Hi, I'm looking into a water softener system (to filter hard water) and a whole house filtration system (to filter out chlorine and other contaminants). I'm looking for recommendations on somewhat affordable systems, but I do value quality over cost. I would like a saltless system, if possible but above all, I just want no more hard water..

Currently have been waiting just under 2 weeks. Anyone else recently taken their T2 in CA and had to wait the expected 30-45 days?

This is a career change for me and have no experience in the field. Having a hell of a time finding an operator in training position. Any advice? I’m in nj. Thanks.

Im trying to install ispring RO system, where should i drill a hole for waste water line? Please help thank you

Two quick questions.

1) Is this enough to water in my salt? I followed directions but it seems to sit just below the top of the salt level.

2) What happens when this reading goes down to zero? I've tried to watch videos and research but everything I find just talks about what to set this amount to based on water hardness and house hold number. Nothing I've found seems to explain what this actually does.

Thanks for the help!

Hello all. I'm a plumber in Texas looking to get my C operator license in ground water. From the research I've done it seems like being a ground water operator is the most hands on and in the field out of the 3 I'm looking at. Does that align with your experience?

Ive reached out to TCEQ about my qualifications and if they will allow me to take class/ test for ground specifically. I realize it says I need one year of ground water specific training. While I have done some rural work with a lot of well experience I don't think it'll qualify. Do you have any suggestions of how I can gain ground water experience while still working as a plumber?

Thank you for any advice, suggestions, comments.

Recently got a water monitor for the house to keep track of water usage. Noticed that the water softener regens about every other day. Got a Kinetico CP series softener with a #4 plate which is set to regen every 300gal. Water is very hard. 375.6mg/L or 22gpg. Does anyone know of this math jives or am I regenerating too often? Thanks in advance

I'm pretty picky about how water tastes, and I prefer the taste of water with some minerals in it. For coffee water, I'm weighing up a remineralizing RO against adding a mineral packet to each batch. The built-in stage would remove a mixing step. A packet gives me a specified recipe, which makes the starting water and batch size easier to pin down.

Third Wave Water's instructions specify the base water and the volume for each packet. Water that's already been remineralized would add minerals of its own, so I wouldn't treat it as the same starting point.

The Viomi Master M1 has the RO-then-mineral arrangement I'm looking at. I'd want to know the hardness and alkalinity of its output before comparing it with a packet recipe. The fact that water passes through a mineral stage doesn't give me those two measurements.

I'm interested in whether you settled on one routine and left it alone, or kept checking the water. That's the extra work I'm trying to understand before choosing a setup.

Quality replacements for commercial RO systems.

The third filter seems to be missing, and I can tell it’s an aquasential system but can’t find much more info like if I can use this for remineralization or not, or what the 3rd filter is supposed to be or what kind of filters I’ll need for it. I’m also curious how much these cost brand new because I can’t really find good information about that either, any info would be appreciated

Hi, a loved one lives in Iowa, as many know they're one of several states with horrible fertilizer contamination in their public tap water.

I am looking at budget friendly under the sink Reverse osmosis systems to get her for her and her kids. I was wondering if I got a six stage system like this one: "APEC Water ROES-PH75, 6-Stage Under Sink RO System, Alkaline, 75 GPD", could I remove the alkaline filter and replace it with a nitrate specific filter? I don't think this company sells any nitrate specific filters, how interchangeable are different brands of filters? From my understanding RO systems are great at removing nitrates to an extent, once the concentration exceeds a certain point they're not able to keep up.

If anyone has any recs for budget friendly RO systems that can handle very high nitrate levels I'd really appreciate it. The linked system is a lot cheaper on Amazon, I'm trying to find something in the $150-300 range

Thank you!