Water filters - chlorine and fluoride

October 27, 2008

Hi everyone,

I was really caught out last night. I realised too late that our

bath water smelt like the swimming baths - a sort of bleachy smell.

Eddie's skin (he's profoundly sensitive) was not good at all when he

got out.

We'd never really thought about it before ... but when the water

company are doing work or if there's an infection, they add

chlorine. It's explained on the company webpages. I rang them

this morning but, unfortunately, they can't warn customers ahead of

time and can't tell you when it started or when it will stop.

Reading the web pages last night we also found out that our water is

fluoridated (we thought it wasn't - but it has been for a few

years!!). We live in one of only 3 or 4 NorthWest areas to be

treated .... and our drinking water filter doesn't efficiently

extract this. Apparently, fluoride is a small molecule and trickier

to remove.

Tim is looking into filters. We'd appreciate any suggestions on good

reasonably priced filters. We are looking for a whole house filter

capable of removing chlorine and the usual things (but can live with

fluoride to keep price down) and a drinking water filter that is

capaable of removing fluoride.

We wish we had checked our suppliers web pages before.

(For the NorthWest you can type in your postcode on the link below -

be sure to read the text. If there is fluoride, it is only mentioned

in the text and is not in the list. Chlorine is variable - if you

live nearer the treatment site or works you will have a higher

concentration).

Best wishes,

Sandy

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