixing chemicals and using the stainless steel you are actually making a wonderful choice and you are also avoiding the risk of catching any infection.
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I have well water and use it. As long as you have a decent water pump and your water does not come out slow, you'll be fine.