I was reading an article about reverse osmosis water treatment for residential use. We have sulfur water from our well (moved in Jan ’05) The water passes water quality tests, but the smell out of the tap is awful. We now use a Brita pitcher with a carbon filter to process drinking water.
We were thinking of installing a R.O. unit just for the kitchen sink water (vs. a whole house unit).
Does anyone have direct experience with these R.O. treatment packages? Good models? Customer support? Operating costs?
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we also have stinky water. when we bought the house we had a direct feed system put in and as long as you stay on top of it it works wee(pun). thus system is a chemical pump hooked up to the pressure tank switch so when ever the well pumps a certain ratio of 7% peroxide is put in to the tank with it on the well side of the pressure tank. on the house side we have a carbon filter that pulls out the solids left over from the chemical reaction. here in upstate NY the whole system cost about $1300.00 and $25.00 for 5gal of peroxide every month.
Noah
We've had the GE model from HD for several years, with the little auxilliary faucet on the sink - our city water has lots of chlorine. We immediately noticed that the coffee and tea tasted better. I replace the cannister filters every 6-8 months, and they are red with mud (I'm in Atlanta). The RO filter is pretty pricey ($100), so I've only replaced it once.
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Forrest
RO, based on my experience, will not take dissolved gas out of water. We used to get H2S out of our RO water w a degassifier. Basically a tower w the the water trickling down through a media while air is blown up through. Don't figure this would be best for domestic set up though.
In my area, peopel with H2S use a "greensand" filter. Sand has to changed every year.