[mark_anderson_u]

Hi All

I'm in north Chicago

My house was built in 40's and many of the interior pipes are iron (and inside walls in finished basement)

I get a lot of stains in toilets and tried of using britta filters for drinking water, as I'm not confident in quality of city water

I'm considering something like a springwell whole house system (https://www.springwellwater.com/), but not sure if if it's worth doing it if all interior pipers are iron. I know it will help with some stuff, but is it worth purifying water and then pushing it through iron?

I know I could do an under sing RO system, but would really like whole house solution

TIA

Mark

 

[joecaption]

Need to get the water tested to see what if anything you need to treat.
And your right iron pipes are always going to be an issue, at some point they all leak, they corrode from the inside out and restrict flow, and will leave iron stains.

 

[Calson]

City water is actually tested by professionals on a regular basis unless it has been privatized in which case it is not to be trusted. On the other hand people spend hundreds of dollars a year for bottled water which is never tested by anyone.

If you want to avoid a health issue then the best solution for a whole house water supply is to add an inline UV filter. The size of the filter is determined by the maximum amount of water that will be used at any one point in time in gallons per minute. The UV does not kill the eColi, etc but damages it sufficiently that it cannot reproduce and so if ingested it causes no harm.

With water from a well it is a good idea to install a sediment filter upstream of the UV filter as the UV light is not going to be as effective if the water is not clear.