It feels so foreign to me to drink water straight from my kitchen faucet. My mom boils AND filters our water every day. I am having trouble getting my 8 glasses a day because the fridge I have at home does not have the water part and I use to have that in my old house and I use to drink like almost 2 gallons a day. My skin was perfect and I had an easier time maintaining my weight. Now that I don’t have that fridge, I probably drink 2-3 glasses of pure water a day! is it okay if I start drinking from the tap? My skin is still clear mostly but I have small blemishes and it just does not glow the same, and my weight has fluctuated. Let me know. The water website for my county goes over the filtration system and its pretty impressive but I am so unsure since I was not raised to drink water this way.

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My mother is against me having fish but I got some anyway and I was keeping them at a friend’s house, but now he’s gone to college. So I currently have 4 guppies (2 male and 2 female) in a bowl at my house. (My mom obviously knows about them now haha). I have a cat so I’m always concerned that he might be able to knock over the bowl because he has before and then eaten the fish. I can’t get a decent aquarium because my mom won’t let me, but is there some way I can make a more secure home for them that still looks pretty so my mom won’t be upset. Like a large vase, etc. Awhile ago I kept a guppy in a large glass jar, he died the next morning. The fish have been in the bowl at my house for about a month. If there any precautions in using glass, seeing as it killed one of my fish before. Is there a way to conceal or protect it from my cat? I don’t think I’ll be able to get a filter, light, and heater running, which I know is terrible because I used to be a massive guppy breeder/lover (still a lover!! Haha), but will the lack of filtration kill them? Should I just change the water frequently (leaving ½ of their water and adding ½ of tap)? Is their some contraption I can create out of jars or plastic bottles or something!?! HELP PLEASE!! I love my fish and I don’t want to hurt them!!

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I understand it’s pretty much just filtered poo, right? What kinds of horrible things make it through to your tap? Chlorine? Bacteria? Fecal particles? Other stuff?

And which of these things do home water filters remove?
How do those things end up in your water?

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I was thinking about getting a reverse osmosis water filter for my condo. I was told that RO systems use a lot of electricity. From my understanding, RO systems use water pressure to pull the water through the filter membrane.

Do RO filters systems use a lot of electricity to pump the water through the filter membrane? Or is it just the pressure from the tap?

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The water in my city tastes chlorinated when it comes out of the tap, which will help the most by removing the chlorine taste? Which one will best suit my needs?
What about Reverse Osmosis Filtration?

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My parents moved into a townhouse community a while ago, and when I've gone to visit, I've found they have a lot of water problems. Aside from the pressure being low, which is merely an inconvenience, the water tastes and smells dirty and very fishy. Cooking with it alters the taste of meals, and using one or two blocks of ice ruins a whole drink. Sometimes even the dishes and clothes have a slight odour after being washed. Occasionally I've turned on the tap to see the water coming out brown, enough that the sinks have to be scrubbed to remove residue. The townhouse community was only built about 5 years ago, and it all runs the local water supply.

I've installed water purification on the taps, but I've recently discovered that it's possible to buy whole house filtration systems. I have no idea how to go about researching these. Does anyone have experience with them? How are they, cost-wise? Are they worth the investment? Do they require a lot of construction, maintenance, etc?
Any other opinions or advice about finding out why the water is so problematic, dealing with the problems, and/or water filtration would be appreciated.

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